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Digg it UP - How to Avoid a Disastrous Experience at the Hands of a Mentor-Coach-Consultant
Conveyors, which were initially introduced in the late nineteenth century, are basically systems to move materials and men from one place to another. It could either be for a short distance or a longer span. We have become so dependent on this system that the world would be a difficult place to live in if all the conveyors came to a standstill one morning.Let us have a look at the various fields of applications of conveyors. Henry Ford could introduce assembly-line methods of manufacturing only because of conveyors. They are used in mining, heavy and light industries, food and beverage processing, agriculture, construction projects and so on. They form an integral part of even day-to-day life. Can you think of an airport without escalators, speed-walks, and baggage loading and delivery systems?Conveyors can be
5. If there's to be coaching about marketing your site, be sure you're going to actually have a site in time to apply the coaching advice! I was promised a completed and SEO'd e-commerce site in three weeks (believable because my webmaster friend did hers in four days.). This took 6 months! By the time my site was actually operational, I’d forgotten much of the un-applied information, and some of it was now obsolete.)
6. Get a firm, e-mailed Date of Completion from the Mentor
Lets assume that your resume has been completed and you are ready to submit the resume to your prospective employer. That is good. But what can you do to get past the interviewer’s perusal and at the same time minimize your chances of being rejected or put in a waiting list.If you are able to have in your resumes list of your job achievements, for example the projects which you completed or the jobs which got you some recognition in writing by your ex-company. You might also want to include in detail but in short sentences what your focus is in working for your new employer.Make a list of your competence skills and make sure that they correspond to the skills that are needed in your new job.Your resume would put you in a much better position with the employer who reads your resume if you are able to incl
The point is, you have lots of smarts, plenty of ambition and the energy to go with it. You even have a terrific idea for a business you can do from home, with little more equipment than your recently-upgraded, spiffy, speedy computer, your newish printer, and a few accessories.
What you don't have is the marketing expertise or the technical computer knowledge that is essential to transform your idea into the money to live on.
You've read the hype on those websites that assure you that unless you know all about This & That & The Other essential skill, you'll never make it in the commercial Internet world like Mentor-Coach-Consultant did by expensive Trial and Error. And you read the pages that describe all his mistakes, which culminated in his triumphant success and his $450,000-a-month-no-work-residual income.
Pages and pages of testimonials decorated with Smiling Faces assure you of the Mentor's unparalleled professionalism and honesty and that the aforementioned Smiling Faces would never have succeeded without You Know Who.
And of course, only by getting The Person to impart his voluminous hard-won knowledge to you do you have the chance of a snail in a French restaurant to do anything but lose your shirt in the struggle to survive.
You sign up for the Free Newsletter, the Free Consultation and anything else that gives you hope.
Then start the phone calls. The first is from The Qualifier. That person's task is to make certain that you feel moderately stupid--too stupid to find your way by yourself, but not too stupid to do it with the help of The Mentor-Coach-Consultant.
Also, to find out if you have the money to pay The Mentor-Coach-Consultant and henchpersons.
Then comes the By-appointment call from the Person Himself. From here on be on your guard; This person's goood!
As a great believer in the real value of a good mentor-coach-consultant, I want to give you some thinking material to help you avoid the disastrous experience some of us have had.
If you have money to burn and total faith in everyone, this may not apply to you. If, however, you're short on money or faith, and the project must be completed by a particular time, listen up!
1. Take notes and, if permissible, record every word of both the Qualifying Call and the following Sales Calls. You'll be overwhelmed by the hyperbole and the promises and assurances, and will want to go back and check on what you think you heard, as opposed to what was actually said.
2. Before you pay money, get the specific promises and the specific steps of the project in an e-mail from Mentor-Coach-Consultant. This is imperative!
3. After you know the specific steps, request an e-mail giving a time-line for completion of each step. Most of the work will involve things you yourself have to attend to. Be willing to make a commitment for your part.
4. Find out if various parts of your project will be farmed out.
5. If there's to be coaching about marketing your site, be sure you're going to actually have a site in time to apply the coaching advice! I was promised a completed and SEO'd e-commerce site in three weeks (believable because my webmaster friend did hers in four days.). This took 6 months! By the time my site was actually operational, I’d forgotten much of the un-applied information, and some of it was now obsolete.)
6. Get a firm, e-mailed Date of Completion from the Mentor.
The day you begin to think of your job in terms of the security versus the
opportunities it provides is the day you start to put the brakes on building your career.Time was when a young person entering the workforce could reasonably assume he
was signing a lifetime security covenant with his employer. If he worked hard and
kept its nose clean he could expect to be taken care of with a job for as long as he
could show up for work. Promotions would come along as openings occurred.
There’d be a pension at retirement. It was a womb to tomb deal. Loyalty was a two-
way street.The Rules Have ChangedToday’s headlines make it clear that’s no longer the case, says Ramon Greenwood,
senior career counselor at Common Sense At Work.Sears Roebuck, known for 119 years as a company that kept its empl
You've read the hype on those websites that assure you that unless you know all about This & That & The Other essential skill, you'll never make it in the commercial Internet world like Mentor-Coach-Consultant did by expensive Trial and Error. And you read the pages that describe all his mistakes, which culminated in his triumphant success and his $450,000-a-month-no-work-residual income.
Pages and pages of testimonials decorated with Smiling Faces assure you of the Mentor's unparalleled professionalism and honesty and that the aforementioned Smiling Faces would never have succeeded without You Know Who.
And of course, only by getting The Person to impart his voluminous hard-won knowledge to you do you have the chance of a snail in a French restaurant to do anything but lose your shirt in the struggle to survive.
You sign up for the Free Newsletter, the Free Consultation and anything else that gives you hope.
Then start the phone calls. The first is from The Qualifier. That person's task is to make certain that you feel moderately stupid--too stupid to find your way by yourself, but not too stupid to do it with the help of The Mentor-Coach-Consultant.
Also, to find out if you have the money to pay The Mentor-Coach-Consultant and henchpersons.
Then comes the By-appointment call from the Person Himself. From here on be on your guard; This person's goood!
As a great believer in the real value of a good mentor-coach-consultant, I want to give you some thinking material to help you avoid the disastrous experience some of us have had.
If you have money to burn and total faith in everyone, this may not apply to you. If, however, you're short on money or faith, and the project must be completed by a particular time, listen up!
1. Take notes and, if permissible, record every word of both the Qualifying Call and the following Sales Calls. You'll be overwhelmed by the hyperbole and the promises and assurances, and will want to go back and check on what you think you heard, as opposed to what was actually said.
2. Before you pay money, get the specific promises and the specific steps of the project in an e-mail from Mentor-Coach-Consultant. This is imperative!
3. After you know the specific steps, request an e-mail giving a time-line for completion of each step. Most of the work will involve things you yourself have to attend to. Be willing to make a commitment for your part.
4. Find out if various parts of your project will be farmed out.
5. If there's to be coaching about marketing your site, be sure you're going to actually have a site in time to apply the coaching advice! I was promised a completed and SEO'd e-commerce site in three weeks (believable because my webmaster friend did hers in four days.). This took 6 months! By the time my site was actually operational, I’d forgotten much of the un-applied information, and some of it was now obsolete.)
6. Get a firm, e-mailed Date of Completion from the Mentor
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Then start the phone calls. The first is from The Qualifier. That person's task is to make certain that you feel moderately stupid--too stupid to find your way by yourself, but not too stupid to do it with the help of The Mentor-Coach-Consultant.
Also, to find out if you have the money to pay The Mentor-Coach-Consultant and henchpersons.
Then comes the By-appointment call from the Person Himself. From here on be on your guard; This person's goood!
As a great believer in the real value of a good mentor-coach-consultant, I want to give you some thinking material to help you avoid the disastrous experience some of us have had.
If you have money to burn and total faith in everyone, this may not apply to you. If, however, you're short on money or faith, and the project must be completed by a particular time, listen up!
1. Take notes and, if permissible, record every word of both the Qualifying Call and the following Sales Calls. You'll be overwhelmed by the hyperbole and the promises and assurances, and will want to go back and check on what you think you heard, as opposed to what was actually said.
2. Before you pay money, get the specific promises and the specific steps of the project in an e-mail from Mentor-Coach-Consultant. This is imperative!
3. After you know the specific steps, request an e-mail giving a time-line for completion of each step. Most of the work will involve things you yourself have to attend to. Be willing to make a commitment for your part.
4. Find out if various parts of your project will be farmed out.
5. If there's to be coaching about marketing your site, be sure you're going to actually have a site in time to apply the coaching advice! I was promised a completed and SEO'd e-commerce site in three weeks (believable because my webmaster friend did hers in four days.). This took 6 months! By the time my site was actually operational, I’d forgotten much of the un-applied information, and some of it was now obsolete.)
6. Get a firm, e-mailed Date of Completion from the Mentor
Would you like to break out of a regular job and start freelancing? Perhaps you've got the skills, but are not quite sure where to start looking for work, or how to deal with the business side of freelance work? Freelance marketplace websites specialise in bringing together clients looking to outsource projects and skilled professional contractors looking for freelance jobs. If you have web design or development, graphic design, programming, writing or translation skills then you will find opportunities waiting for you, if you know where to look.
There are many benefits to freelancing - you have a high degree of independence, choosing when and where to work, and even for whom to work, once you are established. You aren't tied to a fixed schedule and you are directly paid the full rate for your work, not just a p
1. Take notes and, if permissible, record every word of both the Qualifying Call and the following Sales Calls. You'll be overwhelmed by the hyperbole and the promises and assurances, and will want to go back and check on what you think you heard, as opposed to what was actually said.
2. Before you pay money, get the specific promises and the specific steps of the project in an e-mail from Mentor-Coach-Consultant. This is imperative!
3. After you know the specific steps, request an e-mail giving a time-line for completion of each step. Most of the work will involve things you yourself have to attend to. Be willing to make a commitment for your part.
4. Find out if various parts of your project will be farmed out.
5. If there's to be coaching about marketing your site, be sure you're going to actually have a site in time to apply the coaching advice! I was promised a completed and SEO'd e-commerce site in three weeks (believable because my webmaster friend did hers in four days.). This took 6 months! By the time my site was actually operational, I’d forgotten much of the un-applied information, and some of it was now obsolete.)
6. Get a firm, e-mailed Date of Completion from the Mentor
Designers seem to be scaling back on the ‘in your face’ logo bags. There is so much one can do to a bag besides add a handle and a zipper. Designers are stretching their creative muscles and reaching for individuality.Of course, there are your typical big name players that will always have their logos strewn across their bags (Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Fendi, etc.) in every collection. But even these brands have found triumph in removing their names and replacing them with wonderful designs, colors (metallics are popping everywhere) textures (patent leather and patchwork), and shapes. This season, translucent bags will be home to Dolce & Gabanna, Oscar de la Renta, Chanel, and many more. Even patent leather will find warmth with Marc Jacobs, Valentino, and others .Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Yves Saint Laurent all have cove
5. If there's to be coaching about marketing your site, be sure you're going to actually have a site in time to apply the coaching advice! I was promised a completed and SEO'd e-commerce site in three weeks (believable because my webmaster friend did hers in four days.). This took 6 months! By the time my site was actually operational, I’d forgotten much of the un-applied information, and some of it was now obsolete.)
6. Get a firm, e-mailed Date of Completion from the Mentor. Don't let this slip!
7. Just before the subject of the fee comes up take deep deep breaths, a sip of water (if you can swallow) and have your heart monitor close at hand.
8. We'll assume you survive the announcement of an amount of money that would keep you in house payments and organic food for 20 years.
9. Now this is the hard part; you've got to negotiate payment so that you pay a portion of the fee as each step is completed. If the Mentor-Coach-Consultant will not do this, think very very hard before hiring this person. The few Mentors who are the Only Ones With the Solution are as scarce as wildflowers on a glacier--and may not exist at all.
10. When Your Project is finished you may discover that you could really benefit by further services from Your Mentor. If that's the case, be fair. Talk money again, and be willing to pay a reasonable amount. Even Your Mentor has house payments.
I hope, dear Reader, that my unfortunate experience will help you avoid having your very own unfortunate experience.
In some ways I lucked out. One of the people involved in my travesty took pity on me, and hung on 'way past what was agreed upon for his part, freely giving me his time and his advice. The blessings of the Universe upon Shawn!
Do keep in mind that most Mentor-Coach-Consultants are dandy people, essentially honest. But in their enthusiasm to increase their own incomes, they sometimes get carried away, promising this and that, and probably fully intending to produce whatever was promised. New opportunities pop up, though, and there’s never enough time…..
And they’ve neglected to communicate the Completion Date to all the people involved in your Precious Project. Further, even though it is their responsibility, they also neglect to follow up on their Farmed-Outers to be sure that they’re not going to make a liar out of The Person by not doing their part of the Project.
Help is a wonderful and often necessary part of life. Be sure that when you pay for it you get it!
Live in wonder and joy!
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