Are You Wasting All Your Education and Training?

Why Knowing What To Do and How To Do It Is Not Enough

This e-zine continues with the theme of building the bedrock foundation of your business–you!

Why Jill Had Trouble Succeeding

Jill returned to her business after attending an exciting conference held by her franchise. The conference had wonderful, exciting speakers who gave her detailed information about how to make her business a great success. It was all there; step-by-step. All she had to do is follow their plan to get great results.

She started out great guns, but now, after four months, she seemed to lose her focus. There seemed to be so many urgent things that distracted her from the main things she was supposed to do. Now she was again working too many hours. She felt stressed.

Feeling stressed was especially bothersome to Jill. She had learned that stress made you grow older faster. She read a scientific study that said, “Study confirms that stress helps speed aging. Scientists have identified the first direct link between stress and aging, a finding that could explain why intense, long-term emotional strain can make people get sick and grow old before their time.”

Jill felt disappointed because she wasn’t sustaining her success and was feeling high stress.

Obviously, Jill knew what to do to run her business successfully. She had times when she ran her business extremely well. Now she seems to have lost her touch. She was working long hours and making less money. What was happening? Why isn’t she maintaining and sustaining her success? Why would she sabotage herself this way?

The Answer to Jill’s Problem

The answer lay in her beliefs and attitudes about herself. Jill is comfortable only at a medium level of success. This is the infamous “comfort zone”.

Jill was wasting her hard-earned education and training. In addition to knowledge and skills, you need the right mindset. This includes believing in yourself, feeling worthy and deserving of success, being confident, having high levels of energy, and a strong desire. Believing that you are great and that others are great will give you the best results over the long run. Those that believe they are better than other people often succeed, but at the cost of having poor relationships. Obviously, those that believe they are not as good as others do not do well.

Let’s call all those things I just mentioned, your self-perception. If you rate yourself a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is low and ten is high, your level of success will be medium. If you start performing better than that, let’s say at level 8, you will start to feel uncomfortable and start performing at a level that causes you to slide back to a five. Which is exactly what Jill did.

How well you perform in the outside world is regulated by your inner self-perception. As others have said, you create success from the inside out. Napoleon Hill understood this (only he did not express it in quite this way) when he wrote his famous book, “Think and Grow Rich”.

For long lasting, stress-free success, you not only have to invest in outside skills like delegating, time management, selling techniques, etc., you also need to invest in improving your inside– your self perception.

So, ask yourself:

1. What percentage of your time do you spend on improving your mental attitude, emotional attitude, life balance, and mastery over habitual behaviors?

2. What percentage of success in life and business do you believe is due to mental attitude, emotional fortitude, life balance, and mastery over habitual behaviors?

Compare your answers to these two questions. Does the amount of time you spend on improving your mental attitude, emotional fortitude, life balance, and habit mastery reflect what you really believe?

Summary

The success of your business rests on you. To build a life and the business of your dreams, you have to have the right mental attitude, emotional fortitude, life balance, and mastery over habitual behaviors. No matter how learned or how skillful you are, your self-perception determines how successful you can become. The higher your self-perception, the higher your level of success.

© 2006 Stan Mann.

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Network Support Schools – Available Education and Training

Numerous accredited vocational schools and colleges are available to provide an education in network support to various students. Educational training in this specific area of the technical support field can prepare students for a number of exciting careers. Prospective students will find that they can enroll in an accredited program to gain the degree they desire. With a variety of available education and training programs, network support schools can allow students to gain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in this growing industry. Training is available at levels ranging from an associate to a master degree.

Associate degree training is available through various vocational learning programs. Preparation for a degree at this level typically requires two years of study in a variety of areas. Students can train for a number of professions when pursuing an associate level degree in network support. Possible careers can include working as:

Technical Support Help Desk Technicians
Network Support Administrators
MIS Managers/Assistants
Network Support Supervisors
…and many other related professions. Students can prepare for careers such as these by studying course subjects like:

Network infrastructure
Operation Systems
Internet working
A+ Certification Preparation
…and many other related courses depending on the desired career. Students who choose to gain an associates degree in this field can enter into the workforce or further education at the bachelor’s level.

Bachelor degree training in network support can be completed through an accredited vocational school. Bachelor’s degrees can be obtained with four years of study. Students who wish to earn an education at this level can train for a variety of careers. Career education and training in this field can prepare students for employment as:

Computer Consultants
Programmers
Help Desk Managers
Software Programmers
…and more. Students will need to study a variety of subjects in order to enter into these careers. Coursework can include technical support training, networking principles, report writing, operating systems, database management, and a number of other related subjects. Pursuing an education at this level will prepare students to obtain a masters degree in the field, or seek employment.

Master degree training and education opportunities are available from various vocational schools and learning programs. Students can train for their desired career with an additional two years of study in this field. Prospective careers for students can include employment as:

Network Administrators
Researchers
Database Administrators
Communications Analysts
…many other exciting professions. Training for any of these careers will require the completion of various courses. Coursework may consist of training in computer science, math, computer engineering, management, and more. And a number of other studies based on the desired career. Students who enter into career training programs at this level can expect to start the career of their dreams in network support.

Accredited educational training programs, schools, and colleges offer students the training needed to enter into their desired career. Accreditation is provided by various agencies such as the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges ( http://www.accsc.org/ ). Full accreditation is proof that the education and training provided will be of the best quality available to students. By researching network support schools students can find the one that meets their personal education and career goals.

DISCLAIMER: Above is a GENERIC OUTLINE and may or may not depict precise methods, courses and/or focuses related to ANY ONE specific school(s) that may or may not be advertised at PETAP.org.

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