Getting My MBA at 48

Busy day

I have tried to get up early, 7:30 am, to get busy doing things I need to get done today. First and foremost wash the truck and go to the gym.

Now as I am doing laundry for work tonight I will work more on my resume, and get things in order for tonight. I wonder if I will go any where.

It would be nice to be home for the next few days to work on homework and my motion to change my emotions (motion is emotion) at the same time work on my perpetual motion theory (the more you do the more you do) part anyway.

I would really like to write more but I need to hit the books

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Motivation

Indeed motivation especially self-motivation is one of the simplest yet hardest thing to do.

I can in my own mind summons up the power to move mountains or build super-computers, but can’t seem to transfer that same creative motivation to movement.

I remember reading Anthony Robbins, “Awaken the Giant Within” about,

Motion is Emotion, Emotion comes from motion, movement, the nervous system needs to move. Expending energy give us a sense of greater energy.

That is some of how I feel right now, that I am not creating enough energy. I have always believed in perpetual motion, things in motion tend to stay in motion and things at rest tend to stay at rest. My version the more you do the more you do, the less you do the less you do.

I am on this cusp

I need to keep the momentum going into the direction of my dreams.

Commitment, dedication, determination

I write this because I want to learn, the problem is I feel sometimes I don’t have enough time to learn all that I want to learn.

Reading books about fixing my resume takes time, writing my resume takes time, learning to write apps takes take, learning to make ebooks takes time, even now I feel that I need to read “Awaken the Giant Within” again and that takes time, the gym takes time.

Boy it sure sounds like I need to master my time, bend time and make time work for me. After all how long do I want this to take before I finish classes.

So I need to remember that Mastery of anything is as long as I want it to take.

With my school work, this blog and the few other things I have on my plate I need to use commitment, dedication, determination to help me achieve.

I have the rest of the night then most of the day before I have to sit at the airport for 5 hours tomorrow night.

Tags: books, education, flight attendant, flights, flying, management, mba, motivation, online university, resume, schedule, sleep, strategy, studying, success, wealth, western governors university, wgu

Hot day in Phoenix

Yes, it was only 109F today, but I have managed to stay cool most of the day.

After a bit by the pool, the water was great, then to the gym. I have spent the later part of the day getting ready for tomorrow, and working on school work.

I have to do a revised resume and a cover letter, and put it on Linkedin. Those are easy it is coming up with 6 exhibits of certificates, awards, letters of commendation, performance evaluations, papers, publications, pictures of things created, transcripts, licenses, presentations, conference material, etc.

Even that is ok, it is the 10-15 slide power point presentation summarizing the salient points of your career field, explaining the how and why you will be successful in your chosen career, and addressing each of the following competency areas;

Leading people and teams

Developing sustainable solutions

Serving customers

Managing products and services

Managing technology and innovation

Assessing the competitive environment

Planning for the future in the global marketplace

and to top it off a 15-20 minute digitally recorded video presentation that highlights my qualifications for the career path to the audience.

OK those are going to be a little tougher for me to crank out.

ONE, PowerPoint I know little about so I either mutter through it guessing or spend time reading the the book, either way I know I am at a disadvantage.

TWO, the video presentation that part is easy it is coming up with content and actually looking ok in the video.

But I will attempt my best this week to get as much done as possible on these projects. I guess I better start an out-line and work from there.

In between flying and recurrent, we will see how much time scheduling actually lets me have off, or how crazy they work me. That is always a guessing game.

Anyway, back to studying, laundry and getting ready for work, flying in the morning.

Tags: books, education, flight attendant, flights, flying, life, linkedin, management, mba, online university, powerpoint, resume, schedule, sleep, studying, success, technology, travelers, western governors university, wgu

Hot Day in Detroit

I am sitting here in Detroit, actually Livonia at the Radisson. It is a nice quiet hotel, but I think that is just because business is slow.

The hotel lobby bar is just cool, retro sheik. They also have a great happy hour free tap beer and appetizers, a man on a budget dream.

It was a nice day, didn’t get much accomplished though, even with 29 hours there you have to sleep twice, which just cuts into everything.

But I got some good rest, and a little studying done so it was good.

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Sitting at the Airport in Phoenix

It has been a long weekend, waiting for the results from all my essays from the last class. I have started the next class which is about my resume, video, Power Point  presentation. It should be pretty easy then my last class, Marketing, Economics and Quantitative Analysis.

I need to sit down and make a plan of action to get this finished these classes, I also have to call Financial Aid tomorrow and see what is up with my paperwork. Get my ducks in a row.

Tomorrow they have me going to Detroit with 30 hours there so I am going to try and see a few people, some studying, and of course exercise.

Which that has been part of the changes that have happened lately, I have to get over that hump of commitment (life style change). I am hoping that muscle memory comes back quickly to get me near to back where I was years ago.

A lot of things in my life are having to go back to basics.

On a different note, I really don’t like sitting here at the airport, I would discuss about it but is better if I don’t.

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