Review of Week 8 – Go BIG With Going The Extra Mile

For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I went BIG with going the extra mile, in the areas of communications and planning. I started a file of samples of designs and graphics and photos to pursue my future design goals. I also added one extra task each time I worked on a project or did research.… Continue reading Review of Week 8 – Go BIG With Going The Extra Mile

Review of Week One – Thinking Big With My Career

For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I read the book “I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This’, by Kate White, editor of Cosmo, and learned to think big with my career plans with tips on going big with negotiating, managing, business practices, and standing out from the crowd.  I also learned the importance of going big… Continue reading Review of Week One – Thinking Big With My Career

Review of Week 52- Optimizing Yourself – Report Card for Year of Optimizing Yourself

When I looked back on all the optimizing yourself topics of the year, I found a common thread among them all, and it was improving how I used my time. My time on earth is short and precious, and a large percentage of it is already used up with sleeping,eating,showering and cleaning. By setting goals… Continue reading Review of Week 52- Optimizing Yourself – Report Card for Year of Optimizing Yourself

Optimizing Yourself – Week 52 – Dec 16 – 22, 2013 – Report Card for The Year of Optimizing Yourself

  This week I am going to review the optimizing yourself topics during the past year, and give an update on how improving myself is going this year.  I continue to work on many of the weekly exercises, such as “read more books” beyond the week that I posted the topic, and throughout the year. … Continue reading Optimizing Yourself – Week 52 – Dec 16 – 22, 2013 – Report Card for The Year of Optimizing Yourself

52 Weeks to Bettering Yourself in 2013 – Week 2 – January 7 – 13 – READ MORE BOOKS

My writing instructor at UBC said: “if you want to write, read”. So, in my quest to be a better writer, and since I love reading and astrology, on Christmas Eve I went to Chapters and bought a book with Christmas money my father-in-law gave me. The book is titled: “You and Your Future” by:… Continue reading 52 Weeks to Bettering Yourself in 2013 – Week 2 – January 7 – 13 – READ MORE BOOKS