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Jobs Search is 90% Mental
Yogi Berra once said, "Baseball is 90 percent
mental, the other half is physical." Job search is a lot like
baseball; before someone learns anything about your qualifications and
accomplishments, they notice your attitude. A positive attitude will
carry you a long way toward your goals.
JobSeekers is dedicated to helping members stay
positive and focused throughout their campaigns. This section of the
website contains inspirational selections from JobSeeker's weekly
newsletter.
This poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox uses sailing as
a metaphor to describe how people in difficult circumstances have a
great deal of control over how they react in trying times. It reminds
us that, with God's help, We are responsible for our outlook, emotions
and moods:
The Set of the Sails
One ship drives east,
and another west
With the self-same
winds that blow;
'Tis the set of the
sails
And not the gales
That decides the way to
go.
Like the winds of the
sea are the ways of fate,
As they voyage along
through life;
'Tis the will of the
soul
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the
strife.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(US writer, poet,
journalist; 1850-1919)
In other words, good and bad things (breezes)
happen to all of us. The thing that separates the winners of the world
from the rest of the pack is not the events themselves, but how we
react to those events. Your attitude — the set of your sails — is the
most important factor in whether this transition is successful or not.
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Inspiration