Cover Letter and Resume Writing - Kym Burrows Will Help You

Cover Letter and Resume Writing - Kym Burrows Will Help YouKym Burrows resumes writing is an internet job generator that will help you come up with a cover letter and resume that will stand out from the others. She explains to the step by step process on how to do this which can help anybody from newbies to experienced professionals.The writer needs to be prepared to put in a lot of effort, time and effort on a project before they are successful. This is true even if it is just the resume writing. It is best to create an outline for the content of the document in order to get the most out of it. In this article, I am going to give you some easy tips to help you prepare to write a cover letter and resume.First, make sure to include a brief description of your academic background, your work experience and your personality. This should be as brief as possible. Also, this does not need to be long. Include it in the first sentence. By leaving some space, you make it easy for the recruiter to get to the point that she wants to read quickly.Next, write your resume, or copy or paste it from one of your previous assignments. You should make sure to use your current position in the file. While you may have been at a position before, it is best to be familiar with it so you will know how to write it correctly.Describe your previous jobs, the skills you learned from those jobs and any other 'Profiles' you may have. If you have any awards from any organizations, attach them as well. Make sure to include any skills that could be beneficial to the organization. If you had some educational information, be sure to include it in your profile.The next step is to write your cover letter and resume. Write as much as you feel comfortable with and take your time to write each one. Be sure to spell check your letter and the contents as you are writing it.Be sure to have good eye contact while writing your letter. Good eye contact means that you should make eye contact with the reader from the beginning to the end of the letter.Kym Burrows resumes writing is an internet job generator that will help you come up with a cover letter and resume that will stand out from the others. She explains to the step by step process on how to do this which can help anybody from newbies to experienced professionals. Make sure to follow her advice.

Dinner Table Talk Can Jump-Start Your Kids Career! - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Dinner Table Talk Can Jump-Start Your Kids Career! - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.   Eleanor Roosevelt Pairing great food with great discussion is somewhat of a dying art in the home front. But here’s an argument for bringing back the old-fashioned dinner hour (or 15 minutes) table talk to your family’s routine. A little bit of effort can go a long way in shaping your kids mindsets and preparing them for the bigger world that awaits them once they graduate from high school. A recent WSJ article touted the many health benefits of eating dinner with your kids, even if its only a few times per week and for under thirty minutes. Their research shows that having a few family meals per week can significantly reduce childhood obesity, depression and make your family more connected. I’ll take the benefits of family dining a step further:  Family meals can be the catalyst for grooming kids to become successful entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers, scientists, computer engineers, business executives, artists, educators and whatever else you can imagine assuming the discussion is motivating, positive and enlightening! You can positively influence your kids by consistently initiating and encouraging stimulating discussions at the dinner table.  Don’t underestimate the impact these discussions have in shaping your child’s intellectual curiosity and their confidence to pursue a career later in life: Lively discussions that allow for everyone in the family to freely voice their opinions develop a host of transferable skills that are valued by college admissions officers and hiring managers: Transferable skills and positive character traits can be learned at YOUR dinner table  Empathy:  Children learn what they live  and if they observe you caring for others (occasionally including people at your table who may be experiencing some personal difficulty may it be a divorce, a family loss, health issue or financial struggle) shows your kids you value helping others. Even discussing topics that show concern for helping others can positively influence your kids to become more caring people. Group dynamics at the table require  Active listening. Being heard and affirmed by others builds  Self-esteem. Explaining your idea for others to understand develops  Logical reasoning. Breaking down a topic to critique another’s ideas develop  Analytic Ability. Defending your position and taking a clear side develops  skills as an influencer that can be used in many fields where team-building, collaborating, and negotiation are needed. Discussions on  creative problem solving can build entrepreneurial skills and out of the box thinking. Discussions about developments in business, medicine, science, technology, philanthropy, art, psychology  gives kids an appreciation for the breadth of opportunities to make a difference in society during their life. If your discussions are respectful, not too heavy, and leave room for questions, they can inspire kids to ask more questions and even pursue a career in one of the areas youve focused on. On a personal note, most of the professionals, physicians, lawyers, accountants as well as the successful executives I interact with say that they first learned about their field from family members or family friends over many years of exposure to these people and through ongoing discussions they overheard at their dinner tables. The physicians said that their family discussions at mealtime were about chemistry, science, biology and topics relating to healthcare. At least one of their parents, if not both, talked incessantly and glowingly about this profession and the noble contribution physicians make to society. Their parents frequently expressed their admiration for individual doctors and told stories of the “good old days” in med school and so on. The same experience holds true for my friends and clients who excel in a wide range of professions and businesses. These friends admitted that as kids they couldn’t help from listening while their parents and older siblings related stories and lessons from their workday. As one person said, his decision to become a Rabbi was so easy for him as all the greatness he saw in this role was in the air and he was breathing it in regularly.” Of course there are always exceptions to this rule, but its clear if the parent expresses pleasure in his/her work, the children will naturally find it more enticing to explore that field when it comes time for them to choose a career. In our home, while raising my two kids, my husband and I had a few simple rules for dinnertime: We had a firm stance on no technology, t.v., newspapers, magazines, books or answering of the home phone during dinner. These limits helped decrease the distractions at meals so we could have uninterrupted, dynamic conversations on a variety of topics. Here are a few general topics we focused on to build awareness that you could try out at your table Current Events:  Get your kids opinions about what they think about top stories occurring around the world. If they’re too young to understand major events, focus in on something they can relate to: Help explain one topic that they can relate to e.g. the President visits school children to improve the nutrition in school lunches…  Ask them why this matters? How does this affect them? Do they think their school provides balanced, healthful meals?   Local events:  Can help children understand your connection to your community and to the people who live near you. Global events:  Shows your interest in the world at large and your concern for the well-being of others you don’t know on a personal basis Articles about a heroin:  (local or global)  teaches kids what you admire in people:  Show them your excitement about hearing of someone who showed empathy, creativity, generosity to help improve the lot of another person by finding a solution to their problem. Articles about a person whose unethical behavior tarnished his/her reputation:  Focus on how that persons unethical behavior (greed, dishonesty etc.) ruined his name and led to his failure. How to engage younger kids at your dinner table discussion? Ask your kids questions about what they did at recess, who they played with, and who they helped? Prompt questions like, did you notice anyone getting bullied today? Did you step in to help? If your child is reluctant to talk, let them know you’re interested in their opinions and feelings and see if they’d prefer to talk with you privately. While the dinner table venue can set the stage for valuable discussions not everything can be said at these tables.   The same is true at work. Sometimes personal, uncomfortable issues need to be handled privately. How to get your teens involved in a family discussion? Ask your kids what they think about these two very different types of personalities, e.g. the generous person/heroin vs. the greedy person. What behaviors do they think showcase a generous person? When have they been generous? Develop your thoughts beforehand so you can focus on the valuable lesson you’d like them to remember rather than on the gossip about that person or the fame that s/he acquired. Ask your kids about a problem they noticed and see if your kids can come up with a solution to it. Praise them publicly (in front of other family and friends at the table) if they come up with a clever solution. Share an innovation you thought of. Share an interesting story from your work. Share an idea that shaped your thinking. Mention a person you admired for their good works. As a general rule, the best table discussions are natural and sprinkled with humor. Don’t get so caught up in trying to train your kids on various topics and professions and miss the opportunity to connect with them and whats on their minds. Tune into them and use their interests as a springboard for discussion.  Think before you share! Ask yourself: Is this gossip? Are we focused on ideas? Does every persons opinion get equal attention? Do you try going around the table so everyone’s voice is heard? Do you draw out the quieter child? Is there collaboration in making family plans? Does one person dominate the conversation? Do you discuss your own areas of expertise may it be a hobby or profession? Are you always negative when you talk about work? If so, do you allow your negativity to permeate the table discussion? Are you passionate about a certain topic? Do you encourage questions? Do you allow kids to challenge your ideas or the familys status quo? So consider using some of these food for thought as a recipe for success in your home: It could result in your raising motivated, intellectually curious, empathetic kids who aspire to make a difference in the world.   Bon Appétit!!!

When Selling Your Professional Brand, Stress Features AND Benefits - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

When ‘Selling’ Your Professional Brand, Stress Features AND Benefits - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Editor’s Note: This blog is a modified excerpt from professional “headhunter” and bestselling job-hunting book author Skip Freeman’s next book in the “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets series of job-hunting books, CAREER STALLED? How to Get Your Career Back in High Gear and Land the Job You Deserve-Your Dream Job. Publication is scheduled for early 2013. ________________________________________________________ In last week’s blog (Job Hunters: Think Youre Not in Sales? Think Again!) I stressed how vital it is for the successful job hunter to adopt both the attitude and the general approach used by successful salespeople. In this blog I am going to expand somewhat on the job hunter as salesperson concept by introducing another “trick of the trade” employed by highly successful salespeople, and one which you are strongly encouraged to utilize if you’re on (or are contemplating) a new job hunt: The “feature-benefit” sales approach. Men and women in the sales professionsâ€"and remember, if you are looking for a new job you, too, are in the sales profession!â€"learn early on that, in order to be successful, they must continually stress to customers (and potential customers) the unique features of the product(s) and/or service(s) they are selling. Top salespeople, however, also learn to stress the benefits provided by key features! Let me give you an example of what I’m talking about here. Remember the last time you went shopping for a new vehicle? Chances are, if you were dealing with an “average” salesperson, he or she jumped right on the vehicle’s features, in order to quickly differentiate the vehicle from comparable models offered by competitors. For example, the salesperson may have said something such as this: “The trunk space in our vehicle is ‘x percent larger’ than any of our competitor’s comparable vehicles, and it also features a cargo net at the rear and on the sides of the trunk.” So far, so good. But you then may have thought to yourself, hmm, that’s interesting, but so what? Are these features something that I should be really excited about, or are they simply something that’s “nice to know”? On the other hand, if you were dealing with a seasoned salesperson, she probably amplified this otherwise “ho-hum” feature by also stressing the benefit inherent in the feature, by saying something like this: “That means that the next time you go on a major grocery shopping trip you’ll be able to put ALL of your groceries in the trunk, and not end up having to put some of them in the back seat! And, if you have to make an unexpected, sudden stop on the way home, you won’t have to worry about something like milk or eggs spilling out and damaging your brand new seats and upholstery! Items such as these will be in the trunkâ€"safely secured by the built-in cargo net!” Now, all of a sudden, you definitely can relate to both the feature and the benefit! Why? Because you can easily visualize this type of “accident” happening, or you may even remember how long it took you to get the “spilled milk” odor out of the back seat the last time this type of “accident” actually did happen to you (or your spouse)! Using the ‘Feature-Benefit’ Approach During a Job Hunt To put the “feature-benefit” sales tactic into perspective for you, the job-hunter, consider the significant difference between the following two statements that might either be featured in a résumé or stressed during an interview with a hiring professional: “The team I currently head up is widely recognized for its ability to reduce production costs while, at the same time, increase revenue.” All a potential hiring manager will be able to glean out of a statement like this is the feature aspect of it, and he/she will quite probably have the same reaction as you did when shopping for a new vehicle, i.e., he/she will think, Yes, that’s interesting, but so what? You can add the “so what” by stressing the benefit of the “feature”: “During the last five consecutive years, the team I currently head up has reduced production costs by an average of 15%, a savings of $ million, while increasing annual revenue by %, going from $0 million a year to an average of $1 million.” See the difference? In the first statement it is indeed quite clear that one of the “features” of the candidate is that he or she ostensibly has the ability to reduce production costs, while also increasing revenue. Great, but so what? What benefit, specifically, might this “feature” have for the potential hiring company? That information is what will getâ€"and keep!â€"a hiring manager’s (or Human Resources professional’s or “headhunter’s”) attention! In the second example the candidate made quite clear, subtly and by implication, what the potential benefit could be for the hiring company because the candidate quantified those benefits with numbers and percentages. That’s something hiring managers (and the companies they represent) can easily “wrap their minds around.” Use ‘Feature-Benefit’ Approach Wisely, Appropriately Now, it goes without saying (or at least it should go without saying) that you should utilize the “feature-benefit” approach both wisely and appropriately during your job search. Just as a baseball pitcher doesn’tâ€"or at least, shouldn’tâ€"make every pitch a “fast ball,” obviously, you should not feel compelled, either, to provide a “benefit” statement for each and every “feature,” e.g., education, experience, skill sets, achievements and accomplishments, etc., that is the “product” known as the professional YOU! That could get very tedious very soon, not to mention soon appear to be quite contrived! lt’s important to keep in mind that, in business, the benefits that will be perceived as most important by hiring managers are those things that can “make ‘em money,” “save ‘em money, or both. That, of course, includes anything that helps the hiring company improve revenue, processes, product/service quality, etc., and/or reduces waste, labor costs, etc. As always, all of the tips (“secrets”) featured in “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever!,” as well as in the various blogs and articles I regularly write and publish, are designed to accomplish one primary goal: To show you, the job hunter, how to meaningfully and effectively differentiate your unique professional brand from the vast pool of “me-too” job seekers vying for the same positions as you. Admittedly, not every single one of these tips/secrets works every single time with every single hiring professional in every single situation. Based upon a decade of professional experience as a “headhunter, I can, however, guarantee you that they work often enough for you to seriously consider using them! The “feature-benefit” sales approach is just one more tactic to add to your job-hunting arsenal. Author: Skip Freeman is the author of the international bestselling job hunting book “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever! (http://portal.sliderocket.com/BFDSG/Find-Your-Dream-Job) and is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The HTW Group (Hire to Win), an Atlanta, GA, Metropolitan Area Executive Search Firm. Specializing in the placement of sales, engineering, manufacturing and RD professionals, he has developed powerful techniques that help companies hire the best and help the best get hired.

Mastering the Art of Quitting Why it Matters in Life, Love, and Work

Mastering the Art of Quitting Why it Matters in Life, Love, and Work Are you a quitter?  Well, of course you are. Youre not still working at your very first job, are you? And you probably arent still with your first love. You likely changed schools, roommates, or even the city in which you live at some point, yes? In each of these scenarios you had to quit one thing to begin another, although you might not have thought of it that way at the time. But quitting is a necessary first step to redefining our goals and what we want from life. Quitting frees us from hopelessly pursuing the unattainable, and allows us to move on to new and more satisfying challenges. Which is the main point that psychotherapist  Alan Bernstein Peg Streep make in their new book,  Mastering the Art of Quitting: Why It Matters in Life, Love, and Work. No One Likes a Quitter, Right? Unfortunately, theres a stigma about quitting in American society. Our  national tendency is to stay the course, however off-track or misguided it may be. The word quitter has some very negative connotations: Merriam-Webster defines it as  a person who gives up easily or does not have the courage or determination to finish a task. And because our culture values persistence and tenacity so highly, the idea of quitting as a valuable tool to living well seems counter intuitive. But it doesnt have to be. Becoming a Better Quitter Featuring compelling stories of people who have successfully quit some easily, some with great effort Mastering the Art of Quitting provides  helpful questionnaires and goal maps to guide you toward becoming a better quitter. Based in science, this book shares many psychological studies that illustrate why some people have a talent for quitting, and why others need to develop their quitting skills. While it isnt a how-to book,  Mastering the Art of Quitting  helps you understand your potential biases and how blind-spots in your thinking might be impacting your ability to quit and move forward with a conscious sense of choice. According to Bernstein, once you understand your personal propensities on quitting, youre more likely to consider your options based on their current and potential future outcomes. That keeps you from ruminating and getting stuck. Neither of which are helpful. Self-Awareness Is Key My big takeaway from this book was the focus on self-awareness and Emotional Intelligence, both of which we talk about frequently here at Careertopia. According to Bernstein, people who have a better sense of their thoughts and feelings have an advantage in exhibiting artful quitting. Take Action Today Most likely, before you even finish this book, youll have shifted your view of quitting from a negative action, and instead see it as a prime opportunity for reframing a situation, imagining new possibilities, and reinventing yourself. In addition to reading   we recommend using the tools in our Careertopia Starter Kit to immediately gain a better sense of your natural behaviors, reactions, and motivators. If this is something you think would benefit your life be sure to pick up Mastering the Art of Quitting: Why It Matters in Life, Love, and Work (affiliate link).

Unshakeable Your Financial Freedom Playbook. Creating Peace Of Mind In A World Of Volatility. (Book Review) CareerMetis.com

Unshakeable Your Financial Freedom Playbook. Creating Peace Of Mind In A World Of Volatility. (Book Review) â€" CareerMetis.com Photo Credit â€" www.amazon.comI’m sure most of you already know whoTony Robbinsis. Needless to say, he’s financially brilliant. In his latest book Unshakeable , Robbins coverseverythingyou need to know in terms of long-term wealth and financial freedom. He writes it all in easy-to-comprehend formats and gives descriptive examples of everything to solidify the points he makes.Personally, I loved it. I love learning about investing, though, which is what majority of this book is about. So, if you’re not interested in learning about that If you’re going to understand investing, you’ll need to understand the difference among these three types of investment funds. I was very unfamiliar with the precise differences in all of them before reading this.evalMutual Fundâ€" “A public fund available to anyone. In most cases, they are actively managed by a team who assembles a portfolio of stocks, bonds, or other assets and continuously trade their holdings in hopes to beat the market .”Hedge Fund â€"“A private fund available to only high-net-worth investors. The managers have complete flexibility to bet on both directions of the market. They charge hefty management fee’s and share the profits.”Index Fund â€"“Also a public fund, but requires no “active” managers. The fund simply owns all the stocks in the index.” An example of an index fund would be owning all 500 stocks in the SP 500 index.Three Kinds of Financial AdvisorsIn all of the financial books that I have read, each one explains the importance of having a financial advisor. It is someone who knows more about making money than you do and who is willing to help you with that for a small fee. However, what I have not read in any of those books aside from this one is that there are different kinds and Robbins explains how to distinguish them.Broker â€"Brokers are advisors who, by law, do not have to recommend the best products or services for their client. They make a commission on what produ cts or services they do sell to clients, though, so they are more often than not looking out for their own best interests when advising clients to make certain purchases.Registered Investment Advisor â€"These advisors are legally obligated to act in their clients best interest.Dually Registered Advisors â€"These guys are both brokersandregistered advisors. They can take advantage of both sides of the same coin. That’s not to say they are all out to take your money. It just means you have to be extremely careful when finding an advisor for yourself.7 Questions You Must Ask When Picking A Financial AdvisorAre You a Registered Investment Advisor?If they answer no, then they are a broker.Are You, or Your Firm, Affiliated With a Broker-Dealer? If yes, then they are able to act as a broker and probably will.Does Your Firm Offer Proprietary Mutual Funds or Separately Managed Accounts? You’re looking for an all inclusive no to this question.Do You or Your Firm Receive Any Third-Party Co mpensation for Recommending Particular Investments? Basically another way of asking if the advisor is acting as a broker in any way.What’s Your Philosophy When It Comes to Investing?This is for you to figure out and decide if this advisor is in alignment with how you want your money managed.What Financial Planning Services Do You Offer Beyond Investment Strategy and Portfolio Management?This question is geared towards those that are looking for college funds for their kids, real estate planning or any other services outside of the services already mentioned.Where Will My Money Be Held?There should always be a third-party custodian involved to hold your funds.FINAL THOUGHTSevalRobbins writes about the power of compounding, 401k plans, hidden fees, and many other components involved in long-term wealth planning. Overall,Unshakeableis a greatread for anyone (granted you’re interested in learning about investment strategy and how to handle your own finances.)It has helped me figure out what type of funds I should be buying into and I’ll know how to properly pick an advisor when the time comes. Looking forward to the information Robbins includes in his next book.Have you read this book? What have you taken away from Tony Robbin’s insight? Let me know in the comments section below!

6 Key Behaviors That Heal, Repair Relationships, and Spread Love - Kathy Caprino

6 Key Behaviors That Heal, Repair Relationships, and Spread Love This year, my colleague Mo Faul and I embarked on a new endeavor â€" producing a weekly podcast designed to help professional women build their best work and best lives. We began in September, and the journey to a successful podcast recording experience has been a wonderful and eye-opening one. One huge surprise to us (although it shouldn’t be) is that the more authentic, transparent, and open (and raw) we are in the show, the more it touches people, and the more it makes them stop and think about their own lives. And from the feedback we’re getting, the more it generates life-changing action as well. This holiday season, Mo and I decided to tackle an issue that affects millions of people â€" how to create more love, kindness, and compassion in our lives, and how to repair relationships that have been damaged by our thoughtless, pain and selfishness. Click below to listen to what we believe are the top 6 behaviors we believe heal, repair and spread love. Here’s our take: 1. Engaging in forgiveness As Mo shares, so many of us get hung up on the idea that if we forgive someone who’s done us wrong, it means we’ll be giving away our power, and making it “ok” that they hurt us. Seeing forgiveness as weakness, then, makes us withhold it. But that’s not the highest concept of forgiveness. In fact, when we stop ourselves from forgiving, we blunt our ability to be connected, live strong, and love full out. Mo recommends that we begin thinking of heart-centered forgiveness differently. We’re only hurting ourselves by holding onto hate, anger, jealousy or envy. In the context of forgiving someone who has hurt us, Mo shares that we often need to forgive something inside of ourselves first, before we forgive outwardly. What you are so hateful of in someone else is often the very same thing you see in yourself that you don’t like, and long to suppress or destroy. 2. Accessing more kindness in your heart I’ve written before that to me, kindness is the sweetness of life. But when we’re stressed, worried and expending so much life energy grasping after things we feel we’re missing, we often forget to stop and be kind â€" to ourselves and to others. We see people’s lives from the outside in and make all sorts of harsh, cruel judgments. Or we think that everyone else has it all going on, and we’re the losers. Take a look at Facebook right now and tell me how many of your friends and colleagues are revealing their true and authentic lives there. The problem is that when we become so used to seeing this “retouched” version of peoples lives, we begin to lose touch with the ability to be kind and compassionate about the internal struggles others are dealing with each day. (I’ve seen in my work with thousands of people each year that the list of painful internal battles people are facing around the world is truly endless.) Often when we’re struggling, our cup is not full; it’s completely empty. And when our cup feels empty, it’s virtually impossible to give kindness. What to do? One helpful step is to integrate into our lives some form of an impetus, or daily practice, that helps us get in touch again with our kindness, empathy and concern for others. 3. Moving away from focusing on how you’ve been “wronged” Mo explains that sometimes when we think we’ve been wronged, it is often just be the “stories” our minds have created to make sense of what’s happening around us. As Brené Brown shares in her recent powerful SuperSoul Sunday episode with Oprah, the stories we habitually tell ourselves so often create pain, suffering and a huge divide between us and our friends, colleagues and loved ones, but these stories are self-fabricated, non-factual accounts of what’s going on. What to do? When you’re feeling pain or anger, stop and ask yourself, “What story am I telling myself about this, and how may it be false? What’s a more accurate, positive story? Whats really going on?” There’s another concept I learned in my therapy training that has singlehandedly changed how I look at any critique and criticism I get from others: “Everything that comes at you from others is much more about the other person than about you. And everything you send out into the world, even if you think someone has legitimately provoked it, is more about you and your internal state, than about the other person.” If we don’t gain awareness of the internal stories we tell ourselves about what happens to us, then we don’t have choice and control over how we decide to act and react in our relationships and interpersonal dealings. Everything is a choice. 4. Tapping into the real, internal states of others In 2013, when my father was in his final stages of prostate cancer that had spread all over his body, we moved him to an incredibly wonderful hospice home, the Joan Nicole Prince Home, in Schenectady, New York. The non-stop loving care, kindness and compassion that these inspiring young hospice volunteers (many of whom were medical students at the nearby Union College from a program run by Dr. Carol Weisse) showed was truly remarkable. Our family will never forget how they made my dad (and my mother who sat by his side for hours each day) feel so nurtured and cared for. There was one hospice volunteer in particular, Isaiah, who formed a very deep bond with Dad. After my father’s passing, I was given the opportunity to read the journal that Isaiah kept about his hospice experiences, and it brought flowing tears to my eyes. Here’s an excerpt: The Joan Nicole Prince Home is where I met Joe. He truly changed how I look at the world. A nonagenarian with prostate cancer, Joe was also suffering from dementia, and seeing him during my shifts was the highlight of my week. I spent most of my shift sitting with him while he slept and talking to him while he was awake. He talked fondly of his wife and children and recounted his days as a chemical engineer. I remember sitting with him, day after day, studying for my MCAT. Joe, unable to remember my name most days, always asked me what I was doing, to which I responded with the subject I was studying that day. When it came to chemistry, he surprised me with an act of kindness I will never forget: He offered to help me study, mentioning (possibly for the hundredth time) that he had been a chemical engineer. I declined politely, but I was still struck by his compassion for someone who, to him, was a stranger. It made me think; most of my patients will be strangers to me at first. How w ill I treat them? The same way Joe treated me, of course. I had truly been blessed to have him in my life, and I hope my patients feel the same about me.  Isaiah went on to share about losing Dad as a friend and a patient…  The deaths are not always this bad and this personal, but they can be. Joe’s passing reminded me of what I was afraid of: getting close to a resident (or future patient) and having to say goodbye. I now know this is never easy but have realized that it’s okay to feel something and to let yourself feel. If you conceal the emotions they just bubble and overflow in other ways. Joe helped me see is that you are never truly gone as long as others remember you. To this day, I keep a note from Joe in my car about being happy. One day I went to the home in a bit of a funk and Joe a man with dementia that sometimes couldnt remember the name of his wife, the love of his life noticed that I was upset. I said “Hey buddy, how are you?” Joe responded “What’s wrong? The world smiles when you smile. Keep smiling!” This caught me off guard and made me smile, so I asked Joe to write that down. He did and now whenever I have a bad a day I just look at the drivers side visor in my car and read my note from Joe. It’s funny how a sports buddy who was four times my age could make me the happiest and saddest in a matter of months, but that’s life.         To me, a key theme of these precious words and what Isaiah remembers about my father is that even as Dad was leaving his time on this earth, he cared deeply in his heart and soul for this kind young man, and what he was experiencing. Do we all take the time and effort to check into the internal states of those around us? Do we care about others deeply, and do we show that we care? 5. Realizing why you attack others Mo shares in this podcast a very poignant story about a recent exchange she had with her stepdaughter. As her stepdaughter entered the room, Mo began pointing out some recent errors she had made in her work, in a way that felt hurtful and condemning. Her stepdaughter stopped and asked Mo, “Why do you always have to treat me like this?” At that question, Mo stopped in her tracks, and faced the realization that there was a deep truth in her stepdaughter’s question. In fact, Mo realized that this wasn’t the first time she had been hard on a loved one in a demeaning way, because she saw in the other person traits and characteristics that exist within her that she judges harshly. The key message here is to look carefully at what you condemn in others, and why. When you do, you’ll very likely find yourself condemning traits you yourself possess but wish to suppress, or traits that remind you of others who you feel were hurtful to you. The problem is that attacking these “flaws” or traits in others only exacerbates your own pain and separation â€" from your highest self and from loving, life-affirming relationships with others. 6. Healing with your smile Recently, I performed in a number of holiday concerts, and something happened that awakened me to recognizing the healing and transformative power of a smile. In one of the concerts, the Master of Ceremonies shared with the audience an impromptu comment about my smile. While I was initially very embarrassed (and blushed ten shades of red in front of the audience) I took in the compliment, and later, thought about the power of a smile. In the days that followed, my smile was surprisingly mentioned three more times, in three completely different settings, among both strangers and people I knew well. They used the words “beacon of light,” uplifting, joyful, calming, and kind, to describe my smile. As I thought about this more, I realized that I had been smiling much more during the past month. I was more rested, relaxed and energetic, and also very excited about the approaching holidays as well as about my new work in the coming year. I realized too that smiles have many different facets and meanings to different people, including light, appreciation, love, acceptance, sympathy, kindness and humor. And finally, I recognized that when I’m highly stressed, over-worked, and over-burdened, my smile simply disappears. In our podcast, I gave a challenge to myself and our listeners to be more conscious of our smiles, and to actively and compassionately offer an authentic, from-the-heart smile to as many people as possible this holiday season and beyond. And to notice what you get back from your smiles. Finally, Mo and I gave ourselves a 2016 task to choose ONE word that describes our most desired outcome or theme for 2016 â€" the one thing we long for most to have in great abundance in the coming year. Will you join us? What’s your one-word theme for 2016? Please share it with us, and Happy Holidays to you and yours!

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