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– Strengthen Quester traits – Creativity, intuition, perseverance, risk.

– Clarify purpose. Pursue goals in harmony with purpose.

– Be genuine. Continue to learn, grow.

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 Author Bio: Carole Kanchier, PhD, is an internationally recognized newspaper/digital columnist, registered psychologist, keynote speaker, coach and author of award winning, Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life.  Kanchier has taught at University of California, Berkeley and Santa Cruz, University of Alberta, and other institutions of higher learning, and worked with varied individual and organizational clients. Dr. Kanchier is known for her pioneering, interdisciplinary approach to human potential. Carole is available for consultations and interviews

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020

Thanksgiving Day in Canada has been a holiday on the second Monday of October since 1957. It is a chance for people to give thanks for a good harvest and other fortunes in the past year.

Thanksgiving Day in Canada is linked to the European tradition of harvest festivals.

Thanksgiving Day is a national public holiday in Canada. Many people have the day off work and all schools and post offices are closed. Many stores and other businesses and organizations are also closed. Public transport services may run to a reduced timetable or may not run at all.

Background

Thanksgiving Day in Canada is linked to the European tradition of harvest festivals. A common image seen at this time of year is a cornucopia, or horn, filled with seasonal fruit and vegetables. The cornucopia, which means “Horn of Plenty” in Latin, was a symbol of bounty and plenty in ancient Greece. Turkeys, pumpkins, ears of corn and large displays of food are also used to symbolize Thanksgiving Day.

Many people have a day off work on the second Monday of October. They often use the three-day Thanksgiving weekend to visit family or friends who live far away, or to receive them in their own homes. Many people also prepare a special meal to eat at some point during the long weekend. Traditionally, this included roast turkey and seasonal produce, such as pumpkin, corn ears and pecan nuts. Now, the meal may consist of other foods, particularly if the family is of non-European descent.

The Thanksgiving weekend is also a popular time to take a short autumn vacation. This may be the last chance in a while for some people to use cottages or holiday homes before winter sets in. Other popular activities include outdoor breaks to admire the spectacular colors of the Canadian autumn, hiking, and fishing. Fans of the teams in the Canadian Football League may spend part of the weekend watching the Thanksgiving Day Classic matches. if they are scheduled.

How are you and your family and friends going to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving?

What can you do to give thanks to a friend, family member, co-worker, neighbor, relative, protective service worker or other who has contributed to making your life, work and community better?

Ways to give thanks

– Invite someone for dinner.

– Write a letter to a friend or family member thanking him/her for … .

– Create a thankful video.

– Share pictures or videos of precious memories

– Donate something to a needy person or cause.

– Volunteer at a charity organization.

– Plant a tree.

– Visit a hospital.

– Provide Thanksgiving dinner for a family in need.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving weekend to you and yours,

Carole

 Author Bio: Carole Kanchier, PhD, is an internationally recognized newspaper/digital columnist, registered psychologist, keynote speaker, coach and author of award winning, Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life: https://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1508408963  Kanchier has taught at University of California, Berkeley and Santa Cruz, University of Alberta, and other institutions of higher learning, and worked with varied individual and organizational clients. Dr. Kanchier is known for her pioneering, interdisciplinary approach to human potential. Carole is available for consultations and interviews

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What Does Retirement Mean to You?

Scientist are sending astronauts and robotic cargo ships to the moon as part of a broader push to prioritize human spaceflight. Yet, some are defining retirement in old ways! What does retirement mean to you?

Old views of retirement consider it to be the resignation, sometimes mandatory, from a long-term employer at about 65. This age was set by German Chancellor Otto von Bismark in the late 1880s.

Nowadays, people are living longer and have better health at older ages than they did in Bismark’s times. We have gained 25 years of life since 1900, and research show that we have many creative and productive years ahead!

Fortunately, baby boomers, the demographic group born during the Post-World War 11 baby boom (approximately between the years 1946 and 1964), are redefining traditional views of retirement.

Roughly 44 million boomers in the United States are now 65 years or older. By 2050, the US Census Bureau expects that figure to double as the largest generation in American history lives longer than any before it.

Some boomers are looking forward to their retirement adventure when they continue to pursue paid or unpaid activities that give them purpose, direction, and satisfaction. As a group, baby boomers are the wealthiest, most active, and most physically fit generation in their era.

Unfortunately, research suggest many adults are not prepared for their golden years. Current economic and social welfare systems do not meet the demands and expectations of older adults, and many adults don’t assume responsibility for their later years.

Create desired lifestyle

Take the necessary precautions to ensure you can continue to do as you wish throughout life. If you manage your health, mental and financial issues you can create your desired future. You can convince others to hire you full-or part-time, study, travel, establish your own business, restructure or modify your current position, do volunteer work or pursue leisure activities that give you feelings of accomplishment and confidence.

Mary, a computer systems analyst, took early retirement from her software company at 50 to pursue her dream of being a chef. A growing segment of the work force, like Mary, is retiring from their job five to 15 years earlier than tradition dictates to pursue new lifestyle options. Mary’s company reduced costs by offering an attractive early retirement package.

A number of boomers are entrepreneurs. Matt, a dermatologist, is expanding his practice to several locations in California. By hiring competent assistants, he has time and money for exotic vacations.

Travis and Martha have another option. Research the lifestyle before making investments. For example, rent a small van and take a few short trips with a compatible partner. If you want to combine study with travel, investigate Road Scholar, an educational organization that offers inexpensive short-term academic programs, combined with international travel.

Thousands of adults return to school to discover they are excellent students. Many mature adults share classrooms with students fresh out of high school. Don, an athletic coach, returned to school at 65 to pursue a degree in Latin.

Some mature women enter the work force for the first time. Ethel, widowed at 60 with a house mortgage, turned her crisis into an opportunity to pursue her writing dream. She has a column and hosts a radio program dealing with seniors’ issues.

Volunteer work makes many adults feel good. It gives them a sense of purpose and helps them develop interests and friendships. Local newspapers and the Internet list community organizations that require help.

See yourself as someone who has choices, takes action and operates from a position of inner strength. Many outstanding people did not reach their prime until long after 60. Grandma Moses was painting at 91, and Dr. Ephraim Engleman, a San Francisco rheumatologist and University of California professor, practiced medicine until his death at 104!

Retirement can mean continuing growth and revitalization. It’s never too late to pursue your dream. What do you want to be doing when you are in your 90s?

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– Set attainable goals. Set each new goal one level beyond your present level of accomplishment. Enjoy the process of achieving your goal.

– Experiment with standards of excellence. Set your own criteria. Instead of aiming for 100 percent, try 80 or 90 percent. Realize perfectionism is an unattainable illusion.

– Learn from mistakes. Recognize that mistakes are part of the achieving process. Identify factors that may have contributed to a poor outcome, modify features, and move on. –

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Use Your Force

In the movie, “Star Wars,” Obi Wan-Kenobi gave Luke Skywalker a sword that seemed to have magical powers. The sword was useless to Luke when he lacked confidence in his abilities. But when Luke realized that he had the magical powers within to create his own perception of reality, he wielded the sword with confidence and accuracy.

Do you believe you have control over your life career?

Indicate T or F.

1. I didn’t get the position because I didn’t prepare for the interview.

2. When I trust my judgment I make wrong decisions.

3. I can solve most of my problems.

4. I’m often a victim of circumstance.

5. I can get any job I want if it’s congruent with my personal qualities and I persist in pursuing it.

6. I’m too old to go back to school.

7. I can learn new skills if I try.

8. I avoid challenges.

9. If I studied hard at school, I got good grades.

10. I don’t perform well under stress.

Scoring; One for each T for odd numbered statements, and one for each F for even numbered ones. Add scores. The higher your score the more you believe you have control over your life. You assume responsibility for your ideas, subsequent actions and consequences.

Take charge

Take control of your career.  Confront self-limiting beliefs, thoughts, words and behaviors. Attend to language patterns. They influence your conception of reality and affirm your inherent personal power.

Review the speech patterns below that express dependence and helplessness or independence and control. Choose those that demonstrate choice and responsibility.

– Differentiate between knowing and imagining.

You haven’t given your supervisor a report that was due three days ago. You say to yourself, “He stressed how important it was to submit it on time. He’ll be furious.” How does your internal dialogue continue?

a. “I wonder how I can slip it on his desk without seeing him?”

b. “I don’t really know he’ll be furious. … I’m imagining this. What really happens may be different.”

c. “I’ll take my lumps. I’m late.”

If you chose b you distinguished between knowing with imagining. We can make educated guesses about peoples’ future behaviors based on past experience. But we can also scare ourselves by imagining a negative scenario and convincing ourselves it will occur. Don’t live in a world of untested assumptions. Look for and expect positive outcomes.

– Differentiate between can’t (inability) and won’t (emotional choice).

As you’re finishing work, a colleague invites you to discuss a new job opportunity. You say, “I’d like to but I have to participate at the meeting. Thanks anyway.” When he leaves, you talk to yourself.

a. “I don’t have to go to that meeting. I’m choosing to go even though I’d rather find out about that job.”

b. “Rats, another stupid session when there’s no time to get anything accomplished.”

c. “I have so many clerical tasks to complete that I never have time to look after my career development.”

In selecting a, you’re choosing to affirm that you have a choice, even when you select the same option. We often choose to do things because of the negative consequences of not doing them (getting fired if we don’t choose to work). However, this is still a choice.

When you say, “I choose to,” new options may become apparent. For example, instead of staying in a job you dislike, you can choose to look for another job in the same or different organization, return to school or establish your own business.

– Restructure negative beliefs. Write down all negative thoughts you had within the past day. Rephrase these to make them more positive and to illustrate personal control. For example, if you said, “I’ll never find a job because I’m too old.” Restructure this, “I have the experience, skills, maturity, confidence creativity and persistence to find my desired position.”

Don’t be a prisoner of false beliefs. Ideas don’t come from mysterious external powers.  Rather, your language, thoughts and speech habits express an image of dependence and helplessness or responsibility and power. Empower yourself by selecting language that illustrates personal control.

Questers, described in award winning, Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life, by Dr. Carole Kanchier,

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Do You Have Emotional Intelligence (EQ)?

You’re in a meeting when a colleague takes credit for your work. What would you do: 1) Publicly confront the colleague over ownership? 2) After the meeting, request she give you credit when discussing your work? 3) Nothing? 4) Publicly thank her for referencing your work, and give the group additional information?

If you selected # 4, you’ve demonstrated emotional intelligence or EQ. Studies show that emotionally intelligent people are more successful in their careers than people who possess only intellectual smarts. Daniel Goldman, who popularized the EQ concept, identified five interrelated EQ competencies:  Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Self-Motivation, Empathy, and Effective Relationships.

What’s Your EQ? 

Answer “yes” or “no.”

1. I recognize my feelings and differentiate among them.

2. I know and accept myself.

3. I need to discuss my problems with others.  

4. I’m realizing my potential. 

5.I hang up on angry clients. 

6. I get facts before reacting in an uncomfortable situation.

7. My life is stressful.

8. If I don’t get the promotion, I’ll continue to perform well, believing I’ll get the next one.

9. I get depressed regularly.

10. I usually reframe bad experiences.

11. I don’t handleadversity well.

12. I’m persistent.

13. I’m sensitive to others’ feelings.

14. If a colleague has a problem, I’d volunteer to help.

15. l share my thoughts..

16. I value others’ viewpoints even though I disagree.

17. I’m dependable, cooperative.

18. My conscience guides my actions.

19. I’m comfortable with people.

20. I have good communication skills.

Scoring: One point for each “yes” to all items except 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. A high score suggests you may be emotionally intelligent. (The items listed are only examples of emotional intelligence.)

Strengthening Emotional Intelligence

1. Self–Awareness. Items 1 to 4measure competencies such as self-understanding, confidence, and self-reliance. To enhance self-awareness, know and accept yourself. Be yourself, not who you “should” be.

Clarify your purpose, and commit to at least one goal that enables your to express your purpose. Tips for clarifying purpose are found in www.questersdaretochange.com/blog/page/11/

Build on your strengths. List proud personal qualities and accomplishments such as confident, caring, optimistic. Each week, enhance a previous performance related to one strength.  For example, list what else can you do to become more optimistic, resilient or other?

Recognize feelings such as sadness and anger. Note what triggers these feeling and subsequent successful and unsuccessful consequences.

2. Self-Regulation. Items 5 to 8 measure self-management skills such as self-control, flexibility, and tact.  Learn to manage emotions and negative thoughts and feelings. Restructure negative thoughts so they’re more positive. Recognize time wasting habits and modify your schedule accordingly.

Minimize fear by identifying worrisome issues, and using appropriate information and resources to minimize these. Live in the present. When angry, take time out before acting. Go to a quiet place and breathe deeply, or wait a few days to cool down. Engage in physical activities to reduce stress.

3. Self-Motivation. Items 9 to 12 measure competencies such as optimism, drive, and inner-directedness. Tostrengthen self-motivation, develop positive thinking patterns. Focus on opportunities. Practice positive self-talk. Believe good things will happen. Begin each day by smiling at yourself in the mirror.

Take charge of your career.Experiment with new ideas, strategies. Think and talk about things you want. Define success personally. Persist in achieving goals. View mistakes as leaning experiences.

4. Empathy.  Items 13 to 16 measure empathy, awareness and appreciation of others’ feelings. Strengthen empathy by listening. People feel reassured and understood when others pay attention. Listen to peoples’ needs and perspectives.

Summarize what you hear the person say. Let her know you hear and understand her thoughts and feelings. Listen between the lines. What’s the person feeling but not saying? Ask questions when unsure.

Build rapport and trust. Be genuine, approachable, open to suggestions. Make people feel physically and emotionally comfortable. Demonstrate appreciation.

5. Effective Relationships. Items 17 to 20 measure interpersonal skills such as friendliness, communication, teamwork, and leadership. Cultivate friendly relationships with co-workers.Know peoples’ names and special strengths. Develop ”small-talk” skills. Celebrate peoples’ accomplishments.

Develop a social conscience. Volunteer for company-sponsored or community projects. Get involved in hobbies that involve social interaction. Practice communication skills. Read, take courses. Join Toastmasters.

Success and satisfaction in our global workplace require emotional intelligence in addition to technical and professional skills. Identify one EQ  trait to strengthen each week.

Chapter 3, Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Your Life, by Dr. Carole Kanchier, provides additional ways to strengthen EQ or Quester traits. Get a copy of Questers: https://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1508408963

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“Yes, I can!”

Can our intentions, thoughts, and faith help us achieve desired goals?

Research suggests that our mind can influence our physical reality. When the body is in peak condition and the trained mind is completely focused, an individual can achieve the miraculous.

Athletes, who do mental training along with actual practice, show greater improvement than those who only do physical training. Tiger Woods mentally pictures his golf ball rolling into the hole. World class figure skaters mentally rehearse their routines.

Moreover, ordinary people have learned to shrink or eliminate tumors and undergo surgery without medication using similar techniques.

Some use mind power to achieve desired career goals. Barbara, a former Silicon Valley technical writer, imagined herself tending her herb garden and teaching in Hawaii. She’s currently living her dream.

You too can train your mind to achieve desired life career goals.

You are the director of your life. You create your own life script by your mental attitude, the thoughts you think.  Mind has unlimited potential, but like other muscles, it has to be built up.

You need to practice mind building skills such as relaxing, breathing, meditating and visualizing desired outcomes. You must also have faith that you’ll achieve your goal and work hard.

Your subconscious mind holds the key to your potential. It takes orders from your conscious mind. To strengthen mind power, learn through relaxation and meditation exercises to slow your wave frequencies at the alpha or subconscious level to seven to 14 cycles per second (the conscious mind functions at 15 or higher cycles per second). Then practice techniques such as visualizing outcomes and stating affirmations to help you achieve desired goals.

Goal Attainment Strategies

1. Write goal and deadline. Have a clear, precise picture of your desired outcome. Ensure your goal is consistent with your purpose. Write a paragraph indicating why you want this goal. Include all the benefits to yourself and others. INTEND to achieve your goal.

2. Practice imagery daily. Imagine yourself living your goal today. Do this in a relaxed state, when your mind is at the alpha level. Visualize your goal clearly; include details. Don’t limit yourself by thinking about money, responsibilities or other externals. Hold your desired outcome firmly in your mind.

Experience achieving your goal. Notice how it feels, smells, sounds and looks. If you find this difficult, make a collage or take a photograph depicting your goal.

3. Identify barriers that may hinder you from reaching your goal. Write down how you can overcome these obstacles. Include all the people, groups, resources, personal strengths, and tools that can help you overcome obstacles.

4. Develop an action plan. Every day do at least one activity that will lead you to your goal. Use a daily organizer to plan activities.

Focus on your goal. Concentration is like a lazer beam that cuts through obstacles. Work hard. All your activities should lead to your goal. Ask yourself, “Is what I am doing  moving me closer to my goal?” Turn down promotions if they’re not compatible with your goal.

Consider failure a learning experience as you move toward your goal.

5. Have faith you’ll attain your goal. Faith consist of desire, belief and expectancy. Desire is the initial motivation, the force that pushes you towards your goals. Belief is what sustains you between desire and expectancy. Expect to achieve your goal.

Avoid negativity. Think and talk about what you want, not those you don’t want. Eliminate negative thoughts and feelings such as such stress, worry, hate or anger. Replace negative thoughts with positive statements or pictures.  Avoid phrases such as, “I can’t.”

If there is the slightest hesitancy in your mind, you’ll not achieve desired outcome. You’ll also fail if you try too hard because this suggests you have doubts.

6. Develop a support group. Meet often to review progress and get encouragement and suggestions. Avoid negative people.

7. Keep mind, body and spirit in top working order.  If you use you’re mind, you’ll get what you want.

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Author Bio: Carole Kanchier, PhD, is an internationally recognized newspaper/digital columnist, educator, speaker, registered psychologist/coach, and author of award-winning, Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life, and forthcoming Arouse the Force Within You!  Dr. Kanchier has taught at University of California, Berkeley and Santa Cruz and University of Alberta, and other institutions of higher learning, and consulted with varied individuals and organizations. Carole Kanchier is known for her pioneering, interdisciplinary approach to human potential. Contact Carole: carole@questersdaretochange.com; carole@daretochange.com

“Never stop questioning!”

Albert Einstein

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”

“Be curious, search for answers to questions important to you.”

 “Pursue things that interest you, strive to learn something new every day.”

People like Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci, Elon Musk, Galileo Galilei, The Wright Brothers… and all who made contributions to humankind prioritized their desire to learn, grow and make contributions to the world.

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Case studies of purposeful, growth oriented, Questers, quizzes, and guidelines show readers how to empower themselves to manage lifelong personal, career, and spiritual growth.

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Are you always jamming your schedule, feel you can’t waste a second? Do you allow the clock to manage you? Or, do you feel comfortable trusting your intuition to guide your time?

To better manage time, we set priorities and schedule our days and months. But many still feel pressured, lack total control.

The conventional approach to managing time was appropriate for the Industrial-Age, but is this effective in the Digital Age?

Most of us think of time in the linear way that has dominated Western thought since Isaac Newton imagined time to be a forward movement of orderly, unchanging hours, months and years. We manage time by inserting appropriate tasks into the right slots. And when our schedules don’t follow such orderly paths, we think we’re undisciplined.

This linear concept of time is useful but incomplete.  Another way of viewing time is to perceive it in a holistic fashion, and experience it through intuitive feelings. This requires that we transcend the parts to see the whole.

Albert Einstein pioneered a new view of time and the universe. Contemporary scientists such as David Deutsch, a quantum physicist, emphasizes that the structure of the universe is made in the image of its underlying field. The physical character of atoms, proteins and cells including people are controlled by immaterial energies that collectively form that field. This unique spectrum represents an invisible moving force that is in harmonic resonance with our physical bodies. 

Time is infinite, inseparable from and interrelated with the universe.  Because time is limitless and highly personal, we can go within to establish a comfortable range of rhythms and balance.  We can manage time intuitively.

An ancient ChineseTaoist philosophy, described in The Tao of Time: A Revolutionary Philosophy and Guide for Personal Time Management, offers time management ideas that are consistent with current scientific views.

Taoism emphasizes the now. Living in the present helps eliminate clock-induced stress because we practice mindfulness, focus on present tasks.

Relaxation, patience and contemplation enable us to approach tasks openly at the appropriate time. When we wait for the right moment, actions tend to fall into place.

Taoism is concerned with being present in the moment. Once we have achieved being, doing and having will follow. We’re flexible, can respond to the moment. We can change plans with minimum discomfort, approach projects with new perspectives.

When we shift our thought patterns and fine tune our intuition, we can make quick decisions that we might have agonized over previously because we don’t have time to doubt.

Many of us prefer to act rather than contemplate. We surround ourselves with time-saving devices to make things happen on cue. We push to make things happen, creating resistance. In our hurry to achieve and acquire, we ignore our intuition and natural rhythms. Under pressure, we feel anxious, respond negatively.

Four interrelated Taoist principles form the underpinnings of this way of looking at time: nonresistance, individual power, balance and harmony.

– Nonresistance.  Resisting the natural flow of events consumes energy. Therefore, instead of forcing events, we should trust in the moment and allow them to develop naturally. We’ll be more content and creative.

Many of us tend to create resistance. Our schedules are so tight that we panic, become angry at one more intrusion on our time.  We worry every interruption could further burden us. Our attitudes become defensive, unhappy and unproductive.

– Individual power. With individual power, we trust our intuition, and assert our right to control our time.  We give ourselves permission to step back and look at the problem.

Trusting intuition enables us to remove extraneous details that cloud our vision and decisions. We enhance clarity, confidence and efficiency. A challenging situation now seems effortless. Often, in our haste to stay on schedule, we experience clarity after the fact.

– Balance. This idea suggests our inner selves and daily activities are synchronized. To be balanced, we need to find our “centres,” and listen to and act upon inner cues. Rediscovering our natural rhythms eliminates the feelings that we’re constantly in a tug of war with schedules. 

Most of us seek balance. We tend to schedule our days combining specific amounts of work, personal and civic-related time. But instead of tuning into our inner needs, we usually proceed on automatic pilot.

– Harmony. This concept suggests we’re synchronized with our environments. We’re not separate from time and the universe, but rather an intrinsic part of these, an element of the grand scheme of the universe.  

In summary, nonresistance teaches us to let go of our prepackaged approach to time management and allows events to unfold. Individual power enables us to assert our right to control our time. Listening to and trusting our intuition help us live in the moment and balance daily activities. Centered, we no longer feel guilty about past actions or fear future choices.

As we become comfortable with the foregoing concepts and rediscover our natural rhythms, clocks and schedules won’t control us. We can use them as tools rather than absolutes.

How can you integrate these concepts into your management of time?

Author, Dr. Carole Kanchier, career and personal growth expert, is a registered psychologist, coach, speaker and author of award-winning,, Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life. http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1508408963    

Contac: carole@daretochange.com