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Are You Seeing

Are you seeing or is your brain deciding what you should see?

Read the following paragraph.

"Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabridge Uinvervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the litteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a ttoal mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is besauae ocne we laren how to raed we bgien to aargnre the lteerts in our mnid to see waht we epxcet to see. The huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but preecsievs the wrod as a wlohe. We do tihs ucnsoniuscoly wuithot tuhoght."

Amazing, isn’t it? You’re finding meaning in a mass of jumbled letters. How is this possible?

Think of your mind as a dish of jelly which has settled so that its surface is perfectly flat. When information enters the mind, it self-organizes. It is like pouring warm water on the dish of jelly with a teaspoon. Imagine the warm water being poured on the jelly dish and then gently tipped so that it runs off. After many repetitions of this process, the surface of the jelly would be full of ruts, indentations, and grooves.

New water (information) would start to automatically flow into the preformed grooves. After a while, it would take only a bit of information (water) to activate an entire channel. This is the pattern recognition and pattern completion process. Even if much of the information is out of the channel, the pattern will be activated. The mind automatically corrects and completes the information to select and activate a pattern.

In our paragraph, your brain takes a bit of information (the first and last letters) and activates the "word" channel and you see and understand the word. This is why when we sit down and try to will new ideas or solutions, we tend to keep coming up with the same-old, same-old ideas. Information is flowing down the same ruts and grooves making the same-old connections producing the same old ideas over and over again.

Creativity occurs when we tilt the jelly dish and force the water (information) to flow into new channels and make new connections. These new connections give you different ways to focus you attention and different ways to interpret whatever you are focusing on. These different ways of focusing your attention and different ways of interpreting what you are focusing on lead to new insights, original ideas and solutions.

 

How to Prepare for a Job Interview

I recently had someone ask me: “How should I prepare for a job interview?”

My answer was as follows:

Prior to the interview I would suggest you do two kinds of research JOB RESEARCH and SELF RESEARCH, along with INTERVIEW PREPARATION and develop EMPLOYER QUESTIONS.

JOB RESEARCH

Research the employer and know about the employer’s mandate, mission, vision, role, population served, finances, how it relates to its community partners, etc.  You can do this using the website(s), annual report, meeting with staff and community partners, reviewing brochures, etc.
Research the role of the job you are applying for, using the job ad and documents mentioned above.

SELF RESEARCH

I would encourage you to reflect on your skills, especially transferable skills and what you can bring to the job you are being interviewed for.

INTERVIEW PREPARATION

I would also encourage you to practice a job interview as if it were a real job interview…things to consider include, but are not limited to: be early, your dress, your demeanour, eye contact, non-verbal communication, bringing two copies of your resume, bringing a copy of your references.  

EMPLOYER QUESTIONS

And finally I would encourage you to develop a few questions to ask the employer.

If you do these things (job research,interview preparation, self reserach and develop employer questions), prior to the interview, I believe you will be better prepared. This work will take at least 2 hours, possibly three.

Fortune favours the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur 

Motivation

Motivation is our reason for doing things; it helps us achieve those things in life that we want or need. The best motivation is intrinsic – it comes from within ourselves . The opposite is extrinsic motivation which is when we are “told” something is worth doing by someone else so we should be interested, or motivated, to do it. While this type of motivation is not all bad, it is generally not as long lasting as intrinsic motivation when we already believe, or feel, that  something is worth doing for our own reasons.
Other people can help us with our motivation by encouraging us. Support is very important in achieving goals so find people who can do this for you. They may be friends, family, co-workers, fellow students, clergy, resource coaches, social workers etc. You can also be part of someone else’s support network if they need you.
Investing time, money and energy in ourselves as we make positive changes in our life is worth the fear of change! Learn how to overcome challenges to become a stronger, more capable and self-sufficient person and you will find your intrinsic ability to become motivated increases! Build a support network and work towards achieving your dreams! You can do it!
It is never too late to become the person you were meant to be... Anon

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