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"Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself." – Robert Frost

• Article of Interest - "If It Doesn’t Suck, It’s Not Worth Doing" •

For those of you, who are in transition, either personally or professionally, this quote is dedicated to you. Knowing yourself is one of the hardest lessons to acquire in life. Regardless of your age or stage of your life, there is bound to be some definition. Personally, I have had setbacks in my own journey that could have took me away from my goals and my aspirations. But, I went back to what I had defined myself and that is when I started to learn more about being SET - strategic; engaged; teamwork. The process of being strategic is something that I want to continue to learn but to also share. I recently read and agree that in the absence of being strategic makes people question their own goals and objectives to both themselves and to their organization. As a strategic communicator, how am I contributing to my organization and its goals as well as my own. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition says this about strategic, "useful or important in achieving a plan or strategy."As I continue to assess myself and share through this blog, I hope that you can find the reason to start on a plan. The plan to be strategic is built on the foundation of accountability and responsibility. As we start to head into 2017 and today being "Election Day,", what are doing in our personal time to be more strategic. What types of plans are we making? Are we making that one step forward towards our ambitions.I am going to start to put at the end of each blog, some job leads but I put out the disclaimer that I am doing this as a service to the job seeker and if you are a job holder and would like me to add it here, just e-mail it to me.

Re-post from earlier in my life

Your days are your life in miniature. As you live your days, so you craft your life. What you do today is actually creating your future. The words you speak, the thoughts you think, the food you eat and the actions you take are defining your destiny – shaping who you are becoming and what your life will stand for. There's no such thing as an unimportant day.

Each of us is called to greatness. Each of us has an exquisite power within us. But for this power to grow, we need to use it. The more you exercise it each day, the stronger it gets. The more this power gets tapped, the more confident you grow.

The best among us are not more gifted than the rest. They just take small steps each day as they march towards their biggest life. And the days slip into weeks, the weeks into months and before they know it, they arrive at a place called Extraordinary.