World Champion Evaluator » learning http://worldchampionevaluator.com evaluating like a champion Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:52:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Post-graduate program http://worldchampionevaluator.com/toastmasters/post-graduate-program/ http://worldchampionevaluator.com/toastmasters/post-graduate-program/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:23:13 +0000 john http://worldchampionevaluator.com/?p=658 In a post directed at unemployed college students, Seth Godin talks about a fantastic post-graduate year doing the following:

  • Spend twenty hours a week running a project for a non-profit.
  • Teach yourself Java, HTML, Flash, PHP and SQL. Not a little, but mastery.
  • Volunteer to coach or assistant coach a kids sports team.
  • Start, run and grow an online community.
  • Give a speech a week to local organizations.
  • Write a regular newsletter or blog about an industry you care about.
  • Learn a foreign language fluently.
  • Write three detailed business plans for projects in the industry you care about.
  • Self-publish a book.
  • Run a marathon.

“If you wake up every morning at 6, give up TV and treat this list like a job, you’ll have no trouble accomplishing everything on it. Everything! When you do, what happens to your job prospects?”

Seth makes a compelling point.  I suggest you join Toastmasters and you will learn even more about communication AND increase your network, both of which will prove invaluable.

BTW, other than the possibility of running a marathon, there’s no reason why everyone that is unemployed could be doing this.

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