Spiritual activism? What is that exactly? This week I was attending a lecture given by Scotsman Alastair Mcintosh, author of Soil and Soul: People vs Corporate Power. He is part of the Inspired Action conference run all week by the Findhorn Foundation, nearby to me.
His lecture was about how he managed to stop Lafarge, a French cement company from desecrating a mountain in the Isle of Harris; took 13 years, but this inspired man managed to find a solution suitable for all, culminating in a piece of the mountain being cemented back on top again with Lafarge cement!
But what place does this have in this website? At the end of his lecture, I spoke in an emotional way as I asked him how he manages to not (more...)
Inside Out Interview Tips: Part 2
also posted in Jane's Blog
Success! Following the tips I sent to a subscriber asking for help re preparing for a job interview, I just received a lovely email this morning saying thank you, because she had got the job! Hurray!
I used those tips to craft an article for a successful business conversation (see below) but if you’d like to see the original regarding interviews, here it is:
7 tips for having a successful interview
1. First decide to take the general attitude that the perfect job for you is out there; it’s just a matter of finding it. This means that any of the jobs you haven’t yet got haven’t been the perfect one, and it’s simply a matter of continuing until you find it, or it finds you.
2. As best you can, imagine (more...)