Identifying Your Passions, Strengths and Values

Try to complete the following statements. Do not worry if you are not sure of the answers. More ideas may come to you in time and as you finish your Quest Journal


Passions
My heart pounds with excitement when...
I feel especially good about myself when...

I get a lump in my throat when...

I lose track of time whenever I am...

If I could be any person in history , I would be...

When I dream about the future I see myself...

If I could change one thing it would be...



Strengths
Mark as many of the following words with which you identify yourself.

forthright
adventurous
forceful
sharp
decisive
risk taker
demanding
authoritative
direct
curious
competitive
self-sufficient enthusiastic
expressive
influencing
emotional
inventive
spontaneous
trusting
outgoing
unselfish
self-assured
charming
inspiring steady
amible
predictable
supportive
loyal
methodical
team player
calm
thorough
dependable
self-composed
possessive analytical
controlling
perfectionist
systematic
conventional
respectful
meticulous
well-disciplined
diplomatic
precise
sensitive
accurate




Values
Before you can achieve any goals in life you have to know how to set them. Before you can set your goals you need to decide what is important to you, what your values are. There are no right or wrong values, They can be anything that you consider important or maybe something that you couldn't imagine living without. Just make sure that the values you choose to define yourself are truly your own values and not someone else's. Look at the following categories try to decide what is the most important to you now, and what maybe the most important value in your future.


Family
Family can mean many things. It can be people that you are related to or just a group of people that you are close to. If family is a very important value to you, you might want to consider a career that lets you stay close to home with consistant hours that will let you keep the commitment to your family and close friends Adventure
Adventure may take you many places and put you on an irregular, spontaneous schedule. It is possible to enjoy family life and adventure by weighing your priorities. Remember you can have a little of everything in moderation.


Knowledge
If you value knowledge you should structure a lifestyle where you are constantly learning. You can chose a job where you do research. Remember that "living is learning"--you just have to keep an open mind. Power
It's hard to find an entry-level job with a lot of power. If power is an important value you should always keep that in mind and keep your sights high. You should take a lot of leadership roles that will help you gain the skills necessary to be in charge.

Moral Judgment and Personal Consistency
If this value is important it means that you are proud of yourself and your values, no matter how they look in sombody else's eyes. You should choose a career and life that you feel is worthwhile. Money
If money is your top priority you should be prepared to spend long hours at work. you should remember to look at the salary that a job offers before accepting the position, It may be hard to make money right away but if you keep your sights high then everything will come in time.

Recognition
If recognition is what you want, you first have to choose what you want to be recognized for. Remember to choose something that you have a talent in. If you don't seek world wide recognition then you may try to assert yourself in a small community. Aesthetics
If you love to be surrounded by beauty. Open your eyes to the beauty all arround you. You may also want to take a job that would take you into more pleasures for the eyes.

Defining Success

What does success mean to you? What would you have to be doing to feel that you are a sucessful person? Everybody has their own opinons, here are some listed below. Indicate whether you strongly agree, agree, are not sure, disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following opinions.

Money, achievement, fame and success are important, but they are bought too dearly when aquired at the cost of health
-Anonymous

It's great to be great, but it's better to be human.
-Will Rogers

Nothing succeeds like excess.
-Oscar Wilde

Success is a journey, not a destination.
-Ben Sweetland

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if your playing by other people's rules, while quietly playing by your own.
-Michael Korda

She could not separate success from peace of mind--the two must go together...
-Daphne Du Maurier, Mary Anne

All of us are born with a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
-Danny Thomas

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money: it's the talent and the passion that count in success.
-Ingrid Bergman

The two leading formulas for success are building a better mousetrap and finding a bigger loophole.
-Edgar A. Shoaff

Success is something to enjoy to flaunt! Otherwise why work so hard to get it?
-Isobel Lennart, Funny Girl

Success is knowing what your values are and living in a way that is consistant with your values.
-Danny Cox

Success can only be measured in the terms of distance traveled...
-Mavis Gallant

If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.
-Jean Kerr

Success can make you one of two ways. it can make you a prima donna, or it can smooth out the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
-Barbara Walters

Six essential qualities that are key to success: sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.
-Dr. William Menninger

The people who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.
-Lloyd Jones

The wealthy man is the man who is much, not the one who has much.
-Karl Marx

Winning isn't everything--it's the only thing.
-Vince Lombardi

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
-Robert F. Kennedy

If at first you can't succeed try, try again. Then give up--there's no use being a fool about it.
-W.C Fields

I'm opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
-Mark Twain





Write up your own definition of success:
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myths and symbols than by logic and reasons

Myths are stories being passed through generations; Humans required a cause to motivate them, Myths provide that cause, and symbols provide a sense of belonging. A myth is something that born from truth, but not necessarily 100% true. For example, Ancient Chinese couldn’t explain the solar eclipses, so their myth was that dragon was eating the sun, this is not the best example of how myths motivate people more than logic and reason, and instead it simply explains hot myths get originated.

People are definitely get motivated by myths and symbols, it’s faith that keeps them to believe, Symbols give them direction in order to come to understanding of particular aspect, Similarly, Myths to had significant impact on our daily life, we can't simply rule out myths, because, myths are something that are existed from the ages, and people are believing it, I knew it might look strange to us at this point of era, but ultimately when we look depth of the subject, It is some or the other way connects to the myths and symbols, today we can create a logic from various facts, such facts are variously connected to myths.

Myths alone doesn't help us to come to conclusion in this complex world, day by day new technology is coming in, and when we relate the myths with the modern facts, things seems completely different, so we always has to go with logic and reasons. This logic should come from myths and symbols, so in my view, i don't say they are different. Overall, one has to be aware of myths, and also logic and reasons, when a person reach the that understanding, It will become very easy to confront the problem of daily life in different stand points.

the best managers are those who trust their employees to work on their own

The conventional definition of the management is getting work done through the people, but real management is developing the people through the work, So best managers always believe in giving an opportunity to employees to utilize their strengths to do the given work, When the best managers give the freedom to the employees to do their work without any close monitoring, employee can come out very creative work and achieve better results than expected.

On the other hand, without close monitoring, there are people, who won’t like to work, they always want someone to watch them in order to do the task, Such cases manager always have to put restrictions in order to make them productive, but here, there are ways to tackle things very creatively, only best managers know this art of tackling people through emotional intelligence. The best manager defines, what the great work place is, and he also acknowledges the fellow team mates, how to reach the highest levels of productivity and get organization profitable and customer satisfaction.

Overall, your attitude has lot to do with your success, so the best managers never mostly bothered about close monitoring, rather, He concentrate on Talent, right outcomes, and the employee strengths and best managers always know that they can’t fix people, everyone has weakness, but they also have strengths, so they focus on capitalizing on those strengths by making sure their employees have the opportunity to use them.

Interview Questions

I found a useful list of questions which are typically asked at any interview..... Review these questions and think about how you would answer them.....

Self Awareness

1. How would you describe yourself ?
2. Tell me about yourself ?
3. How do you think a friend or professor who knows you would describe you?
4. What motivates you to put forth your best effort ?
5. How do you determine or evaluate success ?
6. What academic subjects did you like best ? Least ?
7. What led you to choose the career for which you are preparing ?
8. What personal characteristics are necessary for succeeding in the career that you are interested in ?
9. What is your philosophy of life ?
10. Why have you switched career fields ?

Weaknesses / Negatives

1. What major problems have you encountered and how have you dealt with them ?
2. What have you learnt form your mistakes ?
3. What do you consider to be your greatest weakness ?
4. Did you ever have problems with your supervisor ?

Skills / Abilities / Qualifications

1. What do you consider to be your greatest strength ?
2. Are you creative/innovative ? Give an example.
3. What qualifications do you have that makes you think you will be successful ?
4. In what way do you think you can make a contribution to society?
5. Why should we take you ?
6. What are your own special abilities ?
7. Why should we take you over another candidate ?
8. What is your managing style ?
9. Why do you want to join this institute ?
10. What do you know about our institute ?

Values

1. What is your attitude towards working hard ?
2. What part does your family play in your life ?
3. What are the most important rewards you expect in your career ?
4. What is more important to you : money offered, or the type of job ?
5. Do you enjoy independent research ?
6. In what kind of a work environment are you most comfortable ?
7. How would you describe the ideal job for you ?
8. What two or three things are most important to you in your job ?
9. Do you prefer working with others or all by yourself ?
10. How do you like to work ?
11. Under what conditions do you work best ?
12. What is the highest form of praise ?

Experience

1. In what part-time or summer job have you been most interested ?
2. Tell me about your experience.
3. What jobs have you held ?
4. How did your previous employer treat you ?
5. What have you learnt from some of the jobs that you have held ?
6. What jobs have you enjoyed most ? Least ? Why ?
7. What have you done that shows initiative and willingness to work ?
8. Describe your current job.
9. What did you like least about your last job ?
10. What did you like most about your last job ?

Goals / Objectives

1. What are your short-term and long-term goals and objectives ?
2. What specific goals other than those related to your occupation have you chosen for yourself for the next 10 years ?
3. What do you see yourself doing 5 years from now ?
4. What do you really want to do in life ?
5. How do you plan to achieve your career goals ?

Education

1. How has your education prepared you for a career ?
2. Describe your most rewarding college experience.
3. Why did you select your college or university ?
4. If you could, would you plan your academic study differently ?
5. Do you think grades are a good indication of your academic achievement ?
6. What have you learnt from participation in extracurricular activities ?
7. Do you have plans for continuing your studies ?
8. Why did you pick your programme ?
9. What courses did you like best and why ?
10. What courses did you like least and why ?
11. How has your college experience prepared you for this job ?
12. How did you pick your dissertation ?
13. Describe your dissertation process.

Salary
1. What do you expect to earn in 5 years ?
2. What did you earn in your last job ?

Interests

1. What are your outside interests ?
2. What do you do with your free time ?
3. What are your hobbies ?
4. What types of books do you read ?
5. How interested are you in sports ?
6. How did you spend your vacations in school ?

General

1. What qualities should a successful manager possess ?
2. Describe the relationship that should exist between a supervisor and a subordinate.
3. What 3 accomplishments have given you the greatest satisfaction ?
4. If you were taking a graduate for this institute, what qualities would you look for ?
5. What can I do for you ?
6. Tell me a story.
7. Define cooperation.

Stress Questions

1. What causes you to lose your temper ?
2. How often have you been absent from school, work or training ?
3. Have you ever had trouble with other people on the job ?
4. Can you take instructions without getting upset ?
5. Don't you feel you are a little to old/young for this job ?
6. How does your family like you being away on business trips ?
7. With your background, we believe that you are overqualified to join this institute.
8. You haven't had sufficient experience in this field.
9. Our experience with women on this job has not been good.
10. What would irritate you most if I as a manager did it ?

Influencing Others

1. Tell me about the time you were most persuasive in overcoming resistance to your ideas or point of view.
2. Tell me about the last time someone made an unreasonable request of you.
3. Describe the most disappointing and frustrating experience in gaining the support of others for an idea or proposal.

Interpersonal Skills

1. Describe a situation where it was most important for you to display tact and diplomacy.
2. Tell me about the last time you had a clash or disagreement with someone at school/college/workplace.
3. Tell me about a time when you felt most frustrated and disappointed at a person with whom you had worked.

Personal Adaptability

1. Tell me about the last time you were criticized by a supervisor or a professor.
2. Tell me about the time when you felt most pressured or stressed at work/ school/internship.
3. Tell me about the time when you felt most frustrated at your school/workplace.
4. In what aspects of your work/internship do you have the most confidence in your abilities.

Communication Skills

1. Tell me about the time when you felt best about your ability to draw out or solicit information from another person.
2. Tell me about the time when you had to work your hardest in order to fully understand what another person was saying to you.
3. Describe the last time when someone at school/work misunderstood what you were trying to communicate.

Motivation

1. Tell me about the most long term, sustained extra hours of effort that you put into your work/college/internship.
2. Describe a time when you felt most frustrated or discouraged in reaching your goals or objectives.
3. What do you feel has been your most significant work/school/internship related achievement within the past year or so ?
4. Describe the last time you did something well which went beyond the expectations in your work/internship.

Administrative Skills

1. Tell me how you go about organizing your work and scheduling your own time.
2. What do you do to ensure that your goals and objectives are met in a timely way ?
3. Describe the most extensive planning that you have ever done.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

1.Tell me about the most difficult problem that you faced in your work/school/internship ?
2.Tell me about the last time you made a decision that backfired.
3.Tell me about the time when you regretted most not getting advice before you went ahead ?

Conflict Management Skills

1. Tell me about the last significant crisis situation that you faced in your work.
2. Tell me about a time when you were most persuasive in overcoming resistance to your ideas.
3. Tell me about the time when you had a disagreement with someone at work.

Automated Mapping (AM)/Facilities Management(FM)/GIS systems Concept.

AM/FM/GIS
Automated Mapping/Facilities Management and is a subset of GIS, Which is associated with Utilities like Gas, Electric, Water and Telecommunications.

The Term AM/FM/GIS mostly refers to GIS Software that allows utility users to digitize, manage and analyze their utility network data.

This data is stored in an underlying GIS database which also maintains the associations between the graphical entities and the attributes.

GRAPHICAL COMPONENT

The graphical component, as the term suggests, deals with graphical data which can consist of different types of real world entities or objects represented graphically by shapes and geometrics.

DATABASE COMPONENT

The database component, as the term suggests, mainly deals with the database part which stores the attribute data for the real world entities that need to be captured or managed as a part of the digitization process. This attribute data is often stored in an underlying relational database. The database component is often linked or associated with the graphical component to complete an intelligent GIS system.

ARCHITECTURE

An AM/FM/GIS System’s architecture depends solely on the requirement defined by a public utility.
The AM/FM/GIS system data model allow GIS architects to define a relationship model which consists of all the database tables and their dependencies, this is often combined with business rules to make the system more intelligent so that it can be utilized in running various dependencies.
An advanced AM/FM/GIS Software is always equipped with predefined functions and procedures to carry out common GIS operations.

ADVANTAGES

GIS Technology has given many organizations a chance to stow away the clumsy torn maps and go digital

A complete AM/FM/GIS tool not only provides digital maps but also numerous time saving and cost cutting tools.

Utilizing an existing GIS System
Supporting Workflow Management System
Integration with Customer Information Systems
Integration with Operations Support System
Integration with planning and engineering
Cost analysis
Inventory Management

Suffer in Silience!!!

Have you ever wondered why it's said, "Silence is Golden?"
Hidden in these words is a secret instruction by which a person can find a peace that passes all understanding
Silence is golden because, for the individual who is willing to remain in that silence with his or her own suffering that person finds spiritual gold,
The suffering in silence is the purification of the soul and the suffering.
Letting the world push us around is not what is meant by " suffering in silence" It's actually a secret form of self-glory
In moments where life moves against our wishes, the only responsibility we have is to bring that pain, that upheavel,
Right up to the surface of ourselves and see it with great purity
Istead of letting that disappointment become willful, we become watchful.
In that moment of watchfulness we are granted power, Not the power to be something
but rather the power to stop being used by something that's been using us our whole life
Learn to suffer in silence, Nothing in this world or your interior world can change until you change your relationship with this pain.