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  • Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire. - William Butler Yeates

    To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner. - Anonymous

  • Elaine Maxwell: My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.

    Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

  • William James: The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.

    H. H. the Dalai Lama: To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else.

  • Frank Lloyd Wright: The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

    H.H. the Dalai Lama: The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

  • Bernice Johnson Reagon: Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt: When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

  • I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” -- Michael Jordan

    Elizabeth Stone: Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.

  • "Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune." 
-- Jim Rohn

    "The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change." -- Carl Rogers

  • All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.
-- John F. Kennedy

    Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
-- Gandhi

  • Nelson Mandela: Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

    Patricia Neal: A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though awakens your own expectations.

  • A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions. 
- Anonymous

    "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." 
-- Albert Einstein

Hi5 Career Messages

#2 Access your Allies.

We are surrounded by people who can assist us in making career decisions and in other ways as we travel the road of life. Family friends, neighbours, co-workers, and teachers are all potential supporters and mentors. Build networks of supporters and be part of the networks of others.
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September 5, 2010

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Step 4 – Pursuing Goals

“The best way to predict your future is to create it” ~anonymous

It is now your turn to make things happen in your career planning process.  This step deals with goals:  identifying what you want, creating the action plan, and putting your plan into action.

The best way to achieve your goals is to write them down, keep them SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-limited), and start working towards them today!  No time like the present.

  • Action Plan
  • Your action plan will probably consist of a variety of things.  Such as:
    • start right away
    • create a portfolio or update resume
    • completing admission requirements,
    • getting the grades,
    • applying for admission,
    • figure out a place to live,
    • financing your education (student loans, scholarships, line of credit, and maybe the bank of mom/dad/guardian)
    • volunteering or gaining valuable work experience,
    • setting up informational interviews or job shadows,

The average cost of post-secondary education is between $8000 and $14000 per year depending on the school, program and living arrangements.  It can be quite expensive, so it is important to remember that your education is an investment and to start planning for it.  Go to the finance section for more information.

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