How to Find the Thing That Gives You Joy

How to Find the Thing That Gives You Joy How to Find the Thing That Gives You Joy Article by Emma JohnsonListen.That is the best business advice Ive heard and heeded in my lifetime. Listen to the spark that lights inside of you. Follow that spark and nurture it. Listen to your market, whetherthats your clients, thepeople you mentor, those you serve through volunteer work, or members of your community. Your market will tell you what works and what doesnt. You will find that your spark aligns with what your market tells you. Effectively serving your market will fan that spark, which makes you more effective and more powerful. Its a feedback loop that is one part tactical, one part magical.I often meet people who are stuck. They areunsure of how to find a job or hobby or service project that really lights their spark. Here is my advice to them - and to youActDont take time off to think about your path or stay put until lightning strikes. Get out there. Try new things. Be active. Meet and spend time with new people. Travel. Explore. Work - work really hard. As famed chef Julia Child said, You must have discipline to have fun.ServeAll of the science is with me on this Humans are happiest when they serve others. At every juncture of your passion-finding journey, ask yourself How are my time, energy, focus, skills, and talents best used for the greater good?Have FunNever feel guilty for spending time on something that gives you joy.What Others Have to Say on Finding JoyMatt Schulz, Founder of TalkingInClass.orgI have long been aware of the dire credit and debt problems Americans face, thanks to my work in personal-finance media for a decade. However, when I spoke with my sons fifth-grade class about credit, it really ignited my passion for making a difference in financial literacy. I was blown away by these 10-year-olds interest in the topic and the thoughtful questions they asked. I realized that with my connections to the personal finance community, I have a pow erful Rolodex of influential, money-savvy people who could have similar experiences to mine in classrooms in their communities. They could have real impacts on the futures of kids who rarely get the basic tools they need to make smart financial decisions. That inspired me to launch TalkingInClass.org, an organization dedicated to recruiting personal finance experts to volunteer in classrooms across the U.S. in order to make a real difference in childhood financial literacy. When I recruit my colleagues for this effort, I see the same passion I felt when I spoke to that first class.Jodi Ashbrook, Speaker, Author, Traveling Yoga Instructor, Entrepreneur, and Life CoachAt 24, my life had become a string of negative thought patterns and why-am-I-even-here? moments. I tried to find comfort in food, which lumineszenzdiode to an 80-pound weight gain. I found myself disconnected from all of my relationships and in debt up to my ears. A few months after a suicide attempt, I faced death again from two blood clots in my lungs. I made a commitment to no longer live my life in fear, to say yes to risks and opportunities, and to follow my passion - no matter how scared I might be. Through teaching yoga and my coaching practice, I have found that helping others, as opposed to focusing on my own problems, gives me the greatest joy. Since making that commitment, I have launched my first business, become a yoga instructor and studio owner, and begun living a mobile life committed to wellness advocacy and personal growth. Today, I am free.Meredith Cohen, Occupational TherapistAfter college, I worked in one of the nations largest advertising agencies as a senior media planner until my father was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease. I knew there wasnt much medicine could do to stop the disease, but we could improvemy fathers quality of life. This led me to research and find strong evidence for a connection between Tai Chi, yoga, and boxing on the one hand and an improved sense of b alance, strength, and confidence for those living with Parkinsons on the other. I also looked at my quality of life and mysatisfaction with my career. This was the catalyst that called me to do something more meaningful with my professional life. I contacted a friend at Massachutischsetts General Hospital who set me up to shadow nurses and physical and occupational therapists. I immediately fell in love with the art of occupational therapy. I gave my two weeks notice at the advertising agency and started the arduous process of beginning a new career. In the past several years as an occupational therapist, Ive received multiple awards, become an advanced clinician, and created multiple programs specifically for Parkinsons disease and other neurological conditions. It was a scary process, but each day when I help make someones life better, I know it was all worth it.Versions of this article originally appeared in the December 2017 issue of SUCCESS magazine and on SUCCESS.com.Emma John son is an award-winning business journalist and founder of the worlds largest community of single moms, WealthySingleMommy.com. She is also host of the podcast Like a Mother, a popular public speaker, and author of The Kickass Single Mom Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children (Penguin, Oct. 2017).

Article 2 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice

Article 2 of the Uniform Code of Military JusticeArticle 2 of the Uniform Code of Military JusticeWho is subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice? Article Two of the UCMJ explains fully who fall under the laws / rules of military legal system. Here is the quick reference list 1 - Active Duty Military (including newly sworn in trainees)2 - Cadets and Midshipmen in officer training programs (OCS, ROTC, Service Academies)3 - Military Reservist and National Guard4 - Retirees5 - Members of Fleet Reserve / USMC Fleet Reserves6 - Persons in military jail serving a sentence from Court Martial7 - Members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public Health Service8 - Prisoners of War in US Custody9 - Persons accompanying military (contractors / DOD civilian personnel) overseas outside of the United States and Territories. For mora specific details, read the section below for Article 2 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Details of Those Who Fall Under the M ilitary Legal System (1) Members of a regular component of the armed forces, including those awaiting discharge after expiration of their terms of enlistment volunteers from the time of their muster or acceptance into the armed forces inductees from the time of their actual induction into the armed forces and other persons lawfully called or ordered into, or to duty in or for training in the armed forces, from the dates when they are required by the terms of the call or order to obey it. (2) Cadets, aviation cadets, and midshipman. (3) Members of a reserve component while on inactive-duty training, but in the case of members of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States only when in Federal Service. (4) Retired members of a regular component of the armed forces who are entitled to pay. (5) Retired members of a reserve component who are receiving hospitalization from an armed force. (6) Members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Co rps Reserve. (7) Persons in custody of the armed forces serving a sentence imposed by a court-martial. (8) Members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public Health Service, and other organizations, when assigned to and serving with the armed forces. (9) Prisoners of war in custody of the armed forces. (10) In time of declared war or a contingency operation, persons serving with or accompanying an armed force in the field (11) Subject to any treaty or agreement which the United States is or may be a feier to any accepted rule of international law, persons serving with, employed by, or accompanying the armed forces outside the United States and outside the Canal Zone, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. (12) Subject to any treaty or agreement which the United States is or may be a party to any accepted rule of international law, persons within an area leased by or otherwise reserved or acquired for use of the United States which is under the control of the Secretary concerned and which is outside the United States and outside the Canal Zone, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. What is Serving With Military Personnel? The voluntary enlistment of any person who has the capacity to understand the significance of enlisting in the armed forces shall be valid for purposes of jurisdiction under subsection (a) and change of status from civilian to member of the armed forces shall be effective upon the taking of the oath of enlistment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person serving with an armed force who (1) Submitted voluntarily to military authority (2) met the mental competence and minimum age qualifications of sections 504 and 505 of this title at the time of voluntary submissions to military authority (3) received military pay or allowances and (4) performed military duties is subject to this chapter until such persons active service has been terminated in accordance with l aw or regulations promulgated by the Secretary concerned. Reservist Details (1) A member of a reserve component who is bedrngnis on active duty and who is made the subject of proceedings under section 815 ( article 15) or section 830 ( article 30) with respect to an offense against this chapter may be ordered to active duty involuntary for the purpose of (2) A member of a reserve component may not be ordered to active duty under paragraph (1) except with respect to an offense committed while the member was (3) Authority to order a member to active duty under paragraph (1) shall be exercised under regulations prescribed by the President. (4) A member may be ordered to active duty under paragraph (1) only by a person empowered to convene general courts-martial in a regular component of the armed forces. (5) A member ordered to active duty under paragraph (1), unless the order to active duty was approved by the Secretary concerned, may not (A) investigation under section 832 of thi s title ( article 32)(B) trial by court-martial or(C) non judicial punishment under section 815 of this title ( article 15).(A) on active duty or(B) on inactive-duty training, but in the case of members of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States only when in Federal service.(A) be sentenced to confinement or(B) be required to serve a punishment of any restriction on liberty during a period other than a period of inactive-duty training or active duty (other than active duty ordered under paragraph (1)).

For better or worse, our minds are hardwired to forgive people

For better or worse, our minds are hardwired to forgive peopleFor better or worse, our minds are hardwired to forgive peopleWe may have a dossier of evidence against a coworkers slights and insults against us, but even with the mounting evidence, a part of us still wants to give them one more chance. Why do we keep giving people who have wronged us the benefit of the doubt? A new study in Nature Human Behavior suggests that we are hardwired to forgive people.We are predisposed towards forgivenessAcross a series of experiments with more than 1500 subjects, psychologists at Yale, University of Oxford, University College London, and the International School for Advanced Studies got participants to watch good and bad agents act out stimmungslage dilemmas in one, they faced the option of electrically shocking a person for more money, or refusing to inflict pain for money. The good stranger would be more likely to refuse while the bad stranger was more willing to zap away, and the particip ants then had to decide their overall impression of the stranger from a range of nasty to nice.The observers quickly formed a stable positive impression about the good strangers and were very certain about their choice, but the bad stranger upended their beliefs and caused more uncertainty. The participants were less likely to believe the stranger was forever bad, and at a hint of generous behavior, they would change their mind.close dialog Advertisementclose dialog/* effects for .bx-campaign-1012257 *//* custom css .bx-campaign-1012257 */.bx-custom.bx-campaign-1012257.bx-type-agilityzone .bx-close z-index 2-ms-keyframes bx-anim-1012257-spin from -ms-transform rotate(0deg) to -ms-transform rotate(360deg) -moz-keyframes bx-anim-1012257-spin from -moz-transform rotate(0deg) to -moz-transform rotate(360deg) -webkit-keyframes bx-anim-1012257-spin from -webki t-transform rotate(0deg) to -webkit-transform rotate(360deg) keyframes bx-anim-1012257-spin from transform rotate(0deg) to transform rotate(360deg) bx-close-inside-1012257 top 0 right 0 /* KD - Remove padding from video wrapper and platzset height to 100% */.bx-custom.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-row-video .bx-video-wrapper padding-top 0important height 100%.bx-custombx-campaign-1012257 bx-creative-1012257 .bx-wrap height auto/* KD - Change positioning to static as that was not necesaary and here you can adjust the height of the video element */.bx-custom.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-row-video .bx-video-wrapper video position static/* rendered styles .bx-campaign-1012257 */.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257.bx-active-step-1 .bx-creative *first-child width 100%.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257.bx-active-step-1 .bx-creative background-color transparentborder-style nonemax-width 900px.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257.bx-ac tive-step-1 .bx-close stroke whitebackground-color blackborder-style solidborder-color whiteborder-width 1px.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-group-1012257-AFvXBOB padding 10pxdisplay blockwidth auto.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-element-1012257-J0EiS8Y width auto.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-element-1012257-J0EiS8Y *first-child padding 2px 4pxfont-size 10pxcolor rgb(255, 255, 255)text-transform uppercasebackground-color rgb(0, 0, 0)background-color rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.34)The researchers suggest that we are more wishy-washy around bad behavior because we know that a rigid mindset would not be good for cooperation negative moral impressions destabilize beliefs about others, promoting cognitive flexibility in the service of cooperative but cautious behavior, the study stated. When our colleagues act badly, we landsee it as a potentially threatening cue that increases our attention and learning mechanisms. We become more open to updating our information, and this facilitates forgiveness - if the person is willing to change their behavior.The brain forms social impressions in a way that can enable forgiveness, Molly Crockett, one of the authors of the paper, said.Because people sometimes behave badly by accident, we need to be able to update bad impressions that turn out to be mistaken. Otherwise, we might end relationships prematurely and miss out on the many benefits of social connection.The good news is that if you make a bad first impression, you can recover from it by showing your colleagues your better side. Ultimately we seek human connection and are willing to overlook a bad outing if you show a commitment to improving yourself.

3 Volunteer Opportunities That Will Seriously Boost Your Career

3 Volunteer Opportunities That Will Seriously Boost Your Career3 Volunteer Opportunities That Will Seriously Boost Your CareerSeptember is Professional Development Month at The Muse Check in all month for ways to boost your skills, get ahead at work, and be the best professional you can possibly be.People are buzzing about volunteering these days, and with good reason Studies have shown that volunteering strengthens communities, is good for your health- and can even help you land a job.However, if you are a busy professional, it can be challenging to find an opportunity that allows you to give back and move forward. Chances are, you want to do something related to a cause you truly care about, that fits into your busy schedule, and that can make the best use of your talents- maybe even giving you the opportunity to bolster your professional reputation. How many types of volunteer opportunities really fit that bill?Well, depending on what type of experience youre looking for, plenty. Here are three opportunities to consider.1. Become a Charity Board MemberWhats one thing that all 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States have in common? They all have a motherboard of directors Boards of directors are the governing bodies of nonprofits, and they approve budgets, establish long-term strategy, oversee various organizational policies, and help raise money. And given the wide sortiment of responsibilities a board of directors has, they need people from all backgrounds to join.Whats RequiredTypically, a long-term commitment of at least a year is required for board members, with good reason To make smart decisions about an organization, youll need to invest time into learning about its history, current operations, and future goals.But exactly how much time youll spend on board-related activities depends on the organization Small nonprofits often have boards that are more hands-on (often called a working board), handling everything from providing direct services to co nstituents to accounting. On the other hand, large nonprofits usually have staff to deal with much of daily operations, so youll be doing more governing Instead of accounting, think oversight of the financial health of the organization and suggesting recommendations for change. CompassPoint has a great overview of the difference between a working board and a governing boardif you want to learn more.Who Will Like ItIf you want to get involved in a variety of projects and help an organization grow over time, this is the opportunity for you. While it will require a good deal of responsibility, youll reap a ton of rewards In addition to strengthening various skills that are beneficial regardless of your field- such as fundraising and project management- you can grow your network by connecting with and through your fellow board members.How to Get StartedVisit BoardSourceto gain more knowledge about the ins and outs of board membership. If you know people who are board members, ask them a bout their experience and if they know of any organizations looking for new people. If youre ready to search on your own, try looking on LinkedIns new Volunteer Network or exploring Idealist and boardnetUSA.2. Lend Your Skills Pro BonoEven with staff members and an active board, nonprofits might still need help with major projects, such as redesigning a website or developing a fundraising strategy. These kinds of projects are often too expensive for a nonprofit to pay for, so pro bono consultants, who lend their time and expertise to a good cause (at no cost) are lifesavers.Whats RequiredLike any consulting project, it depends on what you can offer and what the organization needs. And, like any consulting project, youll need to come to agreement on the scope of the project, the deliverables expected, and the timeline.For example, at my belastung job, we had a team of pro bono consultants through Taproot Foundation- which included a designer, a copywriter, a financial analyst, and a project manager- help us create our first annual report. Each person had a key role in bringing the project to fruition The copywriter interviewed various members of our community to craft a compelling story the financial analyst worked closely with our COO and managing director of finance to capture the financial health and needs of the organization the designer helped tie everything together by producing mockups and walking us through her ideas and the project manager helped keep everyone on task. At the end of six months, we had a fantastic annual report.Who Will Like ItIf you prefer to dig into one project and see it from start to finish, this is ideal for you. Additionally, if there is a skill you want to sharpen- say, you have a killer design eye and want to try your hand at creating marketing materials- this presents an opportunity to do so (and will nicely bolster your portfolio).How to Get StartedThere are several organizations that match professionals to nonprofits in need of pro bono services. Check out Taproot Foundation, Catchafire, and Voolla to find opportunities near you. Additionally, many businesses have pro bono programs where they invite employees to share their skills with local nonprofits. Check with HR to see if your employer has a program like this.3. Help Others as a Business or Career CoachThere are many nonprofits that strive to help people excel by offering job training or entrepreneurship coaching. To do this effectively, these nonprofits rely on expert advice from successful leaders (hint like you). Whereas a board member or pro bono consultant actually manages or oversees projects, as a coach, youll be working with a specific nonprofit to offer advice and insights to job seekers or budding entrepreneurs.Whats RequiredWhat youll have to do really varies depending on the program the nonprofit is offering. Some organizations, like Upwardly Global, need experts to meet with constituents occasionally and talk about a specific challeng e in job seeking or business building. Others, like Career Resource Center, pair you up with one or two people in need of guidance, and you meet with them regularly as a mentor. Whats required across the board is a good understanding of the topic youre discussing and commitment to whatever time you sign up for. Because youre working directly with the nonprofits constituents, adhering to time is especially key.Who Will Like ItIf you need more flexibility in how often you volunteer, youll enjoy this opportunity. Its also good if you want to work directly with people and see the impact of your involvement. Additionally, coaching allows you to stretch your skills, as you have to apply your knowledge regularly to new situations. Plus, if youre participating in a formal program, you can network with other coaches.How to Get StartedTo get the most of an opportunity like this, it helps to volunteer with an organization that has a structured and successful program. MercyCorps MicroMentor pro gram often needs business coaches, while Dress for Success and Net Impact offer opportunities for career coaches. To find more opportunities, search on Idealist or reach out to a university or public library near you (they often have programs that support local business owners and job seekers).Volunteering can be a rewarding way to help others while also growing your skills and expertise. Consider seeking one of these opportunities this year, and look forward to reaping the many benefits.Have you ever participated in any of these volunteer opportunities? Do you have any other opportunities to share? Add your insights belowPhoto of volunteer tree courtesy of Shutterstock.

Short Article Reveals the Undeniable Facts About Resume Template College Student and How It Can Affect You

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