Home

Who am I?

S vintage star
S filipina now living in california
S obsessive-compulsive... make that compulsive-obsessive... no, obsessive-compulsive
S cold all the time (literally)

current terror alert level
Terror Alert Level

Why is Life Cold?

i actually have a very happy life. i just saw this graphic one day and got an inspiration for another blog. why not write about the stuff that makes life cold? from the huge, catastrophic, life-altering events to the seemingly trivial, little incidents that rub you the wrong way. it doesn't have to be a personal experience, it can be something observed.

on writing these down, my intent is to learn to appreciate life more and have a better handle on things when life throws you a curve ball. i want whoever will read this to contemplate, not get depressed. hopefully, you'll share with me your experiences as well so we can learn from each other.

p.s. it doesn't always have to be cold

Previous Posts

Archives

Get Cold With Me

Enter your email address below to subscribe to Suddenly... Life Got Cold



powered by Bloglet

Where I Go When I Feel Life Getting Cold

S Memento
S Jo's Forum
S Shai Coggins
S pinayexpat
S joyceline
S piehole (a very funny girl)
S Din's World
S pinayhekmi chronicles
S Linnor
S Tin
S kwentong tambay
S deja brew
S denden
S mushings
S Junkville (never fails)

 

designed by lonelyger

Weblog Commenting and Trackback by HaloScan.com





FILIPINA O+

There Should Be a Seminar on Seminars

Yesterday, I attended a Coaching and Teambuilding for Managers seminar conducted by Skillpath with a colleague from work.

I must be getting jaded from all these seminars but I found this particular one to be a big waste of time. It was actually a never-ending sales pitch for their books and CD-roms camouflaged in a lot of hooey talk about leadership and silly pointless exercises. Since my company paid good money for it, I still wholeheartedly participated and contributed to the discussions. I was even a sucker since I ended up buying one of the books, The Leadership Challenge, but only because it was written by Barry Posner, the Dean of the Leavey School of Business in Santa Clara University where I got my MBA. Barry is the type of dean who was friends with everyone, engaging in chit-chat down the corridors and even having lunch with students every now and then. I was curious to see his writing style, which I haven't been an audience to beyond his newletters.

There is this one seminar (actually a six-month or year-long series of seminars) that I truly learned a lot from and has definitely influenced me. It's the Women Unlimited, a truly unique program that molds and mentors women managers into confident, self-assured and mature executives. If your company supports these types of programs I highly encourage you to pursue this opportunity, it will be a very positive experience in both your professional and personal life. A plus is the vast network of women I gained from the experience, whom I am still in touch with to this day.

In any case, I will avoid any seminar from Skillpath from now on. The one cool thing about yesterday - the hotel had a whiz-bang vending machine that had all kinds of cool stuff - including an iPod! So I purchased a bag of Pepperidge Farm cookies with my credit card, fervently hoping that the electronic arm will mistakenly grab the iPod instead.

It's pretty sad when the highlight of your seminar is the venue's vending machine.

Vangie Fuhrman got cold on 9.14.2005 4:12 PM. |

Comments:
How long have you been at your business tax consulting job? Are you good at business tax consulting? Could you help other businesses that are just starting out get up to speed? Then you are a qualified consultant! And of course, that's only one way to share your knowledge. "How To Start Your Own Coaching/Consulting Business" is my well researched business tax consulting, online webite that you can read and learn at your leisure.
Hope you visit ...
 
Hi, here is the greatest based business home opportunity voip of the 21st century. Come and check the videos about based business home opportunity voip and see why it is possible to make $4,000 a week ! Dave
 
I worked for Skillpath and can tell you WHY Skillpath seminars a worthless. As a trainer, we were TOLD to SELL books and CDS. Skillpath KNOWS that their manuals are outdated - they get complaints and people at the seminar tell us trainers. The trainers tell Skillpath but ... Skillpath understands that MOST people how attend their seminars get a day off work to go to a seminar. And the employee wants to get other days off for seminars in the future. So, when asked, most employess tell their employers that the seminar was worth it, even if it was not. So, Skillpath keeps the money for crappy seminar and gets a chance to sell books and CDs. If you attend a crappy seminar, please, please, please, ask for your money back. We trainers HOPE you do that. This will clean-up the seminar industry.
 
OMIGOD--You want a seminar with NO SELLING OF ANY PRODUCTS and a highly energetic unbelievable trainer that entertains while he teaches tactics for effective communication, and gives you specific tools to help with personal growth and self esteem? (And NO GROUP WASTE-OF-TIME BS EXERCISES--) Sound too good to be true? Go to www.powerdiversity.com and watch Dan O'Connor's video for about five minutes. JUST DO IT. And you'll be sending others, too, I'm sure!
Jean S.
 
I echo the negatives about Skillpath. Their manuals are horrible. The trainer had to skip from page to page in the manual to cover one part of a seminar.
Recently I attended a business writing seminar that was presented by Sylvia Newton-Robbins and her business - Business Writing Expert. What a difference when compared against Skillpath. The manual was well organized and the presentation was fast paced and fun. Go to www.businesswritingexpert.com to see more about Ms. Newton-Robbins.

George
 
Thаnκs for аnу other informаtive
sitе. Wherе else may just I get that kind of іnfo writtеn
in such a perfect approaсh? I've a challenge that I am simply now working on, and I'vе beеn at
the glance out fог such informatiοn.



My websіte: link building service
 
I’m nоt thаt much of a intеrnet
reаdеr to bе honest but уour
blogs rеallу nicе, kеep
it uр! I'll go ahead and bookmark your site to come back down the road. Many thanks

Here is my weblog :: diamondlinks review
 
I seriоusly lovе уοur ωebsite.

. Veгy nice coloгs & theme. Did you
deνelοp thiѕ web sіte yourself? Pleaѕe геply bacκ аs I'm looking to create my own personal website and would like to know where you got this from or exactly what the theme is named. Appreciate it!

Feel free to surf to my homepage: lloyd irvin
 
It's remarkable designed for me to have a web page, which is useful in support of my know-how. thanks admin

Feel free to surf to my blog ... reputation management
 
Post a Comment