Some more professional wisdom straight from Johnny Roccia, my Praxis career coach. In this bit of advice, Johnny explains why you should treat interviews as a getting-to-know-you session, instead of approaching it as an interrogation.
Here’s what Johnny said about interviews
Continue reading How Interviews Should be TreatedOne of the most valuable and exclusive things Praxis provides are career coaches. The main career coach, Johnny Roccia, is a seasoned HR recruiter. I felt his advice was too valuable to pass up so I’ve decided to relay it to you directly from Johnny. If you’re wondering how to write a perfect email for a prospective job, read on.
Continue reading How to Write the Perfect EmailYesterday I had a great conversation with one of our business partners who has taken multiple Praxis apprentices. He regularly looks through the Talent Profile and he made note of several things he sees that a lot of people could improve on. Since this is great advice and it’s coming direct from a business partner, I’m just going to pass on exactly what he said to me!
My career coach for Praxis had posted some great advice from one of their business partners. This business partner regularly looks through everyone’s talent profile, which is like a resume for each Praxis student. And he noticed several things that we all should improve on. This is what he had to say.
It’s never too early to expose good ideas to kids, especially if those ideas seem complicated. Economics is one of those topics that’s important in navigating through life but isn’t taught well in schools, if at all.
Why is economics important?
The Mises Institute is the place to be for reasonable, logical academics and it’s the source of the Austrian school of economics. It was founded by Lew Rockwell who was the chief of staff to Ron Paul.
Mises is a non-profit think tank with top notch researchers and historians. They’re home to trailblazing professors, like Mark Thornton who accurately predicted the 2007 recession years before it happened.
I love the Mises Institute for what they stand for and they never back down from the truth. I’ve been to Mises University, which is their week long student seminar and it’s like my home away from home. If you want the best college experience crammed into one week then this is the place to go.
So for this week and next week I’m creating a value proposition for Mises. You can see the social media plan and fundraising outline I came up with here.
1 John 4:18 English Standard Version (ESV)
18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
The concept of love is often confused with fear. If you find yourself in a relationship where there’s more heartache, you’re not in love but in fear.
Perfect love means you let God’s love take away fear. Those who fear God don’t have a growing relationship with Him, even for those who are already Christians.
Just like any other personal relationship, believers should grow with God. A true Christian understands that those who love Jesus shouldn’t live in fear of going to hell for the sins they’ve committed, but instead ask for God’s forgiveness.
Jesus taught his followers to forgive because he recognized that all humans are born flawed.
Here’s why you should let go of fear; it clouds your judgement and it drives you to constantly worry about things out of your control.
Many people fear the future because they feel uncertain about the next step in life.
Learn to let that fear go.
Although it’ll be difficult, you must realize that fearing the outcomes of things like an interview or test scores isn’t going to change anything for the better.
If the uncertainty you feel is beyond your control, it’s time to turn to Jesus and ask him for help.
When fear fills our heart, love can’t enter.
I tried country fried steak for the first time and although it was delicious I don’t think it’s a legitimate steak, but rather the lovechild between that and a chicken nugget.
Continue reading Country Fried Steak is Literally a Giant Chicken Nugget, Change My Mind
I had an in-person meeting with a LinkedIn connection and this was with director of a financial advising group. Earl, the director, was impressed by my profile because he saw how I’m a driven entrepreneur, the ideal candidate he is looking to hire.
What surprised me is the fact that Earl is completely outside of my network of Praxians and libertarians. I didn’t think any big opportunities would just land in my lap like this but I must’ve been doing something right.
Continue reading Prospective Job Offer from a LinkedIn Connection
A fee days ago I received a message on LinkedIn from a director of a financial group. Earl, the director looked through my profile and was “thoroughly impressed.”
What’s even more exciting was the potential job offer he hinted at. He explained how his company is expanding and he asked if we could meet up to see if I would be a good fit.
Pretty awesome right? All from updating my LinkedIn.
Every Wednesday in Praxis we have a group video chat and they’re what makes the Praxis experience different from anything else. Here’s the advice I received from today’s call with my career coach.