My Favorite Animal

Wilson and I need a new place to stay

Wilson and I are looking for a new place to live. It has to be inexpensive because Wilson does not have a job! We would prefer someplace close to Wallops Island because Wilson does not like riding in a car for very long (he gets car sick).

Wilson and I are very handy and can fix up the place if you want for a reduced rent. This is a great deal if your place has been on the market for a long time and vacant.
Improve your property and make some money at the same time! We will get your place ready to sell.

Give us a call and show us what you got. We will let you know what we can do to help you!

Somewhere Over the Rainbow- Do something SPECIAL with YOUR LIFE!

Pad 0A Fly Around

 

This is the Mid Atlantic Regional Space Port, Launch Pad 0A at Wallops Island Virginia.
Home of Orbitals Antares spacecraft!

America's space program is not dead!
We recently completed construction of the newest Launch Pad in the United States, and testing of Orbitals Antares rocket.
The first launch is set for April 17th 2013 (this month)!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqMFu5CP84Q&feature=youtu.be

How to write a Cover Letter

Why do you need a cover letter?  Shouldn't your resume be enough?

Research has proven that your cover letter is extremely important. It is an introduction, like a movie trailer.  It tells the hiring manager just enough to make them want to know more. 

Here is an example:

Darrell Gheen

3441 Owls Wood Way                                                                                   cell: 321-544-1635

Titusville FL 32780                                                                                 darrellgheen@gmail.com

September 29, 2011

Dear Hiring Manager,

Are you ready to hire a highly creative professional who can add immediate value to your organization?  If so, then I believe that I would be an excellent choice.

I know that you could hire any one of a thousand applicants who could perform adequately, but don’t you want more?

My passion has been Aerospace as far back as I can remember.  When I was asked to become an electronics technician working on the Space Shuttle I thought I was in heaven!  Then many years later I was asked to become a Flight Controls Engineer!  My career has been amazingly successful because of my hands on experience and my engineering abilities.

But these abilities are not my “Claim to fame”.  What makes me even more successful is that I “improve things.”  Whenever I am given a job to do, then I do it to the best of my ability… then I find ways to improve the process.  

My passion is innovation!

I have saved the space program millions of dollars by inventing tools and improving processes which have directly resulted in meeting critical milestones and providing on time launches.

My technical “hands on” abilities and engineering know how, are directly transferrable skills which would benefit your company.  The biggest benefit to you however would be my continuous improvement abilities and philosophy.  “I don’t just do the job- I improve it”!

Now that the Space Shuttle program has ended, I am available, and looking for another challenge.

I want to dare something worthy.  I want to contribute. I want to make a difference!  I am looking for a company that wants to excel, and from what I see, that company is yours.

I am very interested in meeting to review your needs and possible solutions that I could bring to the table.  I am confident that my skills and experience can be of direct benefit to your company.

If you are interested in what I can provide, then please call me at your earliest convenience.

I look forward to meeting with you.

Thanks in advance for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Darrell Gheen

321-544-1635

darrellgheen@gmail.com

As you can see, the cover letter is less than one page in length, and tells what you can do for them (not that you just want a job)!  You gotta tell your story, interest the reader, and ask for a meeting.  This letter is actually rather long, but it tells a story in a personal way that leaves the reader wanting to know more.  The objective is to get your resume read- not just skimmed!  And when they read it you have a far greater chance of getting the interview. Most resume's are dry and boring!  People don't hire boring, they hire a personality.  Find a way to show who you are.  If the hiring manager can see that, then you are certain to get the interview!

My PERFUME cost me a job!

So -Your resume and business card are amazing, your cover letter superb, the elevator speech was perfect, and now you finally got that interview and you are ready!  You arrive 10 minutes early wearing your new dress - which says you are a business professional with juuust a hint of sexy!  Everything is just PERFECT!

Then you go to into the interview smelling like the perfume counter at Dillards!

Are you KIDDING ME?!

The hiring manager is smiling and asks you the required questions (between polite coughs). You wonder why his eyes are watering...Hay feaver??? and then the interview is over.  Days later you get the email… Sorry, but the position has been filled by someone more…"qualified".

Surprised?

Don’t be! If your perfume arrives before you do then GUESS WHAT?

YOU WON"T BE HIRED!

Don't you realize that perfume and cologne are designed for arousal, not nausea!  It is NOT to announce your presence!  I know, I know… YOU can’t smell it!  That is because your olfactory nerves are overloaded!

If you are a chain smoker addicted to nicotine- go get the patch!

Love onion and garlic sandwiches… NOT TODAY!  You may look good, and sound good, but if you smell bad – forget it!

Don’t let your perfume (or cologne guys!) cost you a job!

Make a good first impression!

Use your head…AND your nose!

Inspirational Movies

I love inspirational movies!
No matter how bad things can get in your life, you can always find a ray of hope.

Find out what inspires you and then SURROUND yourself with it!
This is a short listing of movies that I think most people would find inspiring.
I used to rent them, but I have found that you can buy them through Amazon.com for sometimes less than it costs to rent them!

It is amazing to know that if I am having a bad day I can pop in a movie and chase the blues away!

So what are you waiting for?
Be INSPIRED!
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow - download music that inspires you!

Make a list of the music that inspired you and then download it to your mp3 player! I get mine from Amazon.com

My daughter LOVES Itunes, so here is a link for the Itunes fans!

Unbreakable

Our mission in life does not come from a voice outside ourselves telling us to become something that we are not.

It comes from inside us, calling us to become who we were meant to be.

Fulfill the mission that GOD gave you!

Accepting the truth of who you really are is far more difficult than choosing to be someone else.  We fear this truth because it is a call to action!

 

In the movie “Unbreakable”, David Dunn (played by Bruce Willis) was offered the truth of who he really was, but he denied that truth.  He kept on saying “I’m only a man- I’m just a security guard.”  His life was in shambles.  His marriage was failing, he was unhappy, and darkness filled his mind.  He knew that “something” was missing, but he didn’t know what that something was, or what to do about it.

It was only when he listened to his inner voice that he decided to seek the truth. He decided to test himself and sure enough, there was the truth he had been running from his whole life.  His purpose was revealed. 
He wasn’t just a security guard- he was a hero!

Is your life is filled with darkness and indecision?

Do you feel that “something is missing” in your life?

Stop looking outside yourself for the answer!

Go someplace where you can be alone.  Close your eyes and be still and quiet.  The answers will come, but you must be patient.  After all, we been taught our whole life that we learn from others.  Go ask an expert… right?  Well how can someone else tell you what is inside of you if you can’t see it for yourself?   

THEY CAN’T!   

Only you can find your true path.

If you are looking for a guide then make it a SPIRIT GUIDE! 

The one that lives inside you.

Stop wasting time looking in the wrong direction.

Become who you were meant to be!
UNBREAKABLE!


I bought the movie from Amazon.com
It was cheaper than renting it!

Unbreakable (Two-Disc Vista Series)

Believe in what's important!

“If you want to believe in something then believe it.  

Just because something isn’t true doesn’t mean you can’t believe it. 

Sometimes the things that may or may not be true

are the things that man needs to believe in the most. 

That people are basically good. 

That Honor, Courage, and Virtue mean everything. 

That money and power mean nothing. 

That Good always triumphs over evil. 

True Love never dies. 

Remember that. 

It doesn’t matter if it is true or not. 

A man should believe in those things because 

those are the things worth believing in.”

– Robert Duvall as “Hub”  in the movie 

Secondhand Lions

This is one of my favorite movie quotes.

If you have not seen the movie, then go rent it!

Or better yet- Buy it from Amazon,com - it is cheaper to buy it than rent it!