Out of the Classroom Lessons in Success

What do you want in

life?

If you have children, you'll really want to read this book-it matters!

Happiness, Health and Wealth?

Yet, 67% of Americans are overweight or obese – so much for health, only 39% of Americans are happy, and only 12%of workers really like their jobs.

Are you headed in the right direction? 

 

In our grade-focused school years, the rules of success seemed as simple as making all As. However, in the working world, success is far more complex. Now, a self-professed over-achiever shares how her professional triumphs wildly strayed from her honor roll tactics in an eye-opening, easy-to-read compilation of truisms from the trenches of real life. Out of the Classroom Lessons in Success: How to Prosper Without Being at the Top of the Class offers hard-won wisdom on achieving professional glory that will serve as an invaluable resource to anyone who is contemplating a career, or for parents who want to help their children lay the groundwork for success in the workplace. Weaving in illustrations and short poetry, this ingenious book delivers concepts that are easy to understand.
In today’s global, hypercompetitive marketplace, the rules for success have changed dramatically. Inspired by the experience of her own daughters in school and her work with entrepreneurs in start-ups, Cynthia realized that many young adults graduate completely unaware of a new playing field that no one has bothered to tell them about—and that is not always predicated by superior grades or talents. In eighteen concise and revelatory chapters, the author draws from her own professional achievements and challenges to debunk common myths that can lead astray aspiring professionals in their early years of forging a career. From the overemphasis of “practice makes perfect” to the often parroted insistence that winning doesn’t matter, Cynthia provides straight facts, anecdotes, and examples that will enable young adults, as well as their parents, to have the information they need to launch a career on solid footing.
Among the concepts that are included in Out of the Classroom Lessons in Success, readers will learn that

• How can the average student be highly successful?
• Can common beliefs you learn in school have a negative impact on your later success?
• How does the game change once they hand you a diploma?

On page after page of this insightful roadmap to success, Out of the Classroom Lessons in Success: How to Prosper Without Being at the Top of The Class serves up a host of “aha!” moments that will forever change the way young hopefuls view the world ahead of them. Is it really true that good things come to those who wait? Is fitting in a fruitful goal? Is it enough to know what you want to become, or would it be more effective to actually set a plan in motion to achieve it? Inspiring and uplifting, this simply brilliant take on creating a career will help anyone realize their goals, avoid common pitfalls, and lay the groundwork through the secondary talents, skills, and mindset necessary for optimal success.

Review

“If you’re inspired to make a great living by doing what you love – then this is the book for you. It packed with insights about discovering your passion, nurturing your talents, developing valuable life skills, achieving your goals and most importantly actually living your dreams. Cynthia Kocialski shares her many years experience in the corporate world as well as her own personal achievements to reveal the ‘keys’ to life success. You don’t have to be a grade A student  - but you do have to read and apply the ideas in this book – if you want to create a life you love!”
– Dr Rosina McAlpine, Director Inspired Children www.inspiredchildren.com


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Why New Businesses Often Fail for First Time Entrepreneurs?

By Cynthia Kocialski



Have you ever dreamed of becoming a business owner or entrepreneur? Can you feel how refreshing it would be to do what you love and have a passion for? Maybe you are no longer employable and entrepreneurship seems the way to control your own destiny? Or perhaps you don’t seem to fit in with the corporate world and you need to create your own world? Everyone has their own motivation, and many will try and fail. But why and how can an entrepreneur improve their chances of success?
Many fail because they are looking at entrepreneurship from an outsider’s perspective. It’s much like the difference between being a football fan and being a professional football player. It’s not just a matter stepping onto the field and playing the game. The player knows the training, the pressure to perform, the contractual obligations and the business of the game. It’s a different world for the player than the spectator.
Likewise, first time entrepreneurs don’t often understand the business of the creating a new company and a new product. While they may have spent years working in the business world, they are fans of entrepreneurship. This is the root cause of many shortcomings and failures. Because they are inexperienced, they make common mistakes that are disastrous, yet avoidable.
One mistake is to believe the product is everything, to focus all their energy and attention on the product. A new business is exactly that, it’s a “business”, not a product. The first time entrepreneur needs to spend as much time creating the business and with as much intention as the product itself. The business should not be an afterthought or secondary consideration. Most believe they need to write a business plan. Not true. While it’ll be needed at some point, it’s not always the best way to get started. If the business plan is a work of fiction or it’s based upon hope and wishful thinking, then it’s not the right starting point.
“Startup From The Ground Up” explores why an entrepreneur can only go so far with just an idea. It provides practical advice for how to get an entrepreneur moving down the right path and thinking in the right direction with practical tips, strategies, techniques and stories on how to transform an idea into a company.


About the Author

Cynthia Kocialski is the founder of three tech start-ups companies. In the past 15 years, she has been involved in dozens of start-ups. Cynthia writes the Start-up Entrepreneurs’ Blog (www.cynthiakocialski.com) and has written the book, “Startup From The Ground Up - Practical Insights for Entrepreneurs, How to Go from an Idea to New Business”