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...a year from now you may wish you'd started today. Karen Lamb
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01/18/2017
This List Has 35 Schools That Received Money To Help You Get Job Training - Is Your School On It?
(Source: Mass.gov) On February 25, 2016, Massachusetts's Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito announced $9.3 million in workforce skills equipment grants (MONEY!) to 35 high schools, community colleges and vocational training providers across the Commonwealth for vocational-technical education and training equipment purchases that connect Massachusetts students and residents to economic opportunities in high-demand industries. (aka: JOBS!)
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Grants will purchase training equipment to build strong employment pipelines (pathways to jobs).
Check out the list and see if you're school is on it. If so - Go take a look at what your school has done with the money and see if some of this training interests you. #CoolCareers
2016 Workforce Skills Capital Grant Program Winners
Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, Marlborough - $213,040
- Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School will construct a fully computerized hydroponic greenhouse to support vocational programming in the biotechnology and culinary fields, including research, food production, farm-to-table sustainability, and nutritional processes.
Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, Charlton - $295,500
- Bay Path’s machine tool modernization project will provide vocational-technical students and adult learners in southern Worcester County with modern advanced manufacturing machinery and robotics equipment.
Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield - $465,119 A
- Berkshire Community College will upgrade and modernize its manufacturing and engineering program, utilizing new hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical controls, materials testing, CNC and 3D printing equipment to train students and adult learners for careers in advanced manufacturing, engineering, and biotechnology.
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District, Upton - $407,517
- Blackstone Valley’s cluster modernization project will provide state-of-the-art equipment for students learning manufacturing technology, automotive technology, construction technology, and medical billing and coding.
BMC Durfee High School, Fall River - $110,820
- The Fall River Public Schools will create a new vocational program in robotics and automation technology, leading to career pathways in robotics, engineering, and advanced manufacturing.
Brockton High School, Brockton - $336,596
- Brockton High School’s Youth Career Connect program trains students for careers the health care, advanced manufacturing, and information technology. Workforce Skills Capital Program funds will provide training equipment upgrades across the three career concentrations.
Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical High School, Harwich - $312,500
- Grant funds will prepare students in the school’s engineering program to understand, design, integrate and troubleshoot concepts related to advanced manufacturing and automated systems, and will support a revamping of horticultural and landscaping training.
Center for Manufacturing Technology, Woburn - $91,832
- CMT will deepen its capacity to train dislocated and incumbent workers in advanced manufacturing processes by purchasing new computer-controlled machinery.
Dean Technical High School, Holyoke - $393,156
- As part of the Holyoke Public Schools’ comprehensive turnaround effort, Dean Technical High School will transform its existing machine technology shop into an advanced manufacturing shop that aligns with current industry practices and technologies, in order to connect Holyoke students to career opportunities in the Pioneer Valley’s skilled manufacturing workforce.
The English High School, Boston - $137,888
- The English High School will support the city of Boston’s commitment to diversifying its police department. By launching a new vocational program in protective services, English will prepare students for entry into the city’s Police Cadet Program.
Essex North Shore Technical and Agricultural School District, Danvers - $144,186
- Essex Tech’s Workforce Skills Capital Program grant will allow the school to expand its heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration technical program, and enable the school to add adult basic education training opportunities.
Franklin County Technical School, Montague - $52,500
- Franklin County Technical School will revamp its computer programming and web design programs, and expand the programs’ capacity to reach adult learners.
Greater Lawrence Technical School, Andover - $316,514
- Greater Lawrence will update its Metal Fabrication and Joining Technologies Department, training students for careers in the welding and metal fabrication industries.
Greater Lowell Technical High School, Tyngsborough - $493,395
- State funding will advance Greater Lowell’s efforts to automate its Machine Technology Shop, to create a state-of-the-art Precision/Advanced Manufacturing Training Center.
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, New Bedford - $495,000
- The Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School will overhaul its advanced manufacturing training equipment, connecting high school students, Bristol Community College students, adult basic education learners, and unemployed individuals in the region to training in modern manufacturing processes.
Haverhill High School, Haverhill - $218,671
- Haverhill High School will purchase a suite of career technical training equipment, including new computers, 3D printers, robotics kits, and medical training equipment, in order to expand training in technology, computer programming and web development, and to provide new early-college STEM programs for at-risk students.
Leominster High School, Leominster - $227,236
- Leominster High School’s Center for Technical Education innovation will revamp its machine technology and heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration programs by purchasing new advanced milling machines, and by purchasing simulation systems to support education in clean energy technologies, including solar and geothermal energy.
Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative, West Springfield - $257,100
- Grant funds will enable Lower Pioneer Valley to expand the capacity of its recently-founded high school Machine Technology Program, and to extend programming to adult learners, including unemployed and underemployed individuals facing barriers to employment.
McCann Technical School, North Adams - $121,128
- McCann Technical School will revamp its welding and metal fabrication equipment to train students for careers in Berkshire County’s aerospace, defense, commercial, medical device, and power generation industries, and will enable re-training for unemployed workers.
Middlesex Community College, Lowell - $117,086
- MCC will expand training capacity in its rapidly growing IT cybersecurity program by constructing a new, dedicated cybersecurity lab at the college’s Lowell campus.
Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School, Lexington - $500,000
- Minuteman will use grant funds to launch a new advanced manufacturing and metal fabrication program, connecting students to careers in robotics, automation, engineering, and construction.
Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District, Fitchburg - $136,412
- The Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School will launch a new program in veterinary science, training students in STEM programming, and allowing students to earn no-cost college credits at Becker College.
Murdock High School, Winchendon - $86,166
- Winchendon’s Engineering for the 21st Century project will connect high school students to new career-oriented classes in computer science, video game design, web design, and advanced robotics programming.
Nashoba Valley Technical School, Westford - $500,000
- Nashoba Valley Technical School will expand its advanced manufacturing career programming, and will provide additional training opportunities for veterans, and chronically unemployed populations.
New England Center for Arts and Technology, Boston - $51,163
- NECAT will deepen its capacity to provide culinary training and support services to low-income adults facing barriers to employment, by purchasing several pieces of equipment, including kitchen appliances and computers.
North Bennet Street School, Boston - $85,545
- The North Bennet Street School will expand the capacity of its successful carpentry program, and replace outdated training equipment.
Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy, Springfield - $441,500
- Springfield’s Putnam Vocational Technical Academy will launch a new program to equip students with the skills to enter the construction workforce, including training with heavy equipment.
Somerville High School - $355,500
- Somerville High School will replace outdated equipment in its machine shop with modern advanced machining equipment that will enable low-income students and adult learners to access training for careers in advanced machine manufacturing. The workforce equipment grant complements Somerville High’s new fabrication lab, funded in a recent Urban Agenda grant award.
South Shore Vocational Technical High School, Hanover - $231,419
- Grant funds will improve vocational education across several programs, enhancing student work space in South Shore’s electronics and graphic communications programs, and opening cybersecurity training to students studying information technology.
Southeastern Regional Vocational School District, South Easton - $100,911
- The Southeastern Regional Vocational School District will construct a new Agile Maker Space lab to equip students in its construction, engineering, and manufacturing technology programs with rapid design and production expertise.
Springfield Technical Community College - $499,785
- Springfield Technical Community College will enhance training in its Laser Electro-Optics and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs, by creating an advanced laser machining laboratory, and a one-year Laser Materials Processing Certificate of Completion, in order to meet the needs of the Commonwealth’s rapidly-growing laser-manufacturing industry.
Tantasqua Regional Vocational High School, Fiskdale - $98,899
- New machine tooling equipment at Tantasqua Regional Vocational High School will enable students to train on the same advanced tooling equipment used by area machine shops, creating direct career pipelines.
Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School District, Franklin - $242,627
- Franklin’s Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School will expand its engineering technology and advanced manufacturing education to include training with 3D printing and robotics, and, in partnership with Wentworth Institute of Technology, will expand its adult manufacturing education programs.
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School, Bourne - $422,907
- The Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School will purchase state-of-the art landscape construction equipment, increasing the effectiveness of its Horticulture and Landscape Contracting program.
Worcester Technical High School, Worcester - $347,882
- Worcester Technical High School, in collaboration with Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, will expand its veterinary assistant training program purchasing IT equipment to add virtual classroom capabilities, and by updating the school’s clinical equipment.
xx CH
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11/07/2016
These Guys Left Their Desks for "Blue Collar" Jobs. Is It For You?
An article in The New York Times recently spoke to 4 men who left the - at least perceived - safety of their paychecks to either strike it out on their own - starting their own business or going to work in what's often thought of as "Blue Collar" work or working with their hands.
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It reminded us of a conversation that we had with a young woman who was lucky enough to get a job at Disney Studios in Los Angeles, CA. (Her sister who worked there helped her). She worked on the administration side of things but one week, found herself visiting one of the sets. Hearing about how much money the crew made (freelancers) - she quickly thought that 'of course she could do that too!'
Long-story-short, the young woman just as quickly realized that freelancing in Hollywood is MUCH MORE that a bigger paycheck and shorter work week. She was not prepared for the actual, physical work itself, nor how hard she had to work -when not actually working on set - to make sure she got hired again! Freelancing...NOT for the faint of heart. (Or the lazy).
She took a valuable lesson from her experience: She not only liked - but needed - the STRUCTURE that a daily "9-5" job gave her and the security of a paycheck. She liked knowing when lunch was, when her vacation was and she liked the comfort of her indoor job, nice clothes and civilized atmosphere.
Not these guys though... They tell NYT writer, Sridhar Pappu, that their lives greatly improved when they walked away from their cubicles and started working with their hands. Short on time? Here's our....
Top Quotes & Take-Aways
One of the men asked himself: 'When I die, do I want to have spent 50 years of my life sitting in an office'?
"Much white-collar work has become similar to assembly-line work, comprising a series of mindless tasks. The most important distinction, whether you work with your hands or in an office, is whether the job involves using your own judgment or not,"
All the men had college degrees and one thought that what he learned in getting his degree was his only option.
It's very hard work, very long hours and not much - if at all - vacation time.
“You will be working on a crisp fall day, and the leaves are changing, and you are outside and working hard, and then it’s lunchtime, and you grab your lunch and are lying in the grass, looking at the trees, and it’s a beautiful day and you think, ‘It’s worth it.’”
This quote:
"...that just because I have a broom in my hand right now doesn’t mean I didn’t go to college. The assumption there is that you didn’t have opportunity at some point so you are stuck in a blue-collar situation, that you aren’t smart enough.”
And this answer:
“If I cared what everyone else thinks, I would still be at a blue-chip company and feeling unfulfilled,”
(Full article here or below)
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1. Ben Schickel walked into the offices of a software firm in Boston, where he had worked in sales for more than a year. It wasn’t easy.
He was coming back from a two-week vacation, time he had spent not on some faraway beach but indulging his passion for landscaping work.
At his desk, he looked over his leads. He knew he needed out. He approached his boss and gave his two-week notice.
Soon after that, he started a landscaping business in earnest. (Here's his website)
“I didn’t hate it with a burning passion,” Mr. Schickel, 26, said of his white-collar days, which he left in November 2015. “I was good at my job. I did very well. But it didn’t really excite me. The question was, ‘When I die, do I want to have spent 50 years of my life sitting in an office?’ The answer was no.”
Mr. Schickel felt he needed real engagement, given that he was still grieving for his sister Elizabeth, who had died from a brain tumor at age 15 the year before. (This is the foundation in her name). In trimming hedges and working on flower beds, mowing lawns and hauling leaves, Mr. Schickel, who has a degree in political science and history from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, found a sense of peace. There are some people who are perfectly happy working in the office,” he said. “But you see that for others, the morning walk to the office felt like a boulevard of broken dreams.” C
Matthew Crawford, a senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia and the author of the 2015 book “The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction,” sees good sense at work among those who leave office jobs for something more concrete-seeming. The reason? Much white-collar work has become similar to assembly-line work, comprising a series of mindless tasks. “The most important distinction, whether you work with your hands or in an office, is whether the job involves using your own judgment or not,” said Dr. Crawford, who fabricates parts for custom motorcycles when he is not writing or researching. “You can’t have this separation from thinking to doing. “In the assembly line, you dumb the work down to where everyone can do it. And the logic of separating thinking from doing has seeped into a lot of white-collar work, too. To remain engaged, you have to be using your mind, and that’s certainly true when you’re diagnosing a machine like a mechanic does. Nothing is really routine.”
2. By all measures, Evan Lundy was a success. After earning an undergraduate degree and a law degree at the University of Mississippi, he started working at the Jackson, Miss., office of a national firm handling bankruptcy cases for large banks. The hours were long. Worried about deadlines, he said he rarely slept through the night. “The repetitive practice of anything in the extreme leads to dissatisfaction,” Mr. Lundy said. “I think that is the killer for someone who is career minded — doing the same thing over and over, without hope of moving up to something bigger.”
In his dwindling spare time, he built things; for instance, a toy chest. Almost immediately after he posted a photo of it on Instagram, he sold it. He found himself spending more time making furniture and selling it on Etsy or around Jackson. Mr. Lundy, 33, who had a wife and two children to support, believed he didn’t have the luxury to turn his hobby into something more until he ran into a childhood friend who built furniture and made custom curtain rods. After learning of Mr. Lundy’s passion and his longing to escape the office, the friend offered a solution: If Mr. Lundy could install drapery 50 percent of the time, he could earn enough money to devote the other half to building furniture. Mr. Lundy made the break this past May. While his close friends and especially his wife understood, many at the law firm did not. “I hang drapes,” Mr. Lundy said. “I make service calls. I go back and I build furniture. In high school, I would have never said that was what I would want to do, down the road. But as you mature, your priorities change.”
3. In the late 1990s, Kevin Tyschper heard the call of the “new economy.” He held positions in areas like “network planning” and “inventory management” at a series of corporations. In 2007, Mr. Tyschper started going to culinary school in the evenings. This meant driving an hour from his home in suburban Naperville, Ill., to Chicago three nights a week for a year. The class lasted from 6 until midnight. By 2009, he was spending more and more time baking. At first, he did it for family and friends. Then came a Facebook page and a website, and a business developed through word of mouth. Just when it seemed he would have to make a choice between his day job and his passion, the company that employed him left town.
He opened DeEtta’s Bakery in 2014. (Here's his bakery!) For the first two months, he said, it wasn’t uncommon for him work all-nighters, with days starting at 3:30 a.m., and 100-hour workweeks were often the norm. By his account, he has taken perhaps two days off in the last year. “If you don’t like to work long hours, this is not the business to be in,” Mr. Tyschper, 43, said. “It’s constant movement. We make everything by hand here, too. It’s not like we pull something out of the freezer and bake it. You are kneading it, scaling things out, mixing things, deep-panning things, sheeting things. There are times at 6 or 7 at night when you finally sit down and you realize you haven’t sat down in 15 hours.
“But there are tangible results,” he continued. “When I developed a fiscal forecast, I didn’t always see those results. When I make a loaf of bread, I see the results. I can firmly taste those results.”
Landscaping, furniture building and baking can offer a counterpoint to the alienation that may come with many office jobs. Endless days at the computer often leave cubicle workers who were once go-getters giving into the cry of that clerk of yore, Melville’s Bartleby, whose motto was “I prefer not to.”
4. “It’s blue collar, but so what?” said Shawn Kelley, a 42-year-old stonemason in Portland, Ore. He had studied at the University of Hartford and worked as a graphic designer in Northampton, Mass., before being driven mad by the monotony of moving fonts around on a screen and designing restaurant menus. “I was giving myself up all those years to this idea that graphic design was my only choice,” Mr. Kelley said. “I went to college for it. And it really emotionally brought me down.”
During a long drive in the New England countryside, Mr. Kelley stopped to admire a series of stone walls. He saw the effort that went into them. He liked the idea of taking heavy objects of different shapes and sizes and forming them into a cohesive whole. Soon after that epiphany, he began calling stonemasons, seeing if he might find work. They warned him about the intense physical labor involved with carving stone and fitting it into place. But in 2005, he moved west for a full-time job in the field.
Now his workday often begins at a quarry, where he selects what he needs to build stairways, walls and backyard sanctuaries. While he finds great satisfaction in the job, Mr. Kelley is aware of the assumptions of those who believe that making a living with one’s hands is not as prestigious as office work.
On a summer afternoon last year, Mr. Kelley had an encounter with a woman who complimented him on a job. After they had spoken for a moment, she said, as he recalled it: “‘You are really articulate for a laborer. Tell your boss he builds beautiful work.’” “I stopped her and said, ‘Lady, I built this wall,’”
Mr. Kelley said. “I had to explain to her that just because I have a broom in my hand right now doesn’t mean I didn’t go to college. The assumption there is that you didn’t have opportunity at some point so you are stuck in a blue-collar situation, that you aren’t smart enough.”
Mr. Schickel, the landscaper, knows that conversation, that look. But he said it stopped bothering him. “If I cared what everyone else thinks, I would still be at a blue-chip company and feeling unfulfilled,” he said. Mr. Schickel allowed that there are challenges, both physical and financial. And because his job is seasonal, he’ll have to work construction over the winter.
“There are hard days when you are working labor and you hate it,” he said. “There is no way around it, and anyone who has ever worked labor will tell you that. But sometimes it’s nice to come home and your body is aching. You take a shower. You eat food as quickly as you can and you pass out. You wake up sore, and it’s nice. It really is.
“You will be working on a crisp fall day, and the leaves are changing, and you are outside and working hard, and then it’s lunchtime, and you grab your lunch and are lying in the grass, looking at the trees, and it’s a beautiful day and you think, ‘It’s worth it.’”
Is it worth it for you? Tell us what you think at [email protected]
xx CH
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08/25/2016
This Was Only This Young Artist's 3rd Mural Ever! Ck It Out!
Self-Trained artist, Matt Tapia seized an opportunity to create a mural for a new stylish hotel, "The Surfjack" on his home-island of O'ahu. While it was only his third mural ever, he didn't let that daunt him. He did his research and put in the hard work and ultimately created this awesome, pool-postcard. #CareerInspiration
Born and raised on the island of O‘ahu, Matt Tapia ventured to New York City to cut his teeth in design and ended up working with clients like Ecko and Nike. Though the self-trained designer has only been creating murals and participating in POW! WOW! Hawaii for a few years, his “Wish You Were Here” message painted at the bottom of the pool here at Surfjack has created quite a buzz. Tapia was able to turn the Surfjack’s pool into an oversize postcard, creating a picture-perfect view for guests looking down from their balcony.
Fellow visual artist and filmmaker Vincent Ricafort caught up with Tapia to talk about his recent collaboration with the Surfjack.
RICAFORT: You just finished the project at the Surfjack Hotel & Swim Club, it was one of the bigger art commissions. What is it like working as an artist in Hawaii‘i?
TAPIA: It’s just like working as an artist anywhere else I guess, you know? You go to work everyday and try to make it work. I was born and raised here so it’s nice to be home and working, making a living, not having to travel someplace else to try to carve out a piece of the pie for myself. I like it. Project’s like this are rare and I think if I wasn’t here I might not have had this opportunity. There’s a lot of really cool stuff going on at the Surfjack—from different artist collaborations, to the opening of Mahina & Suns and contributions from Vanguard Theory.
RICAFORT: What was the opportunity of working with the Surfjack like?
TAPIA: It was cool, everyone there was nice, the schedule was chaotic, but I guess that’s how it goes when you open a hotel. I’ve never had that experience before. Aside from crazy late nights, it was a cool experience.
RICAFORT: What were some of the challenges working on the mural for the hotel? Have you done anything like this before?
TAPIA: This was my third mural ever in my life. I’ve never painted on a pool either. As I approached the project I knew it was going to take more than just jumping in the pool and slapping some paint down, just because of the fact that the canvas is different. It’s not a wall somewhere that people are rarely going to touch. It’s at the bottom of a pool with over a bus full of water pushing down on the artwork every single day. After doing some research, I realized it was a unique problem that I had to find a solution for. Implementing it was a lot more work than I expected, but that’s kind of the fun of what I do. I try to find good, quality solutions to unique problems, implementing artwork and design on the world.
RICAFORT: I think the result speaks for itself. What do you hope the audience takes away from this work?
TAPIA: I just hope that it’s enjoyed. That’s what it was put there for—for people to see it and to evoke some kind of emotional response and hopefully lead to a connection with someone they know with someone far away that might get them to the islands as well. It’s a great place to be and Surfjack is a great addition to the landscape
Aloha xx The Career Hound
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03/29/2016
These 7 Things Are Making Our A-List #Discover
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1. Chairman and CEO of 'Panera Bread' bread says to Managers - "Stop Managing from the Spreadsheet!"
2. Cool Career: What it's like to work in an 'Animation Studio'.
3. What it's like to look 'different' in the workplace…
4. How to Use Your Talent To Attract the Attention of Major Brands
6. Young Men of Color Speak Up About Boston Schools
7. The TECH that will change your life in 2016
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These 7 Things Are Making Our A-List. Have You Seen Them? #Discover
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1. What it's really like to be a pilot:… "I was always really drawn to that sense that planes give us, that the whole world is going on at once. That planes can transport us in a way that really nothing else can."
2. Eat a frog for breakfast. It's not quite what you think but these 10 tips may be THE KEY to your most productive, happy work-self ever. (Hint: Lemon-Water in the morning is one - and how about this Blueberry Summer Refresher recipe for an afternoon lift).
3. What a nutritionist eats to de-bloat all day!
4. This young man will make you want to study FINANCE this semester.
5. Tortilla Stars, PBJ and Apple Roll-Ups and Pizza Quesadillas. 50 (Yummy) Back-to-School Lunch Ideas (or even Off-To-Work-Lunch Ideas).
6. Harvard professors answer your question… "Do I really need to eat breakfast"?
7. This will make you book a ticket to Austin, TX. How about starting your Southern Career Training here...
Bonus: LADIES: THIS dress can be worn to work, to an interview or add a fun shoe for evening or a Fall Wedding. AND it's 67% off! #TheLookForLess
GUYS: Plaid is EVERYTHING for Fall. This shirt is polished for day and for night: Wear is open with a funky graphic tee underneath or tie it around your waist. #TheLookForLess
Bonus: We said it before… And now more evidence that CATS really do own the internet. And you know we love a Red Carpet… so we've been eyeballing everybody's outfits from MTV's VMA's.
Happy Discovering…. xx The A-List
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Our 7 Favorite Tips From Women's Health's 'Next Fitness Stars'
Women's Health Magazine recently held their annual contest for their next 'Fitness Star'. While there could only be one winner - EVERY TRAINER had a few really great fitness takeaways… Here's our faves:
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(While working out) 'Your muscles may burn, but your joints - think back, neck, knees, hips - should never hurt."
"Pushups and planks - Done right, they're two of the best, sometimes under appreciated moves". (not to mention easy to do - ANYWHERE!). To make them most effective, trainer Rachel Nicks says, "You should be squeezing your butt and Kegels the entire time"!
Two of, Rachels' get-ready-quick-post-workout beauty products: 1. L'Oreal's Voluminous Mascara in Carbon Black - (also made our 'Master List!') and 2. Kelley Baker 'Barbie Lip Glaze'.
"Ask someone else to make you a playlist." "Not knowing exactly what I'm going to hear makes (you) more engaged and excited during my sweat session."
"… I think every (one) should work on their pull-ups. Nothing sculpts your back better - plus it feels super empowering!"
Trainer, Christine Bullock's workout strategy while traveling (even great when not!): "Keep it simple! Choose five or six basic body-weight exercises and do 10 reps of each. Aim to do two or three total rounds." Her faves: plank, bridge, squat jump, side plank, lunge and pushup.
Christine's favorite fitness lesson: "I focus on what I gain from being fit: I have all -day energy, I sleep better, my mood is balanced and positive and my skin glows. I work out to boost my overall strength and athleticism and in turn, my confidence.
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These 8 Things Got Our Attention This Weekend. Did You See Them? #Discover
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1. Loving this cool, new talent agency for digital creatives! (aka: JOBS baby!)
2. This cheeseburger lover learns what to eat to live to be 100.
3. "Cool Career": Tales from a Hollywood House Sitter
4. Speaking of: House Sitting Jobs Near You
5. Me-Wow: Turns out the internet really is made by cats.
6. #BigBucks: Intel will pay a $4000(!) finder's fee for female, minority and veteran referrals.
7. This super-easy Gluten-Free, cheesy, hash brown, breakfast casserole makes us want to run out and get a Crock-pot.
8. Hollywood A-Lister, Reese Witherspoon may have created THE perfect pencil-skirt… An office-wardrobe MUST. Pair it with blouses for biz and a tee for 'Casual Fridays'.
Happy discovering xx The A-List
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These 10 Things Are Making Our A-List Have You Seen Them? #Discover
THE LIST
1. Whoa! This girl made $100,000 off selling her old clothes on a phone app.
2. How her years of soccer helped her land her dream job.
3. Coolest thing to do before bed: "Identify the Highlight of the Day!" - Read more about how these 2 (millionaire) artists spend their weekends…
4. Let's face it… Men are hard to buy for. That's why we're going to stock up on these for Christmas.
5. This teacher is helping these 7 voices - change the world.
6. This woman pitched her company in her underwear - in the gym. Made $32 million.
7. You only get ONE chance to make a FIRST impression: "Your outfit reflects your state of mind — and being. "If you look a mess, usually there’s a mess in your head, and if you look pretty organized, that speaks without words". Check out rapper Nasir Jones, a.k.a. Nas' 'FASHION & STYLE' advice - here.
8. Could these be the best GLUTEN-FREE, Oreo-wannabe cookies ever?! (hands-down - these are THE BEST chocolate-chip ones!).
9. CEO ENERGY TRICK: "I do physical activity, like jumping jacks, before a big meeting." (Kathryn Minshew, founder and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of career-advice site TheMuse.com)
10. A DELICIOUS Salad Dressing that's only 35-45 Calories per Tbsp, NO trans fat, NO preservatives or MSG, NO artificial colors, flavors or added sugar AND GLUTEN FREE?! Yep… we're adding THESE to our #GroceryList!
Happy Discovering xx The A-List
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03/22/2016
These 9 Things Are Making Our A-List Have You Seen Them? #Discover
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CELEB Swiftie Magic! Taylor-Power does it again…
BE "...for me, it is a way of reminding myself every day that I am trying to be a little different, that it’s O.K. to be a little different, that being different requires courage…". Get majorly inspired by this crazy-hair, Hollywood mogul. Like that? Then you'll love this.
WEAR #ExtendYourWardrobe - Brighten up winter's long-sleeve tops and blouses by un-buttoning a few buttons and adding a colorful camisole underneath. It's an inexpensive way to update a favorite piece and the POP of color will say 'Summer is here!' Roll the shirt's cuffs up once or twice and add some light arm-candy for the office. For after-work options, pair a colorful, LACE camisole under your proper button-up. When off-work, un-do a few buttons to reveal alluring, bright lace.
DO This 20-something MILLIONAIRE talks about how: "After high school, I hit this fork in the road where I could either continue with another 13 or 14 years of school in a field I wasn’t passionate about, or I could do something I loved and not make much money". Things worked out.
DREAM The technology to make Star Wars didn't exist… So George Lucas made it happen. Take a look inside "The Magic Factory" (Video)
SUCCESS "Her/Hisi Success is NOT your failure"… (author unknown) "If a friend of yours wrote a book that sold a million copies in the first week, does it mean that their achievement is more important than you hitting 500 subscribers on 'Bloglovin'? No! You both set a goal and achieved it! You were both equally successful! This and 7 other "How to Be Successful at Whatever You Do".
EAT 6 Tricks to Kick the Junk Food Habit.
JOB Turns out you can mix your Math-Love with Fashion! Check her out...
CAREER "It's all about doing your homework," … See which "Little Guy in a Big Game" had these words of wisdom.
Happy discovering… xx The A-List
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