Hello everyone,
I am new to this forum and thought I’d say hi. I actually had several questions but this forum has addressed almost all of them. I am a 12-year veteran police officer. I am 36 and going back to school for software engineering. I will be almost 40 when I complete my bachelor’s degree and have had concerns about gaining employment for the first time in a young man’s industry at my age. Still, Anthony Robbins and Brian Tracy along with a few others have me remaining positive. I also feel that the tremendous wealth of knowledge I can gain from PR will counter any problems I’m having with my age.
That being said, I am behind the curveball as well as behind the pack. I want to catch up and even surpass those of my age in the IT and business world before I retire. I want to be an IT director, CIO and maybe even a CEO before all is said and done 20-30 years from now. I have a lot of education to go. I’d eventually like to get a master’s degree in software engineering and an MBA. I know that sounds ambitious but at least for now, I am passionate about it. I also think its important to read a lot including trade journals, whitepapers, books of all kinds including coding, technical, business management and leadership and of course researching whatever company you apply for and the industry which they service.
I just purchased the Photoreading paperback (1999) used on Amazon for about $4. My hope is to get through it in the next week and begin practicing what I learned and photoreading everything I can get my hands on. Once I fully understand the photoreading skills which I learned from the book, I plan to purchase and use the PhotoReading Deluxe Course on CDs. I hope to later attend a workshop, retreat or seminar in order to really master photoreading.
The fall semester begins in about a week. I don’t expect to have mastered PR skills by then but will continue to work hard at it. I will be going to Disney World for 11 days with my family in September and in the event that I may possibly have any downtime, I hope to be PR and working on PR skills. Especially since I will be doing schoolwork while I’m down there.
I have found the success stories in this forum to be motivating. The testimonials of your success lead me to fully believe that PR works and can work for me also. So thank you.
JJese
Cleveland (suburb), OH
P.s. Anyone here from northeast Ohio?
