According to the “Durham Region Cultural Mapping Project Final Report”, commissioned by Economic Development and Tourism…

“The creative economy is an economy driven by ideas, innovation, knowledge, collaboration and creativity. It is an economy in which people are paid to think. Creative jobs exist across all sectors including the ‘old economy’ of manufacturing and agriculture/resource attraction.”

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech in 2005 is well worth repeating…

Although this speech has been circulating for years and years with credit being given to Bill Gates, a little research showed me that this is an urban myth.

Rule 1: Life is not fair — get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping — they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

~Anonymous

In addition to tasting the world’s first 100% Organic Healthy Coffee (taste great), and listening to great music, and meeting new people, we are going to show you: “How To Get Paid 7 Ways” for drinking coffee and giving away coffee samples to people you know that already drink coffee!  Every one drinks coffee or knows someone who does. Most people drink 2-3 cups per day. It’s Simple. It’s Easy. It’s Coffee.

If you like coffee, come drink with us. If you don’t drink coffee, come listen to the music. If you like MONEY, and you are looking for some solutions as to how to INCREASE YOUR INCOME, we are experts at it and will show you how it’s done! Come learn why this unique opportunity is being compared to Microsoft, NIKE and Google. You do remember these companies right? What if you had been one of the first to learn about Avon or Mary Kay? Your life would be very different right now. It still can be with what we are going to share with you. Get in on the ground floor. We are only days away!!!

What are you doing Tuesday, February 9, 2010 (7pm – 9pm)? 

Call 1 (800) 579-9253 to reserve your seat for a life changing experience NOW!! By the way…. It’s free, but you must R.S.V.P. to reserve your invitation. Seating is limited.

Job-hunting? Don’t just hit the pavement – hit the Internet. Smart job hunters rely on LinkedIn and Facebook, two of today’s most important social networking websites, to forge valuable connections. By mastering the how’s and why’s of online networking, you can fish for the best jobs online, hook employers on your skill set and talent, and find the job you are looking for sooner.

WORKSHOP: Maximize Your Online Job Hunting Abilities
December 11th 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Essential Communications, Whitby, Ontario

You’ll learn how to get your resume into the hands of decision-makers by:

• Planning your social media strategy
• Creating and optimizing your LinkedIn profile
• Pumping up your e-resume with testimonials
• Minding your p’s and q’s with good netiquette
• Communicating and promoting your brand online

Log on, link in — get hired!

To register, or for more information about this workshop, and other workshops which have been specifically developed to assist you if you are currently looking for work, call Essential 905-668-4141 and tell them Sue sent you!