Interesting there are facts we were told and believed and later find out are wrong. For instance, the Declaration of Independence was actually voted and passed on July 2^nd rather than the 4th!

Then there is also the 1819 John Trumbull painting, “The Declaration of Independence,” the one on the back of the $2 bill. In the painting, Thomas Jefferson holds the Declaration, surrounded by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and many other signers. As Mr. de Bolla, a noted historian, notes, we have “no record of the signatories to that sheet of parchment ever coming together as a body in the room depicted by Trumbull for the express purpose of signing the document.”

Many state that the words of the Declaration were those of Thomas Jefferson alone when history shows, according to Mr. De Bolla, that about a quarter of what Jefferson wrote, in fact, was dropped from the final document, and a good portion of what remained was changed by Franklin and Adams.

One more fact. Most of us were taught in school that Betsy Ross made the first American flag. Mr. de Bolla, according to the Wall Street Journal, traced the evolution of the myth to 1870, when her grandson, William J. Canby, wrote that his maternal grandmother had made the first Stars and Stripes at George Washington’s behest and that she had helped come up with the flag’s design.

Canby based his claim on stories he had heard from family members since his childhood. He said that his grandmother made the flag after Washington visited her shop on Arch Street in Philadelphia in June 1776. Washington, Canby asserted, was there with two other members of a congressional flag-design committee.

Betsy Ross undoubtedly made flags, Mr. de Bolla acknowledges, but no credible evidence exists that she made the first one or that Congress even had a committee to design a national flag. And if there were such a committee, George Washington wouldn’t have been on it: He was not a member of the Continental Congress, and he was a little busy at the time, what with leading the fight against the British and all.

So, the truth comes to light!

I am curious. How are you able to use your core strengths in your career? Would you like some help in knowing your core strengths? How are people positively affected because of the role you have in their life? How could you use more of what you love to do in your career and activities outside of your career?

I’m passionate about people enjoying Monday morning as much as Friday afternoon. Packages are offered on strengths identification, career exploration, job search strategy, effective communication, career branding, networking, résumé & cover letter expertise, interview preparation and jump-starting a new position.

You are invited to schedule a 20-minute complimentary coaching session with me and then 5-10 minutes for both of us to determine whether or not career coaching is what would best meet your goals. If at any point during the last 5-10 minutes you decide career coaching would not be a good fit, I’d value you letting me know since both of our time is valuable!

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In the USA, coaching fees are typically tax deductible since they are considered an expense for continuing education undertaken to maintain and improve business and professional skills. (See Treas. Reg.1-162-5. Coughlin vs. Commissioner, 203F 2d 307) Your tax consultant can provide you with further information.

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The term ’slasher’ is new to me! First of all, what is a slasher? Marci Alboher, author of One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success, and also the freelance journalist/speaker/coach who coined the term, “slash-career,” says it’s someone who moves between two or more careers and professional identities at the same time, somehow making it work.

Who is slashing?

• Lianne Raymond, a high school teacher/librarian and yoga instructor in Courtenay, B.C., discovered she coaches teachers at school and decided to run her own life coaching business. “I’m the kind of person who can’t stand doing the same thing over and over again. I get bored really easily. I need novelty,” she says. So this year she taught one semester and took the second semester off to focus on starting the coaching gig.

• One gentleman, an owner of the swank Four Seasons Restaurant in New York, is also a dedicated yoga instructor. “People from the yoga world have no idea about his other identity,” she says.

• John Lyons, who calls himself a wedding photographer/graphic designer/business owner/husband/dad in Chatham, Ont. Says, ‘,”I’ve diversified my own income,” says John Lyons working about 40 hours a week for his design company, Bulldog Design, and at least another 20 on the wedding photography side. Saturdays are 12-hour days and then there’s usually 10 to 12 hours of photo processing work in the evenings.
  

But all this suits Mr. Lyons just fine. Both businesses are lucrative, generally pulling in matching profits. His typical bride drops about $6,000 on wedding shots and Mr. Lyons shoots at least 20 weekends a year.

According to Kira Vermond in her article about slashing, who wrote about the above examples and also shared, “Demographically speaking, baby boomers make up a large portion of employees turning hobbies into work. Knowing retirement is on the horizon and wanting to be ready, they’re launching the less taxing sideline work in preparation for the big leap away from the office. Until then, they’ll keep two balls in the air. “

If you’re a slasher, how is it working, or maybe not working for you?

I’m passionate about people enjoying Monday morning as much as Friday afternoon. I need to let you know that what I do may not be for you. I’ve been very effective in helping many people, but that doesn’t mean I’m a universal solution for everyone.

What I typically like to do is spend 5-10 minutes over the phone where you and I can share some questions and answers to determine if career coaching you is a good fit for both of us.

Packages are offered on career exploration, job search strategy, effective communication, strengths identification, career branding, networking, résumé & cover letter expertise, interview preparation and jump-starting a new position.

For more information, go to my website at summitviewcareercoaching.com or email me at terri@summmitviewcareercoaching.com.

In the USA, coaching fees are typically tax deductible since they are considered an expense for continuing education undertaken to maintain and improve business and professional skills. (See Treas. Reg.1-162-5. Coughlin vs. Commissioner, 203F 2d 307) Your tax consultant can provide you with further information.

Enjoy Monday morning as much as Friday afternoon!

I have been writing a weekly blog for both this webpage and the Record Eagle since November, 2007. I’ve been told by readers that they have held valuable and interesting information.

Well, tonight I found out that because I was using the same blog in the Record Eagle as in this blog, I was actually hurting my ranking in the Search Engine Optimization (meaning Summit View Career Coaching didn’t come up on the first or second page when a person blogged ‘Career Coach’ like it used to). So, tonight I quickly and sadly deleted all of my blogs on this webpage that were written since November ‘07. If you would like to see the past 6 months of a variety of valuable and free informative blogs, go to Ask the Career Coach - Record Eagle’s blogs.

Thank you for reading my blogs! Would love to hear any comments or questions you may have! Please email me at Terri@SummitViewCareerCoaching.com.

Enjoy Monday morning as much as Friday afternoon!