Solutions for You. Certifiably Crazy to Pitifully Conservative Ideas for Dealing With Disturbances, Fluctuations and Other Perplexing Challenges

By Norma Yamaji Meggin McIntosh, founder of Emphasis on Excellence, Inc. in Reno, Nevada works with individuals who focus on excellence and to help them achieve productive lives. She recently spoke to ProNet members (Apr. 30, 2012) about dealing with the challenges of taking charge of your life and some practical, down-to-earth wisdom on making [...]

Fitness As a Way of Life

Fitness As a Way of Life-  By Laura M. Pinto Troy Fontana, owner and founder of Fontana Fitness, shared his extensive expertise with the members of ProNet in his talk, “Fitness As a Way of Life” at the Atlantis Casino and Resort. This was not your usual fitness lecture.  Typically, the term, “fitness” is associated [...]

Personal Branding

By Nancy Lowe In the ProNet Reno speaker series on personal branding, Marti Benjamin of Business Energetix Success Coaching was the latest guest speaker. Your personal brand, she said, is a statement about the unique value that you can bring to a business. Remember, a job opening at a business is a signal that those [...]

Unemployed Professionals Give the Gift of Life

By Susan Breidenbach It is easy to feel down and out when you are unemployed, and this negative affect makes it harder to find a job.  One way to combat these feelings and maintain a positive outlook and a better sense of self-worth is to give to the community.  Donating money may be out of [...]

Volunteering: The Benefits Flow Both Ways

By Colby Stott At the end of 2010 some 20 ProNet members, joined by family and friends, celebrated the holidays in a very special way:  We converged on the Food Bank of Northern Nevada and volunteered our time. When our shift was over, we had bagged nearly 6 tons of fresh produce—a mountain of bell [...]

Strategies for Managing Stress

By Perry Smith Being out of work is extremely stressful, affecting us both physically and emotionally.   We can’t eliminate stress from our lives, and we shouldn’t want to.  We can’t grow and improve without regular bouts of stress; it’s only nonstop stress that can hurt or even kill us. Consider the athlete working on strengthening [...]

Two Ways to Skin a Snake

by Michael A. Wall Once upon a time, there were two men standing in adjacent fields. These men had been there for some time, standing at parade rest in order to put their situation in perspective. All at once, these two men felt a stirring at their feet. One of the men stood starkly still, [...]

Going that Extra Mile

The unemployed professional with a positive attitude is more likely to stay healthy and focused, especially during such dire economic times. Listening to Gideon For-Mukwai’s stories of triumph through adversity as he traveled “Through the Peaks and Valleys of Life” was profoundly inspiring.

Want to nail that job interview? Join Toastmasters!

What have you been doing since you’ve been unemployed? One thing we ProNet members—all unemployed professionals—are encouraged to do is participate in Toastmasters. This international organization has been helping people gain poise and improve communication and presentation skills for more than 85 years. It would be difficult to find a self-improvement program that gives you [...]

Fitness Provides Job-Search Edge

As unemployed professionals, our job is to find a job, and we need to block out our day accordingly. But as with any kind of job, too much nonstop focus is counter-productive. We need to re-energize ourselves by oscillating regularly between job search efforts and dissimilar activities. Exercise is a great choice for this energizing [...]