Chicago Tribune Online Edition
July 27, 2003

Fighting the unemployment blues

(Excerpt from an article from Chicago Tribune Online Edition)

"People talk negatively to themselves by saying 'Oh, the economy is bad, I'll never get a job.' They start envisioning failure and imagining the worst-case scenarios," says Lynn Robinson, management consultant and author of Compass Of The Soul: 52 Ways Intuition Can Guide You To The Life Of Your Dreams (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $14.95). "Focus on what you want as opposed to what you don't want. Envision the best job you can imagine having. What people do you want to work with? What are the responsibilities you might have? Pay attention so you keep your thoughts going in a positive."

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