Happy Mother's Day - Invest In You! No Excuses!

Happy Mother's Day! It's time to invest in you! All year long you sacrificed for family and friends while you put yourself on the backburner. What about your goals and dreams? What about your dream of going back to school? What about becoming the lawyer, doctor, business owner, administrative assistant or public speaker you've always wanted to be? What is stopping you? If the answer is education, skills, motivation, time or money, then you are in the right place.

While all of these may seem like valid reasons to put your dreams on hold, they are really excuses. When I played basketball in high school, my coach put on the back of shirts, "No Excuses!" She put those words on our shirt so we could remove every excuse in the world that would keep us from succeeding. Those excuses could cause us to come to halt and stop trying to pursue our to win and succeed! I want to tell you what my coach told me, "No Excuses!" Fear can set in which is "False Evidence Appearing Real". The fear of failure can cause you to stop cold turkey and go back to the safety and security with no chance of progression.

My goal is to encourage you to push through your FEAR, DOUBT, INSECURITIES, YOUR PAST, and WHAT IF's! You can succeed if try! There is a second chance for you! Nothing beats a fail but a try. Do you have a try in you? If you have at least a try, you have a chance to succeed. So let's start today! No excuses!

Answer these questions and e-mail the results to me at inspirelearning1@gmail.com so we can create a path and plan for success. I am your learning coach and my goal is to guide and push you to success.

1.) What do you want to be when you grow up?
2.) What would you do today for free if did not need the money?
3.) What are you natural talents? These are things you did not have to go to school for.
4.) What new skill do you want to learn?
5.) What are your strengths?
6.) What are your weaknesses?
7.) What was your favorite subject in school and why?
8.) What was your least favorite subject in school and why?
9.) What is your highest level of education?
10.) What is the highest level of education that you would like to obtain?
11.) Do you work well with teams?
12.) Do you prefer to work independently or alone?
13.) Do you like attending classes in person or online?
14.) Do you currently work?
15.) If you answered yes number 14, does your company offer tuition reimbursement?

Once you answer these questions, e-mail me at inspirelearning1@gmail.com. I will create a free personalized analysis of your responses to show you what educational programs are good for you. I will coach you from admission to graduation!

I wish you the best in your endeavors and remember no excuses; it’s time to invest in you!

Freya S. Williams, MBA, PHR
Adult Learning Coach
Founder, Inspire Learning Solutions
“Supplemental Education and Motivation for All Learners”
http://adultlearningcoach.blogspot.com
www.twitter.com/inspirelearning

April Is National Math Month

It's National Math month and I know many of you are saying, so what I hate Math. Well, to my Math lovers it's a great time for us to share our love of Math. For those of us who "hate Math" as my adult students tell me, then you wish this month would quickly pass by.

I'm here to share with you my top 10 reasons to love Math!

10.) Math can help you count your money.
9.) Math can empower you to make more money - This knowlege is priceless!
8.) Math is a universal language! - It can be applied in any profession
7.) Math makes you feel and look smart! Just say something like "Pie R Squared!" - Math folks know what that means. :-)
6.) Math can keep you from getting cheated
5.) Math can help you solve problems - even your relationship problems (LOL)
4.) Math can help you get a job!
3.) Math can build your analytical skills
2.) Math gets you respect - if you can crunch numbers, people respect you!
1.) Math brings you closer to your kids. Yes, they will think you are the smartest person in the world if you can help them with a Math problem. Guess what? To them you are.

So, explore Math today. Do some problems with your kids and watch how much they respect you. Here's a problem you can do with them.

Mrs. O. Angle has 12 students in her advanced algebra class. On a recent test, the average was 80. When Beth asked for her score, Mrs. Angle could not find it, but she did remember adding Beth's score in the average. She also remembered that Beth had passed. These are the scores of the other students:
65, 65, 70, 70, 80, 85, 85, 90, 90, 90, 100

Tell how Mrs. Angle can figure out the missing score. What is that score?
Find the answer at: http://sln.fi.edu/school/math2/april.html

Visit the National Math Month webiste http://www.mathaware.org/index.html to learn more about Math events around the country.

Lastly, here's a corny Math joke:
"Students nowadays are so clueless", the math professor complains to a colleague. "Yesterday, a student came to my office hours and wanted to know if General Calculus was a Roman war hero..."

Until next time, keep on focusing your goals. You can make it if you don't quit!

Freya S. Williams, MBA, PHR
Founder of Inspire Learning Solutions
"Supplemental Education and Motivation for Adult Learners
www.adultlearningcoach.blogspot.com
inspirelearning1@gmail.com

It's Time to Go Back to School

Hi, it's Freya, your Adult Learning Coach!

Have you been pondering if you should return to school or not? Are you wondering about your future and if you have the skills to succeed? Do you need to improve your writing, communication, math or analytical skills? If you answered yes to any of these questions, it is time for you to explore returning to school.

So where do you start you may ask? Well, as your coach, I'm going to help you get there. First let's assess where you are.

What is your highest level of education?
What do you desire to do?
What makes you happy each day that you would do for free?

Answering these questions can help you get to where you want to be so you don't waste time starting school and stopping school. When I was in undergrad, I changed my major three times! I wanted to be a mechanical engineer because they made the most money at the time. Silly me. I then changed my major to architectural engineering because I loved to draw and design. I fell into Mathematics and Computer Science because I had a basketball scholarship to Claflin University and I wanted to keep it. I had taken all of my Mathematics course and I did not want to transfer to South Carolina State University to finish the Engineering program, so I just said I'll double-major in Computer Science! What a plan! LOL. While it paid off, it wasn't a real plan. I went around the world and back to find my true passions, which are training, teaching and tutoring!

I'm now doing what I love which is training. I teach adult students how to succeed. I have taught the following courses: Math, Business, Information Technology, Communication, Team Building, and the list goes on. My students excel because failing is not an option!

My goal is to help you circumvent all the distractions and help you find your niche, your goals and your purpose and help you achieve them. So what, you didn't do well the first time that you were in school. So what you hate Math. So what you can't write a lick! Even with all those so whats, you can still improve your skills by going back to school.

So, let's remove all the excuses and get started. Find the program that works for you. Do you need to be in a classroom setting or can you succeed in an online setting? Are you an independent learner or do you learn better collaborating with others? Do like to communicate in front of others or are you shy? Do love crunching numbers or do numbers make you run and hide?

Let me coach you to success! I'm your Adult Learning Coach, Freya S. Williams. Contact me if you are ready to go the next level. I'll help you get there.

Freya S. Williams, MBA, PHR
Founder of Inspire Learning Solutions
"Supplemental Motivation and Education for all Learners"
inspirelearning1@gmail.com
www.adultlearningcoach.blogspot.com

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What do you want to be when you grow up? You may think that this a silly question but many people are still trying to figure out why they are here. The world is changing and this new economy is forcing many to rethink their career choices. Think about how you ended up in your career. How did you start working in the profession that you are in? Was it happenstance or did you go through formal training? Did you dream about becoming who are you are today when you were a little child? However you got here, you are here! You have managed to successfully carve out your niche but is this really your niche? So, what do you want to be when you grow up?

If you are in transition and you are caught between a layoff and a layup, now is the time to think about what you have been called to do. What you have been called to do is innate to you. It is something you love and it is something that you would do that is effortless. You do not get stressed about this calling because you love it. It comes natural to you. This gift inspires, motivates and impacts others positively. It brings out the best in you. It is a part who you really have been called to be and what you have been called to do. It is something you will do even if you are not compensated. It excites you and causes you to excite others.

Let us look at these times as a time to become who we really have been called to be and not settle on what we happened to become. Transitions are made to move you through life’s roads so you do not get stuck in the same lane. Get in your own lane and work out your dream!

It is time to learn something new! Invest in you!
Keep on moving, don’t stop!

Freya S. Williams, MBA, PHR
Adult Learning Coach
Inspire Learning Solutions
Supplemental Education and Motivation for the Adult Learner
www.inspirelearningsolutions.com
inspirelearning1@gmail.com