A Millennium Primer

By Jo Condrill

Real help for real people in the 21st Century! Solid, step-by-step guidance shows you how to move confidently into the future of your dreams. Practical down-to-earth wisdom teaches you how to take charge of crucial choices and challenges you'll meet along the way. Interactive exercises let you rehearse and prepare for life's pitfalls (before they happen) and the possibilities (so they will happen)

Now you can develop yourself to your highest potential. Whether you're just starting out, looking to move up, or want to change course completely.

Just starting out?
How to design and achieve the future that's right for you, including:
-Creating your vision and taking action;
-Knowing what you want and what you don't want;
-Making confident and effective decisions.

Need a new groove to replace the old rut?
How to make the moves to move you up in your career, start your own business, or ease you into retirement
-Making choices that are right for you;
-Developing and implementing your action plan;
-Forming a support team.

Time for a mid-course correction?
How to reinvent yourself personally and professionally, including:
-Taking charge at every point of the career continuum;
-Forging strategic alliances or mastermind groups;
-Measuring your progress and celebrating your arrival.

Success means different things to different people. For some it is a lot of money and material things; others choose to live a life of simplicity. Whatever your outlook, this book can help you achieve the life you envision.

Start where you are! Jo Condrill's Millennium Primer answers all your questions and takes you by the hand, step-by-step, up the ladder to a level of success you may have only dreamed of. Consider it the Makeover of your life!

Where will you go from here and how will you get there?
No matter where you are on the career continuum or in your personal life, Jo motivates and inspires you to live your life by design. She shows you how to map out and take charge of your future. How to zero in on your dream and take action to bring it to life.

Jo Condrill shares her personal, real-life success steps with you: How to make the right choices...how to amp up your personal power and decision-making ability...how to get the support and mentoring you need...how to take charge today so you can enjoy the rewards of victory tomorrow.

"I found your book truly superb. It especially appeals to me personally because you manage to be very inspiring while still conveying very sound, practical, tested principles." -Scott DeGarmo, Author of Working at Home, Former Publisher and Editor in Chief, Success Magazine
"I would recommend this book to anyone who may be considering a huge change in their life’s direction. The simple step-by-step guide gives you an objective perspective and takes the fear away. It gave me the answers I needed, and I knew they would work for me because I was the one who had answered them. Jo’s Condrill’s book had guided me to find them. I knew what was coming and I was ready." A. Bass, Teacher and an Abused Spouse
This is part of an unsolicited testimonial. It is not meant to indicate that this book is the answer to all relationship problems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jo Condrill
• Release date: Apr 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301278244

Jo Condrill

Jo Condrill is an acclaimed author, speaker and business owner. Her consulting company, GoalMinds, Inc., provides training and development programs for some of the country's most respected corporations and government agencies. She is co-author of the popular business book, 101 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills Instantly. Her book, From Book Signing to Best Seller, was named Best Writers Reference Guide by the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association in 2004. She signed A Millennium Primer: Take Charge of Your Life in the Barnes and Noble Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City among many other places. Jo has been interviewed on numerous radio and TV programs. She is an award-winning leader of Toastmasters International. Jo has four grown children and makes her home in San Antonio, Texas

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A Millennium Primer: Take Charge of Your Life

Jo Condrill

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Other Titles by Jo Condrill

101 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills Instantly

How to Form Your Own Mastermind Alliance

How to Avoid Pyramid Schemes and Find a Good Internet Marketing Opportunity

Live a Healthier, Happier, and Longer Life in 3 Easy Steps

From Book Signing to Best Seller: An Insider's Guide to Conducting a Successful Low Cost Book Signing Tour

I found your book truly superb. It especially appeals to me personally because you manage to be very inspiring while still conveying very sound, practical, tested principles.

--Scott DeGarmo, Former Publisher, and

Editor in Chief, Success Magazine

This is a great book. Jo's on to something.

--Stephanie Edwards, Talk Show Host

KIEV Radio, Los Angeles

This book is a masterpiece on achieving life's visions. It gives practical, realistic guide-lines to focus on what is important in life.

--Elaine Stoltz, AICI

Association of Image Consultants

There is no better 'how to' book to prepare us for success in the 21st century. With wisdom and clarity, Jo Condrill brilliantly shows the way and provides the tools.

--Pauline Shirley, International President

1994-1995,Toastmasters International

An enlightening and thorough study that makes a difficult topic not only intelligible but also interesting and very, very doable.

--The Book Reader Review

This is the best primer I’ve seen since 'Dick and Jane'! Read it with your pen in hand. Discover things you never knew before and become reacquainted with things you have forgotten.

--Reba Eichelberger

Counselor and Attorney-at-Law

Whether a rookie in life, or a seasoned veteran, we all need to take time to tune up our lives. Often, unfortunately, we allow external forces or events to choose when and where this happens. Jo Condrill, has made it easy for you to take charge of this very important life step with this book. Get it, read it, apply it. Don't wait for something to happen! Make it happen! This book will help you. I promise.

--Jim Blasingame

The Small Business Advocate

http://www.smallbusinessadvocate.com/

What will success look like for your life? This inspirational book helps you find the answers and know what questions to ask.

--Randall E. McCrea, Associate, Leadership

and Performance Operation (LEAP)

Royal Dutch/Shell Group

Jo Condrill continues to enlighten her audience with insightful, common sense, 'how to's' that allow readers to focus toward achievement of their dreams through a step by step process.

--Pat Gransbury

First State Woman Editor

President, Sussex Business and Professional Women

I found Jo Condrill's book 'A Millennium Primer: Take Charge of Your Life' an inspiring call-to-action that would help all of us to dare to make our hopes and dreams real. She provides a very positive, optimistic tone that helps answer the question 'What are the possibilities for me and for my life?' Where many authors fail, however, Jo succeeds, by following the dream identification process with very specific step-by-step methods to make possibilities into realities. The clear and easy-to-follow exercises are what make this book a stand out as a valuable personal development tool. The Millennium Primer would make an excellent guide to career planning for the young person at the threshold of their life or for the experienced professional yearning to make a change. I recommend that you add this powerful tool to your personal growth toolbox.

--James A. Lippold, MSW, Executive

Director, Lincoln County Counseling Center

Read this book, and then discuss it with your best friend. If he did the same with yet another, a huge quiet (analog) momentum among us all would perpetuate on par with the electronic Internet revolution sweeping our lives. Take this step to develop your vision; we all have one. Will you bring it to life for us?

--Charlotte M. Thornton, Founder

21st Century Design & Development/Universal Maglev

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About the Author

Jo Condrill

http://www.jocondrill.com/about-jo

Jo is an award-winning speaker, trainer, and coach. She led a 3,000-person organization (Toastmasters) in the Washington, DC area to a #1 ranking worldwide. Jo later served on the Board of Directors of Toastmasters International. She served as a civilian leader for the US Army in the Pentagon and was awarded the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service. She has an MSA in Public Administration from Central Michigan University and a BS in Business Administration from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, TX. She is also a graduate of the U.S. Army War College (Class of '93). Jo has four grown children and makes her home in Texas.

MillePrimer(at)goalminds.com

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Dedication

This book is dedicated

in loving memory, to my father, Freddie Founteno, who always challenged me to be my best, and

to my mother, Ida Donatto Founteno, with love and gratitude.

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CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgements

Disclaimer

Introduction

SECTION ONE: ENVISION YOUR FUTURE

Dream Great DreamsChapter 1

Define Your Terms Vision Dreams Mission Purpose SuccessChapter 2

Take Time to Think - Do a Lifeline Exercise - Review Your Life Story - Look at Your Personal Rule Book - Know What You Don't WantChapter 3

Use Your Creative Imagination Imagine - Explore Possibilities - Expand Your Thinking - Have FunChapter 4

Design Your Future Look at the Big Picture - Find Time to Dream - Stop Muddling Through - Transform Your Dream - Discover the Power - Proceed with CautionChapter 5

YOUR TURN--TAKE ACTION

SECTION TWO: MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION

Exercise Your Power to Choose Analyze the Dream You Selected - Evaluate - - Make a DecisionChapter 6

Reach for A Dream CatcherChapter 7

Evaluate the Dream - What are the Risks? - Look for Potential Obstacles and Solutions - Explore Options - Estimate the Costs - Identify Resources - Find the BenefitsChapter 8

Practice What If Drills Ask Others - Ask Yourself - Weigh the Options - Try It OnChapter 9

Make a Commitment Look Inside - Make a Conscious Decision - PersevereChapter 10

YOUR TURN--TAKE ACTION

SECTION THREE: FORM A SUPPORT TEAM

Share Your Vision - Make a List - First Look for Supportive People - Break Bread with Them - Let Them Help You -Understand the Law of Reciprocity - 10 Ways to Show Appreciation - Get Others Excited About Your Vision - Continue to Build - Keep in TouchChapter 11

Tell It Like It Is - Provide Solid Information - Face the Fear - Practice These Techniques - Communicate Clearly - Acknowledge Support and Involvement - Let Them Know You Know the Challenges - When You Face Ridicule - Be Enthusiastic, Even Passionate About Your VisionChapter 12

Let Them Talk - Pay Attention -Become a More Effective Listener -Make Them Feel ImportantChapter 13

Lessons Harry Taught Me 10 Keys to Communicating Your VisionChapter 14

YOUR TURN--TAKE ACTION

SECTION FOUR: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

Forming a Strategic Alliance Study the Concept - A Two-Person Alliance - My Not So Secret Formula - Alliance in ActionChapter 15

Take the Initiative - Why Form Such a Group? - Know Whom to Select - Lead the Group - Form Ground Rules - Decide on Meetings - How Long Does a Group Stay Together? - Set the Agenda - Make the Tough Decisions - Try ItChapter 16

How an Effective Strategic Alliance Worked for Me Survey ResponsesChapter 17

YOUR TURN--TAKE ACTION

SECTION FIVE: PLAN AND IMPLEMENT

Make It Happen - Envision Your Desired Outcome - Develop a StrategyChapter 18

Develop an Action Plan - Make a List of Known