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Star Trek Tour in Long Beach

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You are not a Star Trek fan in Long Beach if you don’t go see the Star Trek Tour at the Queen Mary!

I went with my two friends Claudia and Jordan, both trekies and had a blast. OK, just to get it out of the way, $15 to park is steep. And also, when you are the check out lines for your pictures, they make you stay in one line to see the pictures, in another to pay and yet another wait to pick up the pictures. That is a buzz kill. Nonetheless, it’s Star Trek.

I got to talk, albeit briefly to Robert Picardo, the Doctor in the Voyager series. It was interesting to have his point of view and I got a signed picture from him. I am currently watching the series over and at the part where his role really takes off. I find he went further than Data did in their quest to become more human. The Doctor went from an ill-mannered Doctor to almost human. I told him I am starting to love the series a lot as I watch it over. He said it was interesting because most people like The Next Generation better. Yes, TNG was good but a Klingon on the bridge was a little too weird for me. Then again, I was raised on the original series.

I find that Voyager doesn’t get the credit it deserves. The ship is a logical evolution of technology interfacing organics with computers, something we are starting to test today. Captain Janeway does a splendid job at being stoic yet still showing her vulnerability. And the Doctor shows us again how a machine strives for his role amongst humans. I think it is a brilliant show and probably my favorite series at this stage.

So anyway, go and see the Tour. It is well worth it. Just don’t mind the mess and the exorbitant parking fees. And, you will see a lot of people wearing uniforms and dressed as aliens. Somehoe, it always reassures me that I am not that far out ;)

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What are you doing here? go outside and have fun! But before, have a laugh and giggle with this.

How To Match Your Personal And Professional Goals

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Becoming aware of ourselves is one of the reasons why we seek business and life coaches. Once you start to understand yourself better, it becomes easier to match who you are with what you are doing.

Ever get the feeling you are not doing what you would truly like to do at work? Here is a simple little thing that should help clarify things.

Write down your personal and professional values. Take time to think it through and make two separate lists. Start with a list of your core values. Write down your beliefs, the things that are most important to you on a personal level. After you have done this, do the same for you professional values.

Now look at the two lists. Are they aligned? What is congruent? What isn’t? This is a simple a neat little trick to help you see if you are doing what you should be doing, or more to the point, helping you realign what you do to you.

There is nothing worse and unproductive than someone doing a specific work whose core values don’t match their professional environment. Sometimes just becoming aware of it helps you tweak your mind frame and better use to excel at work.