Library: COLS 1101: College Success Skills: Goal Setting &amp; Careers

Library Resources

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How to Succeed in College and Beyond: The Art of Learning by Daniel R. Schwarz
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2016
This book is a guide to the undergraduate experience that helps students balance the joy of learning with the necessity of career preparation.
Master Your Motivation by Susan Fowler
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2019
If you want to accomplish what's important to you, discipline and willpower won't get you where you need to go. In this iconoclastic new book, Susan Fowler reveals compelling insights and actions to help you master and maintain your motivation.
Effective Problem Solving: Develop the Analytical and Creative Skills Needed to Solve any Problem Successfully by Douglas Miller
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2014
Learn how to locate the problem, define the problem, generate ideas for solving the problem, select a solution, and turn your solution into action.
Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2017
This life-changing book will ensure that you get more of your important tasks done today.
Eat That Frog! Action Workbook by Brian Tracy
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2017
The workbook version of this international bestseller guides you through getting more of the important things done.

Websites

Occupational Outlook Handbook
The U.S. government's premier source of career guidance. Features growth estimates, wage ranges, education requirements, and more for hundreds of occupations.
My Next Move
Evaluate your interests and connect them to a potential career.
O*NET OnLine
Provides highly-detailed descriptions of hundreds of careers, with tools for job-seekers and veterans re-entering the civilian workforce.
CareerOneStop
Explore careers and search for jobs. From the U.S. Department of Labor.
Setting and Achieving Goals
A short guide to setting life goals, provided by the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative.

Videos

Columbus State Career Services @ YouTube
Career information and advice videos from Columbus State's Career Services department.
Reggie Rivers: If You Want to Achieve Your Goals, Don't Focus on Them
Former Denver Broncos running back Reggie Rivers discusses how focusing on your goals is the one sure way NOT to achieve them. With humor and insight he goes on to explain how focusing on your behaviors is how you achieve goals.
Five Rules of Goal Setting: How to set SMART Goals
In this video you'll learn about the five golden rules of goal setting, including how to set SMART goals. These will help you to formulate, manage and achieve your goals.