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Defining Success

Success can be defined in many different ways. In its broadest terms it can be defined as the completion of a goal . It can mean passing a class or achieving a level of monetary wealth or holding a certain position within a company. Whether the goal is set by you or by someone else, once it is complete it is often followed with great joy.

Students in particular often have many goals they have set to achieve success; completing assignments, getting good grades, and eventually graduating. When students take on an internship with Southwestern Company they have many goals to reach before they are successful and can earn the Southwestern Company success coin. A coin may not seem like much, but for Southwestern interns it is a physical representation of their dedication and hard work.

In order to earn the coin students must work 75 hours a week for the first two weeks. This means they will work 12 ½ hours a day, 6 days a week, for 2 weeks. For many, working this many hours is by itself a great accomplishment. Engraved on the coin are several important reminders to help students continue on the path to success. On the front side in a small box are the words “30 Demos a Day”. This is the number of demos that company recommends each student attempt to make every day. This will help them to reach their monetary goals as well as teaching them perseverance. To the left is the letter B, which stands for belief in organization, sales manager, company, product, service, and self. You can not be successful if you do not believe in yourself and what you are doing. To the right is the year 1868, which is the year the student programs began. The backside is very simple, it contains only four words, but it says everything; integrity, goals, competitor, and teachable. The Southwestern philosophy maintains that embracing these characteristics not only will you achieve success as a student dealer but in all that you set your mind to.

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Why You Should Take an Internship

There are a number of reasons why you probably don’t want to do an internship. These may include:

It doesn’t pay a lot of money.

It will be menial jobs.

You have enough work with school alone.

While these are all valid points, it is still in your best interest to get an internship. There are a number of places in your area that will want an intern, and there is neither a guarantee that it will be a long list of menial jobs, neither is it a guarantee that you will get what you wanted out of it. You will have to check out each specific internship before such a thing can be determined. There are a number of good reasons why you should take an internship though.

1. Internships often turn into jobs. Southwestern company is famous for this. College students often intern with them and find themselves working full time for the company four years later. There are a number of other companies that will do that too.

2. Experience in the field of your interest. If there is a chance that you are going to get a job from them, you should choose internships that are in a field you want to go into. If you don’t end up getting the job you at least have some experience with the field now. When you apply to other companies in the field they will be more likely to pay you more because of that.

3. Some money is better than no money. While it might not be a lot of money, in college some money is usually better than no money.

4. Flexible Hours. When it comes to schedules, most internships are good at working around your schedule so that you can get the optimum amount of money and get your work done. Some internships like those at Southwestern Company , or some 9-5 companies are only during the summer, which will not cut into your school times.

5. Build your network. If you don’t get a job directly from it often you will get a job indirectly from it. Maybe one of your internship’s customer’s hires you, or a friend of the owner or manager. There are a number of ways that having a bigger network can help you.

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Greater Numbers of Women Repair Their Own Autos

One of the greatest things young people can learn is how to take care of basic auto maintenance and repair needs themselves. This is one of the educational factors that will end up saving them thousands of dollars in their future as adults and also give them a greater sense of freedom and self-reliance. It has always been popular for young men to try and master the art of working on a car, and it has almost been a rite of passage in many families throughout the decades. However, greater numbers of young women are becoming more interested in self-auto maintenance this is an encouraging aspect of their future. It also coincides with later marriage ages , and even larger numbers of people remaining single throughout their lives. As women have come free from dependence on men, their dependence on auto shops and garages has also decreased.

Small engine repair manuals and basic handbooks on auto maintenance go a long way in helping individuals, both male and female, complete their own auto repair needs. These are even more beneficial when the individual has working knowledge of the basic operation aspects of vehicles and are comfortable getting under the hood of their own car. This is one of the reasons why auto repair classes in high schools are so valuable, and taking a shop class should be encourage for all students regardless of intended career path or gender.

And with larger numbers of women completing basic auto repair needs, it has become more common to see larger numbers of females in these classes. Children tend to emulate various patterns and lifestyle aspects of their parents and a female child who witnesses her mother changing her own oil, changing a tire or replacing a water hose on her car is a lot more likely to demonstrate an interest in learning the ropes herself. And it does not need to be stressed how much money and headache this ability will save her in the future. And as many women are finding out, repairing and maintaining your own car can actually be fun.

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Django in Manhattan

The Django Reinhardt New York Festival, will be celebrating its 11th anniversary in November 2010, at the famous Birdland Jazz club. So, make your reservations now, not only for the Festival but for your hotel accommodations as well, because Django Reinhart fever is catching and a growning appreciation for his style of jazz is exploding.

The Django Reinhardt Festiva l inception was in the year 2000 and was the first ever festival of its kind in America. The Festival celebrates the music of the legendary gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt who was known to team with another great jazz muscian the violinist Stephane Grappelli in the 30′s and 40′s. Together, they created the Quintet of the Hot club de France, which then went on to become one of the most important jazz partnerships in history. The ‘Hot-Swing’ style of jazz had its roots in American popular music with reverence to Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. Django (pronounced ‘Jango’), played with an unparalleled virtuosity in which today still inspires young guitarists around the world to continue perpetuating his legacy. Django, with his extraordinary talent for jazz guitar, was also highly regarded as a composer, writing standards such as ‘Nuages’, ‘Belleville’, and ‘Minor Swing’.

Some of the best American jazz masters combined with Europe’s jazz players and other jazz musician’s from around the world come together for the Festival, such as James Carter, Joe Lovano, Paquito D’Rivera, Frank Wess, Ken Peplowski, Joel Frahm, Harry Allen…and many, many more, to carry on his legacy and to bring joy to the public with his swinging sound, romantic melodies, and his sheer virtuosity.

Even though Django’s music is well over 65 years old, it’s still consider on the cutting-edge and as enjoyed a new resurgence all over the world, some go as far as calling Django’s style of jazz as ‘Hip Hot’! The Django Reinhardt Festival serves to carry on this legacy with the top players from Europe combined with America’s great jazz stars to bring joy to the public with its swinging sound, virtuosity and camaraderie with all the musician’s.

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