Podcasts about ideal work life balance

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Effective Communication is the ultimate purpose for gaining and strengthening your communication skills.    At it's core, effective communication is any way that you communicate where the intended audience understands the indended message. This episode focuses on 3 Key Principles for Effective Communication that will help you along your Actuarial Journey. Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/44 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**  After this episode, you’ll be able to:  • Apply 3 key principles for achieving effective communication Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Communication skills represent a skillset that actuarial companies are looking for the employees at all levels to develop further.   At Actuarial Journey, our focus is on Communicating Effectively, and developing and applying the communication and other business skills that allow for that. To accomplish that though, we need to make sure we're starting from the same foundation and debunk some common myths people have about verbal, written, and visual communication.   Download the 'Avoiding the 3 Myths of Effective Communciation Roadmap' that will help you navigate your way around each of the three myths with a checklist of options.Just click this link, http://www.actuarialjourney.com/43download, to add this roadmap to your actuarial toolkit.   Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/43 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to:   • Identify 3 Myths about communicating effectively • Utilize at least one technique for each myth to avoid it Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Today, we'll discuss how actuaries and aspiring actuaries can go about developing business skills at work, school, and in their extracurriculars.   Download the Business Skills Development Cheat Sheet that capture some ways you can build and demostrate your business skills. We're even added a few more examples as a bonus. Just click this link, http://www.actuarialjourney.com/42download, to add this cheat sheet to your actuarial toolkit.   Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/42 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Identify past and current experiences where you have build business skills • Take inventory of the skills that you currenlty have • Seize and Create opportunites to both develop and apply new businsess skills   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

“Business skills” are often brought up as something that actuaries need to have in order to be successful. The question is: What business skills matter for actuaries?  This was laid out in the Actuarial Talent: Supply and Demand Study that was performed by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by the Society of Actuaries (SOA), Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), and Canadian Institute of Actuaries. During this episode, I share some of the takeaways I gathered from reading the report and discuss how you can apply them on your actuarial journey going forward. Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/41 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.  **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Identify common business skills that actuarial employers desire from entry level and mid-level career actuaries • Understand some of the trends and challenges for actuaries in the  Healthcare, Life Insurance, Property and Casualty, and Pension space and how these business skills apply within the context of their businesses Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Feeling overwhelmed seems to come with the territory of making any major change in life and pursing any major calling. As we know, the Actuarial Journey is a marathon, not a sprint, and sometimes the volume of what we need to do for work, fitness, family, and fun can feel a bit much.   It happens to us all along our journey, whether you're applying for an actuarial job, studying for an SOA/CAS exam, working for as an actuary in insurance/consulting, or pursing a career change to actuarial work. Today's episode, I share an experience where I felt that way and the 5 steps I typically take when dealing with overwhelm.    Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/37 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Discover 5 methods that you can employ to deal with a feeling of overwhelm • Choose ONE of those steps to implement the next time you are feeling overwhelmed   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Building Actuarial Journey has had many parallels to my actual exam experience.  So, given that connection, and since I like to keep things real with you Journeyers, in this episode, I share some of the lessons that I’ve learned from working on Actuarial Journey and working with you Journeyers. It’s definitely a raw look into this experience. Download this episodes' accompanying resource the "Motivation GPS Worksheet": http://www.actuarialjourney.com/35download Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/35 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Discover the 5 takeaways that you can apply to your journey • Uncover a process for staying motivated and continuing to believe in your ability to be successful as an actuary Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Welcome to PART 2 of our discussion on Actuarial Study Groups!   We'll be building on the last lesson by focusing on how you can actually form and structure your own study group. I've seen people attempt this on various forums and I'll share with you how you can better ensure a successful study group on today's episode.   Want notes? Interested in joining a Study Group? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/34 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   By the end of this episode you'll discover: 1.) 3 different purposes of study group 2.) Important elements every study group should have in place 3.) Key items to ensure group success   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Today we’re going to discuss an under-utilized study resource that is readily available for each of your journeyers.   This resource is ideal for Journeyers who: • Desire cost- effective and time-effective ways to study • Find themselves getting stuck in their understanding of the material and spending way too long trying to figure things out • Struggle with finding the time and motivation to study • Feel isolated while studying   What is this resource? Study Groups. This is the first episode in our mini series on Study groups and we’ll start it off by taking through why being a part of a study group can be useful to you in the first place. You’ll learn how it can  benefit you and what you may have been missing out on while studying.   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/33 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: 1. Understand why trying to be the lone journeyer might be hurting your studying 2. Introduce a different method for those people who could learn differently and / or faster through interaction  3. Inspire and motivate you to find a study group to put into your study practice 4. Empowered you with 5 reasons to help you add study groups to your actuarial exam toolkit   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

The insightful conclusion to our 2-part conversation with Actuary Exam Tutor.com.    In Part 1, we focused on the journeys of two key people at Actuary Exam Tutor.com - Howard Heller, President and Dr. Geoff Apel, Instructor.    Here in part 2, we're shifting the focus onto YOUR Journey with actionable advice and strategies you can implement into your studying today. Let's Do This!   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/AETutor or  http://www.actuarialjourney.com/32 for the session highlights and accompanying resources.   Founder and president of InteractiveMathTutor.com, Howard M. Heller has worked professionally in student actuarial programs at Buck Consultants and Home Life Assurance Company. Mr. Heller experienced first hand the tremendous difficulty of finding competent actuarial instructors to provide quality personalized instruction in preparing for the preliminary examinations.   Dr. Geoffrey Apel has been teaching a full range of mathematics courses, both graduate and undergraduate, at Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois since 2003. During his tenure there, he helped develop their Actuarial Science Program. He specializes in providing instruction for the P/1, FM/2, and MFE/3F exams.   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Building on part 1, you’ll discover a step-by-step process to get all your studying done and still have some semblance of a work/life balance for all of you busy journeyers out there Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/30 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: I) Utilize a 3-step framework to actually take control of your work life balance II) Prevent mistakes and lost study times by following bad practices III) Define when you need to study and when you don’t Define what work life balance means to you    Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Let’s face it – it’s really hard balancing studying for exams with all the things we have going on in our lives.    We have so many roles that we play, so many tasks that we need to perform, and so many people depending on us that often times, it’s a major struggle to feel like there’s any semblance of a balance while studying.   The next few episodes are designed to help you maintain control of your life, continue to perform well with work, school, and your family, and of course pass your next exam.  Let’s Do this!   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/29 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: •Define what work life balance means to you  •Eliminate the #1 word that is holding you back from achieving your work/life balance   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

This is the 3rd installment in the series all about the 2nd Smartcut: Your Approach.   Have you ever studied really hard for an exam and then let your nerves keep you from passing on the day of the actual exam?  Unforuntately, I think this happans all too often.    That’s why over the next two lessons we focused on Building Confidence for your Exam Day   This two part series will focus on what you can do ON THE ACTUAL TEST DAY AND DURING THE EXAM. On the last lesson, we covered what you should do to build your confidence leading up to the exam.   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/28 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll discover: •The one thing that each exam tests for and how you can use that to your advantage •The #1 key to the way you approach your exam when physically in the room that alone could end up saving you stress and anxiety during the exam and increase your chances of getting that passing score that you have been working so hard for •I also have a special announcement for you so be sure to stick around until the end Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

This is the 2nd installment in the mini-series all about the 2nd Smartcut: Your Approach. Have you ever studied really hard for an exam and then let your nerves keep you from passing on the day of the actual exam?  Unforuntately, I think this happans all too often.  That’s why over the next two lessons we’re going to focus on Building Confidence for exam day This two part series will focus on what you can do in the days leading up to the exam – That’s this lesson. And in the next one we’ll focus on what you can do ON THE ACTUAL TEST DAY AND DURING THE EXAM Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/27 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources.   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Discover why you should simulate real test taking scenarios • Identify critical components at each of the 3 levels of the exam routine • Create your Exam Routine for the days leading up to exam   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

This is the 1st installment in the mini-series all about the 2nd Smartcut: Your Approach. Are you unsure of what topics you need to study and when you need to do it? Do you want to feel more prepared going into each exam? Today's session focuses on 3 things that you can start doing to help you better structure your studying. Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/25 for the  session highlights and accompanying resources. **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: o Decide what topics you need to focus on and when,  o Get the most out of every problem that you take so that you’re actually making forward progress instead of just spending time studying without learning. o Know when it’s time to move forward on a problem Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

The actuarial profession is full of assumptions. We’re constantly using these assumptions to value future outcomes and put a price tag on risk   Today I’d like to share 3 assumptions that you might not even realize that can put your chance to pass your next exam at risk.    And how you can deliberately avoid each of these to lower the variance on your chances of passing.   Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/23 for the the session highlights and accompanying resources.   Want to win a free 30-Day subscription to ADAPT? Find out how at http://www.actuarialjourney.com/win   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Identify 3 key assumptions that you might be taking for granted when it comes to studying • Choose your response to these assumptions and others like it deliberately • Discover how you can avoid these assumptions derailing your studying Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/22 for the the session highlights and accompanying resources.   One thing that I really want to help people do is live a balanced and fulfilled life while studying for their exams.    The Personalized Study Roadmap is the best way I know how to help Journeyers schedule their studying without it interfering with their lives.    This episode will walk you through the exact process of creating your own Personalized Study Roadmap   **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Identify the 5 steps to creating a personalized Study roadmap  • And actually use them to Create a Personalized Study Roadmap that      o Takes your life into account      o Gives you an honest picture of where you are in your studying at all times      o Helps your build confidence and find the motivation to study even when you don’t want to • I have a bonus at the end of the episode for those that do, so stick around till the end, and more importantly take action on this! Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/21 for the the session highlights and accompanying resources.   Have you found yourself feeling behind in studying without really being able to pinpoint the reason?    How did you fall behind – you had such a good game plan and you had reasonable goals. Well, that’s the subject of today’s session, understanding how to set S.M.A.R.T. goals to help you make a more effective study plan and help you with your Personalized Studying.    **Destination of Today’s Journey**   After this episode, you’ll be able to:   • Identify the 5 elements needed to create a SMART goal • Use SMART goals to you set and accomplish concrete goals • Determine if you’ve met your goal definitively • Utilize a very easy metric to determine whether you should study have fun   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/19 for the the session highlights and accompanying resources.   Have you ever found yourself studying for hours and only to realize that not only have you been staring at the same question for 10 minutes, but you can hardly remember what you just finished reading?    This lesson addresses the assumption that you should study really long hours while miniziming your study breaks.    It seems like it would make sense to just work straight through for several hours right? Unfortunately, there are a lot of benefits that you're not taking advantage of when you approach studying that way.    That's why today's episode focuses on 3 Reasons that you should take more study breaks. They aren't the only 3 reason, but they are 3 you should focus on to start. **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Apply the 3 reasons why you should take study breaks • Utilize one specific strategy to add more breaks to your schedule Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Want notes? Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/17 for the the session highlights and accompanying resources.   Having the time and motivation to study given all the other things in our lives are two of the biggest roadblocks that you face as an aspiring actuary.  This lesson puts a focus on why you may be having trouble studying when you say you’re going to study, and how starting with YOU in mind can help you overcome that.   **Destination of Today’s Journey** After this episode, you’ll be able to: • Define what’s the end goal for you when it comes to exams – Your Why • Draw from a well of strength for times when your confidence waivers • Identify the things that are most important you that will happen during the time leading up to your exam, so you don’t have to give them up Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

On today's episode, we introduce the series on the 3 Time -Saving Smartcuts to maximize your studying.   The fact of the matter is that we need to study (a lot) for these actuarial exams. In this episode, I share my personal experience with exams and the 3 key strategies I wish I had a better handle on earlier in my journey. Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

This episode is all about helping you do well once you get your interview. Actually, scratch that - it's all about helping you CRUSH your interview (and trust me, that's a very good thing!)   You'll learn the Interview Preparation Process and what you should be doing on each step along the path to put yourself in the best position come interview time.    Destination of this Journey: - Apply each step in Interview Preparation Process - Prepare an answer to behavioral questions - Combat fear and lack of confidence - Articulate your Personal Brand and Value-Add in the role    Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Your Resume tells a story to your potential employer. The thing is, is it telling the story your want?    What if you don't have a lot of experience or you never had an actuarial internship or you haven't passed actuarial exams yet?    This episode has got you covered as we explore how you can make your resume highlight your personal brand.   I defintiely recommend watching the accompanying video for this as walk-through an sample resume and highlight key aspects to convey your personal brand visually.   Destination of this Journey: - Incorporate key Personal Brand attributes - Translate Past Experiences to Actuarial World  - Design resume to support story and Personal Brand - Remove inconsistent elements   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjobcourse.com now to get all of the show highlights instantly!   Looking to make a good impression when recruiters come your way?    Today's episode is all about navigating on-campus recruiting and career fairs to create a memorable impression.   Destination of this Journey: - Create a lasting impression during on-campus recruiting events - Approach 3 different on-campus recruiting scenarios with confidence   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjobcourse.com now to get all of the job course videos, worksheets, and highlights instantly! One area I see people trip on often is in their follow-up after Informational Conversations. Often times, they can off of pushy, or worse, not even follow up at all.   But isn't the point of the Informational Conversations to get a job? Absolutely and I'll take it one step further -> it's to build meaningful relationships that will help you all throughout your actuarial journey. And this episode will show you how you can effectively follow-up to build the relationship and potentially get more results that you anticipated!   Destination of this Journey: - Avoid pitfalls of bad follow-up practices - Structure effective follow-ups - Take advantage of long-term benefits - Implement a follow-up system today - Identify value-add opportunities   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjobcourse.com now to get all of the job course videos, worksheets, and highlights instantly! Want to hold Informational conversations to help prepare for an actuarial career and build your network, but not sure how to actually find people to talk to?  This episode dives into the process you can take fo find people ultimately schedule those important Informational Conversations.    Destination of this Journey: - Utilize one of 7 ways to find people for informational conversations - Contact them through a step-by-step process - Schedule discussions and include relevant information   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjobcourse.com now to get all of the job course videos, worksheets, and highlights instantly! As if it wasn't hard enough deciding to become an actuary, figuring out what TYPE of actuary you want to be and how your past experiences will make you a great fit for the job isn't easy. Especially if you don't know any who is an actuary.    That's where Informational Coversations come into play!   Destination of this Journey: - Identify key elements and best practices - Take advantage of long-term benefits - Structure and facilitate conversation - Create a personalized list of questions   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjobcourse.com now to get all of the job course videos, worksheets, and highlights instantly! Your Personal Brand is a key diferentiator for you amongst a slew of other aspiring actuaries.    Join us as we explore how you can create your personal brand to stand out amongst the crowd and deliver a consistent message during the job process.    Destination of this Journey: - Why You Need a Personal Brand - Benefits of a Personal Brand - How to Create, Develop, and Establish Your Personal Brand   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.

Visit http://www.actuarialjourney.com/about now to find out more about what we're all about here at Actuarial Journey and how we plan to help you pass your exam the first time, every time!   Hey there! My name is Nemo Ashong, and I'm the host of Actuarial Journey.   Check out this episode to find out more about what this podcast is about, what led me to this journey, what you can expect going forward, and most importantly, how the insights and lessons learned through Actuarial Journey can help you achieve success with your actuarial career.   Calling all Aspiring Actuaries (aka Journeyers) - Are you ready to embark on a journey?   Here's to your continued success - Journey On!   Nemo Ashong   Want more help with your actuarial journey?  FREE ONLINE COURSE: Business Skills for Actuaries (Click Link or Text "SKILLS" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. FREE ONLINE COURSE: Entry-Level Actuarial Job Course (Click Link or Text "ACTUARY" to 33-444): a completely free full-length course with videos, worksheets, tools, and community all geared to help your get your entry-level actuarial job and start your actuarial career. Free Video Series: Achieving your Ideal Work Life Balance (Click Link or Text "AJEXAM" to 33-444)!: This free video series will show you the step-by-step process to create you own Personalized Study Roadmap and design your Study Lifestyle Get the Today's Show Highlights and FREE and INSTANT ACCESS to any Videos, Worksheets, and tools that accompany this episode.