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You have made a decision to become certified in computers, lose weight, become a millionaire et. but there is one thing that is stopping you, where do you begin or how do you start?

Do you know that most people that are successful have a plan? A strategy a sort of road map. It is really  easy if you want to be a millionaire you find someone who is a millionaire if you want to be successful in computers you find someone who knows a lot about computers. 

One of the things I have developed in many of my seminars and speaking engagement is the concept of GPS (In the world of traveling this is known as a Global Positioning Satellite a tool use to find our way especially if we get lost and being a typical guy  I do not ask for directions) 

So here is my idea of GPS in real life

G (Goal) 

P (Plan)

S (Sacrifice)

GOAL
Most successful people have dreams you cannot get anywhere without a Goal a great Chinese philosopher once said that "a thousand mile journey begins with a single step" Every successful company, project, championship that was ever built began with a goal in mind.

PLAN
Without a plan or a road map it is hard to get anywhere?  Are you following the right plan. If you wanted to be an expert in getting around Chicago and instead I gave you the map of Cleveland guess what? you are never going anywhere you can work hard but the results your lost. That is why people fail it is not that there not hard workers or not talented but they are living a life without some sort of plan or the right directions a famous saying goes "fail to plan plan to fail"

SACRIFICE
Now comes perhaps the most difficult part of GPS (SACRIFICE) with this you are going to become successful the word sacrifice means you do whatever it takes to reach the mountain top.  You will get rejection you will fail but eventually if you keep at it you will eventually succeed providing you have incorporated the first 2 of Goal and Plan then Sacrifice. I was watching the Olympics I always wondered what is the different between the gold medalist and the silver medalist? you guess it sacrifice. Who put it the most hours and dedication.  They once ask Larry Bird why he shoots so many baskets before and after practice after making so many all star teams and becoming an MVP his response that is why I am the champion.
So if you want to succeed in anything you have the best GPS in the world which is GOAL, PLAN and SACRIFICE 

Jo Blitz Escotal
CEO
Escotal.com

There are three (3) different types of resources in Project 2007. We have the usual, work and material types. The new one is cost type. With work, it is normally assigned to every resource that gets paid based on work rendered in hours, weeks or years. As for the material type, anything consumable is under this category.

Now, with cost type, remember there are tangible and non-tangible types of costing in every project. For example, how do we label airfare, meals, transportation and anything that incur cost? With the old timers work and material types, are they sufficient enough to do the labeling? Maybe this is what the cost type is all about.

To top that, another challenge for Project Managers is how to assign a budget roll-up to the entire project? This is what the budget attribute is for. I will cover this more in the next blog. It’s easier these days to accommodate all types of costing in your project. First, know the different types then decide whether we have to pair it with a budget attribute.