Successful professionals

Because I am a successful professional, I have the means to afford elective surgery. And like Pandora s Box, once I opened the door to (20) anti-aging surgical possibilities, it seems almost impossible to close it again. In 2002, more than 1.1 million Americans had Botox injections—a procedure that erases wrinkles by paralyzing facial muscles. I find myself asking Why not me Is it time to jump on the bandwagon In a competitive culture where looks count, is it almost (25) impractical not to ... 

Over the period, the successive professional heads of the Medicines Division have been Dr DA Cahal (1964-70), Dr D Mansel-Jones (1970-4), Dr EL Harris (1974-7), Dr JP Griffin (1977-84) and Dr G Jones (1984-9). In 1989, when the Medicines Division was reorganised into the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) (see section 16.7), Dr KH Jones was appointed the first Director of the new Agency. 

Ottone Imer shared chambers with several other attorneys in the maze of alleys in San Zulian, just north of the Basilica of San Marco. That the house included living quarters and premises grand enough to entertain thirty guests I took on trust from the Maestro s account. It is an expensive part of town, so either Imer had family money behind him or he was successful professionally. So why was he dabbling in the used book trade ... 

Although she was a successful professional and her inability to negotiate the car deal made her feel inadequate. 

Not every successful professional has one of these placements. The absence of an angular planet doesn t in any way doom you to failure. But if, perchance, Mars (or any other planet) happens to occupy the angular Gauquelin zones in your chart, that planet should be considered especially robust. In the case of Mars, it may not bestow you with the ability to outdo Shaquille O Neal (whose Mars is in the first house). But it should at least give you a certain swagger. 

Krause, T. R. 2002. Cross-functional improvement Behavior-based Safety as a Tool for Organizational Success. Professional Safety, 47(8), 27-33. 

One of the characteristics of successful professionals in a variety of fields is frequent postmortem analysis. This self-imposed study of events that have occurred in one s professional life is called reflection in action [S]. After an engineering event has occurred in which ethical decisions were made, one sits down (individually or in a small group) and reviews the case, analyzing the facts, the missing information, the constraints, the unnecessary perceived constraints, the options considered, the options not considered, and the strategy used to arrive at the decision. 

Krause, T. March 2000. Motivating employees for safety success. Professional Safety 45 22. 

Thomas R. Krause, "Motivating Employees for Safety Success," Professional Safety, 45 (March 1999) pp. 22-25. 

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