Peter Stephenson
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Peter Stephenson, founder of uSucceed in Life, is the author of four Student Audio/Workbookr Programs: How To Choose Your Career; How To Find And Apply For Jobsr Successfully; How To Succeed In Your New Job And Career; and, How To Help Your Teenage Children And Other Young Adults Chooser And Succeed In Their Careers.
More recently Peter authored four books for executive development: Highwire Executive (Penguin); The Naked Executivern(Prentice Hall); Executive Coaching (Prentice Hall); and Ther Bulletproof Executive (Harper Collins).
Peter's first job was a volunteer secondary school teacher in Pakistan. A few years later, he researched, developed and launched CareerPathfinders, a career guidance methodology for undergraduates and graduates. Later in his career he held a number of CEO and company director positions in Australia, North America, and the United Kingdom, and has coached and consulted in the ASEAN region, Japan, Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China.
Since 1990, Peter has been engaged in more than 15,000rnhours of career and executive coaching, having pioneered executive coaching in 1997 in Australia with the foundation of his company, Ther Stephenson Partnership Pty Ltd.
Having sold this company in 2004, he has gone back tornhis roots and focused on researching the key factors for young people seeking to define and achieve success in their lives, culminating inrnthe development of his brand new uSucceed in Life website www.usucceedinlife.com
Educated in the United Kingdom, Peter achieved ar Distinction in the Higher National Certificate of Business Studies, and a postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies, specialising inr Behavioural Sciences.
Married to Barbara since 1973, they have three young adult children pursuing success in life in the fields of health development, medical services, and theatrical costume and fashion design.
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Dispelling the Myths and Revealing the Truths How Young People Achieve Success In Life
Greetings! You may know of a young person or parent who may be interested in reading this Break-Through Report………… I’m Peter Stephenson, online career counselor and Founder of uSucceed in Life. I’ve studied the published biographies of 100 successful world famous people. • They became successful in the fields of business, government, entertainment, sport and other occupations. • You can access their bios free of charge at: • www.usucceedinlife.com/famous-people • I had a p
December 12, 2009
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Defining Success in Your Life
Greetings! The notions of "succeeding" and "success", have been around as long as mankind, and current definitions have endured for at least three generations, namely for ourselves, for our parents, and for our grandparents. Fifty years ago The Concise Oxford Dictionary defined success as "...good fortune, time well spent, triumph, winner, champion, accomplishment of end aimed at, and attainment of wealth or fame or position..." Thirty-five years ago Roget’s Thesaurus prov
June 25, 2009
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uSucceeed in Life
Online career advice for young people, based on studying the success patterns behind 100 world famous people in all walks of life.
June 16, 2009
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uSucceed in Life
Peter Stephenson explores how famous people became successful. Online courses and services to help you achieve what you want in life. Career advice, self help, sample resume and templates, career and personal development.
June 8, 2009
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Peter Stephenson has researched the published biographies of one hundred famous people in Australia, the Unitedr States of America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
They have become successful in the fields of business, government, entertainment, sport and other occupations.
The vast majority are still living, indeed, many are still relatively young, and there is an approximately equal representation ofrnwomen and men in the one hundred people researched.
Peter had a particular focus, namely, what were they doing as young people? Were there any particular similarities or patterns to which their successes in life could be attributed?
He discovered there are very clear patterns, indeed, a range of key factors for success in life, and they likely apply to you.
Check through the success factors below. If you are unsure about what these factors mean in your own case, then you will likely benefit immensely in undertaking the uSucceed in Life Journey.
Your Growth Dynamics
You will lea :
How and when you should define and start pursuing success in life. Most people don't, or leave it too late. All successful people do, and most when still quite young. Learn how.
How you are affected by family influence, and whether it is positive and supportive, or negative and potentially disruptive. Learn how you might benefit more from positive family influence, just like 65% of successful people. If this is not for you, learn the alte atives.
How you should develop personally, through conventional or specialised education, or through broad life experience. One of these options will likely work best for you - learn which one, as all successful people do.
How and when in your life, you should define and pursue those interests about which you are most passionate. Again, most people don't, or leave it too late. All successful people do, and many when still quite young. Learn how.
Your Work Style
You will learn:
How strong your achievement orientation should be, or your will to succeed. Although it can help, you don't need to be a driven self starter. Learn what you need to be.
How prepared you should be to try out new things and take risks. Similarly, although it can help, you don't need to be an entrepreneur. Learn what you need to be.
How you should develop successful interpersonal relationships in the work setting. Similarly, although it can help, you don't need to be born leader. Learn what you need to be.
Your Personal Identity
You will learn:
How important for life success your attitude and personal behaviour are. Here again, you have choices. Learn about them, and what this means to you.
How important for life success your intelligence is. You don't in fact need to be a "brainiac". Learn how best to apply your intelligence, as all successful people do.
How important for life success your strength of character is. Strength of character, in different forms, is a facet of all successful people. Learn what is optimal in your own case.
Your Development Trajectory
You will learn:
How prepared you need to be for the inevitable "ups" and "downs" we all experience as we progress in our lives. All successful people experience this. Learn about it, so you can prepare for it.
This may include "misfortune" and "recovery", or milder "peaks" and "troughs". Learn exactly what this may mean to you, and how to come out on top.
In either of the above situations, getting out of the lows can be hastened by pursuing "lucky breaks" and by "making your own luck". Learn how to apply these incredible techniques, when you need to.
And in all cases, progress towards success in life entails going through several discrete stages. Learn what these stages are, and action plan to progress through them.
Peter Stephenson's uSucceed in Life Journey isrneffectively, a short course taken online. It leads you as a young person, through the comprehensive and fascinating results of his research, helps you address all these succcess factors, and provides you with the necessary guidelines and personal action planning templates to convert your plans into actions!
The process commences at no cost, with your undertaking a confidential assessment which generates your Free uSucceed in Life Profile.
Those young people undertaking this Journey are advised to take breaks between each section, because their Journey is a major expedition of self reflection and discovery - it is not a simple and quick "tick and flick" exercise! It therefore takes three to four hours to complete fairly comprehensively, or just a couple of hours if shortcuts are taken!
Start Your Journey of career advice at www.usucceedinlife.com.
How to get started
- career advice via uSucceed Journey - One of our short online courses providing our research, guidelines and action planning templates - one-stop career advice.
- personal development via Strategy Portfolio - This download defines your pathway forward from your Journey, to success in your personal development.
- career development via uSucceed Guide - A downloadable complement to the online uSucceed in Life Journey, your Guide to career development.
- career builder via uChoose Career - An assessment tool for career choice decision-making - your personal career builder.
- sample resume via uBuild Resume - For developing winning personal resumes and includes sample resume, resume templates and resume builder.
- self help via HelpUdesk - More career development support through online self help career counseling.
....all available at www.usucceedinlife.com
Other highlights
- career advice via uSucceed Journey - One of our short online courses providing our research, guidelines and action planning templates - one-stop career advice.
- personal development via Strategy Portfolio - This download defines your pathway forward from your Journey, to success in your personal development.
- career development via uSucceed Guide - A downloadable complement to the online uSucceed in Life Journey, your Guide to career development.
- career builder via uChoose Career - An assessment tool for career choice decision-making - your personal career builder.
- sample resume via uBuild Resume - For developing winning personal resumes and includes sample resume, resume templates and resume builder.
- self help via HelpUdesk - More career development support through online self help career counseling.