January is Image Improvement Month! Authors' New Book Has Many Tips!

January is Image Improvement Month! Let professional speakers, image consultants and authors Jill Bremer and Cyndi Maxey help you make those needed improvements with their recently published book.

(PRWEB) January 2 2004--January is a great month for making resolutions about life and career. It is also the perfect time to update your image. Does your wardrobe or hairstyle need a fresh look? And your attitude is showing, too. Could it use an adjustment? Let professional speakers, authors and image consultants Jill Bremer and Cyndi Maxey help you make those needed improvements that can lead to winning moves!

In their new book, Its Your Move: Dealing Yourself the Best Cards in Life and Work, (Financial Times Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13-142481-5, $22.95, October 2003) Bremer and Maxey dedicate an entire chapter to the importance of image when it comes to succeeding in life and career. They believe it is important to remember that people judge others in an instant and a tired appearance or a blasé attitude can be real roadblocks to success.

What are your goals for this coming year? Will you be looking for a new job or hoping for a promotion? Do you need to make a fresh start after a major life transition? Do you just need a new look"? The authors believe that you should take some time to reconnect with your hopes and dreams and identify what you would like to accomplish in the next 12 months.

An attitude check-up is another quick and easy way to improve your image. Make a promise to yourself to embrace whatever changes come along this year and find ways to manage them. How can you do that? Make a list of action steps. Set up a meeting with the boss, exercise more, join a support group, take an afternoon off, do more research and reading. The ability to flex with the times projects a positive attitude and is contagious.

Let 2004 also be the year you give up trying to be perfect! Perfection does not guarantee success-it guarantees stress! Stop being so hard on yourself! Instead, tell yourself, Thats the best I can do with the time and resources I have right now"-and be happy with that! Bosses rarely want perfection-they just want you to make their job easier and meet production goals. Forget perfection-take more initiative!

Amy Lindgren, columnist for the Twin Cities Pioneer Press, writes: Maxey and Bremer are two of the most optimistic, yet practical, authors Ive had the pleasure to read in the field of career development. From the first paragraph of the introduction, they had me hooked." Author Bob Nelson, Ph.D, notes that the book is both reflective and practical, it serves as the best friend you always wanted that forced you to look in the mirror when you most needed to see the truth."

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