Career planning blog by Patrick O’Connor

Turning What You Love Into What You Do

Turning What You Love Into What You Do

Turn What You Love into What You Do: Rescue a Senior Pet

A popular solution to fill the loneliness void is to get a pet. Pets offer affection, unconditional love and companionship. This blog post focuses on how to ensure the “right match” happens when you're looking for that special dog. ...
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Pet Lovers: Turning What They Love into What They Do

Raising funds while having fun is always a great way to turn what you love into what you do... especially when man's best friend is involved.  ...
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Randomness Leads to a Lifetime of Memories – Part II

With all our hectic lifestyles and constant change today, it’s a pleasure to return to a place where you can relive important times, people and events… where places are how you fondly remember them. It’s refreshing and comforting at a time when comfort is at a premium. ...
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Randomness Leads to a Lifetime of Memories – Part I

Friday night on December 9, 1990 was a graduation celebration for Colleen. She and a few friends went to Ray’s Place in Kent to unwind and enjoy being college graduates. She commented, “I wasn’t looking for anything special.” But then she saw a certain guy on a certain barstool. ...
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Get Your Ducks in a Row

While driving around lately, I began to notice certain Jeep models had rubber ducks lined up along the dashboard. Each time I passed a Jeep or saw one in a parking lot I looked to see if there were ducks on the dashboard. I was puzzled... ...
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A Musical Journey: Part 2

It’s a warm feeling when people sing along with a song you wrote. It’s the feeling you get when you see a prisoner pray for forgiveness. Everyone connected to his musical journey appreciates John’s contributions. When they thank him, he quietly responds, “God brought us together. Thank him.” ...
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Music in my Life: John O’Connor’s Journey

Join us on a musical journey with our two-part profile of a man who has turned what he loves into what he does. ...
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A Big $300

Caldwell, a  small town in Southeast Ohio, surprised a local guy, Charlie Thomas, with a $300 scholarship to help with his tuition for Kent State in 1971. Charlie completed his degree and has been a steady ship in the Kent business community for over 50 years.  ...
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