Spicy Joe Vibes Blog

The start of the great Year is an awesome time for a fresh start. But change is tough. When I sold my real estate business, which I had built for 30 years, I was unprepared for the personal challenges I’d need to overcome. Reinventing myself in a new career was so much harder than I expected. If you’ve been dreaming about totally changing your career, here are a few things that will help you along the way. 1. There’s no such thing as a total reinvention. The best you can do is “repackage” yourself! When I sold my real estate business, I needed to figure out who I wanted to be in my next chapter, so I sat down and wrote a list of every job I ever held and what I liked and disliked about each. There were 23 different jobs on my list and to my surprise, I found I liked the same two things–I love an audience and I’m really good at marketing! So my list of potential new careers that could build on my strengths was a short one. I decided I was either going to start a PR company or an advert...

QPR Striker Charlie Austin, City Boss, Pellegrini Scoop Barclays Award For December Queens Park Rangers (QPR) striker Charlie Austin has picked up the Barclays Premier League Player of the Month award for December. The 25-year-old, who trails the English league’s leading scorer, Diego Costa, by only three goals, scored five times in December, including a hat-trick in the 3-2 hard-fought win over fellow relegation strugglers West Bromwich Albion. He becomes the second QPR player to clinch the monthly accolade after Trevor Sinclair, who won it in October 1995. Charlie Austin Celebrates His Goal Against Burnley. Image: Getty. Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has claimed the Barclays Manager of Month award after guiding the champions to five successive wins in their final fixtures of 2014. The ‘Cityzens’ began a run of five successive league wins with a 4-1 success at Sunderland. Subsequent victories against Everton, Leicester City, Crystal Palace, West Brom helped them edge clos...

QPR Striker Charlie Austin, City Boss, Pellegrini Scoop Barclays Award For December Queens Park Rangers (QPR) striker Charlie Austin has picked up the Barclays Premier League Player of the Month award for December. The 25-year-old, who trails the English league’s leading scorer, Diego Costa, by only three goals, scored five times in December, including a hat-trick in the 3-2 hard-fought win over fellow relegation strugglers West Bromwich Albion. He becomes the second QPR player to clinch the monthly accolade after Trevor Sinclair, who won it in October 1995. Charlie Austin Celebrates His Goal Against Burnley. Image: Getty. Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has claimed the Barclays Manager of Month award after guiding the champions to five successive wins in their final fixtures of 2014. The ‘Cityzens’ began a run of five successive league wins with a 4-1 success at Sunderland. Subsequent victories against Everton, Leicester City, Crystal Palace, West Brom helped them edge clos...

Arsenal Agrees Fee for Polish Youngster Bielik Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has disclosed that the club have agreed a fee for Krystian Bielik. The Gunners have reportedly agreed a £2.4m fee with Legia Warsaw for the midfielder, who has said the prospect of playing under the French boss has influenced his decision despite admitting German club Hamburg had made a better offer for his services. The 17-year-old will have his medical at the North London club today with his transfer expected to be finalised over the weekend. The Poland U-16 playmaker joined Legia from rivals Lech Poznan last July. He has labeled himself an Arsenal player for the future and will provide further options in the middle of the park for the French manager. Krystian Bielik Will Be Arsenal’s First Signing of the Winter as Arsene Wenger Confirms a Fee Has Been Agreed. Image: Legia. He told local newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza: “Certainly it will be harder for me to get through at Arsenal, but if I succeed in three or f...

Defoe Completes Sunderland Switch Jermaine Defoe has completed his return to the Premier League with Sunderland Athletic. Defoes has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the Black Cats and his arrival at the Stadium of Light sees American striker Jozzy Altidore move in the direction of his former club Toronto FC. “It is a great club and I’ve always enjoyed coming up here and playing against Sunderland because of the stadium and the supporters. It is a great place to play and I’m really looking forward to it,” he told the club’s official website. Defoe Scores Against Norwegian Club Tromso. Image: Getty. Defoe’s 124 goals in 384 top-flight appearances with Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham and Portsmouth ranks 14th on the list of Premier League goalscorers. Sunderland are 16th in the table, a point above the relegation zone after winning only three of their 21 league matches so far. The 32-year-old is expected to help boost Sunderland’s attack, which has only managed 18 goals in 21 league...

To an average corps member in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Scheme, the current living allowance paid by the Nigerian Government isn’t sufficient to cater for their daily needs. In an effort to cushion the effect of the money drought, some who still have their parent’s back depend on supplementary funding from home. If you are one, know that such support wouldn’t last forever. Start thinking of alternative means of survival on your own. The following tips should help. Private Teaching This is an age-long tradition that had kept many people going all through their university life. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to continue with the tradition. You indicate your interest in teaching children at home to everyone around you. It is always advantageous here for you if you got posted to a school. The teachers, the students, the members of your host community, not leaving out your fellow corps members could be helpful. It could involve you placing an advert of that through whatever means ...

Strange and dangerous things happen every day, some representing bold and risky breakthroughs. On October 24, 2014, Alan Eustace, senior vice president of knowledge at Google, a respected engineer and leader, made waves by jumping from the stratosphere, breaking the world record previously set by Felix Baumgartner in 2012. Wearing a specially designed spacesuit, Alan ascended in a balloon to a height of more than 25 miles and then jumped into space, reaching a peak speed of 833 mph (greater than the speed of sound) as he plummeted toward Earth. Even more interesting, Eustace planned the jump in total secrecy — a private initiative with a small, dedicated team of experts, without the support of one single dollar in sponsorship money. Eustace did it because he wanted to do it: One man guided by passion and compelled by the sheer risk of the jump, resulting in a new world record and opening up the stratosphere for research. The fact that the jump was orchestrated by a small team working ...