Hi Jason,
I am looking for some advice on a career change…
From the monthly archives:
April 2009
It doesn’t matter if you’re the King of Sweden or the janitor at the local elementary school; do these three things and you will have a kickin’ personal brand.
If you want to (1) move forward, (2) grow, and (3) be happy, the only prerequisite is to accept what is. Plans made on the basis of what should be are doomed to fail. Judgment—in the form of phrases like “deserve,” “supposed to,” “should be,” and the granddaddy of them all, “if only,”—is nothing but a heart breaker.
Stop trying to find yourself, start trying to lose yourself. When you do, your passions will come find you.
You can follow a gut instinct, but you can’t follow your passions. It’s impossible. Passion grows from being fully invested in what you’re doing, and you can’t follow something that hasn’t grown yet. Gut feelings may steer you toward your passion, but just as likely, gut feelings will help you turn whatever you’re doing into [...]
As a follow up to yesterday’s post about career top 10 lists, and all cute/shocking titles aside, I wanted to point out the real danger in looking for career advice in top 10 lists.
After inadvertently spawning some uncomfortable—though in most cases, admittedly funny—conversations in various offices, I’ve decided to edit this post. I’ve been asked 3 times today to write separate career top 10 lists. Three times! Seriously, people, do you know the energy it takes to perform at that level? And for what? Temporary “answers” to a [...]
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