When is the best time to contemplate your career options?

teddy bears
2005 road trip to Sanibel…Jack the Bear on Chapin’s lap…

When is the best time to contemplate your career options?

  • never
  • whenever you feel like it
  • 10 years out
  • 5 years out (yes, done)
  • 2 years out (that’d be today)
  • the day you retire (that’d be June 8, 2014)

Insight: The best time to worry think about stuff is when you don’t have to.

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Your mileage may vary

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Jack's the same bear no matter where he is

Are you the same person wherever you are and whomever you’re with? Are you a different person when you get promoted than you were before? Different when your grandmother or pastor are nearby?

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How to tell if you’re the same person at work as you are at home

love your job
love what you do and do what you love

Here’s how I tell if I’m the same person at work as I am at home. This may work for you too. Ask a simple question. How far apart is the way I behave at home from the way I behave at work?

The more you love your job, the more you are the same person. The less you love your job, the more noticeable the difference in the way you feel when you’re at home.

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That was perfect

perfect
perfect always makes us smile

Yep, I’m a professional speaker. A teacher. A professional antagonist. The guy in the spotlight. The person everyone expects to be smart and funny. Really? Me? You’re kidding right?

So this is where I’ve landed in life. And every time I step in front of an audience, I go into it with the same mindset as a heart surgeon going into heart surgery. And right now my mind wanders, and wonders, does everyone approach their job this way?

Back to reality….as people were leaving yesterday’s keynote, the client said, “That was perfect!”

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