(photo: University of Iowa corn tower next to the Old Capital Building)
Is math really the perfect science?
The value of a single day?
Ask someone who’s counting theirs.
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Tag: Career
Houston we have a (money) problem
(photo: Last night at dinner a block from hotel. Big is better? Portion size? Paycheck size?)
Houston, we have a problem because the ladder we are climbing is leaning against the wrong wall.
The reason we begin the corporate climb is because we liked the way we thought we’d feel when we’d have a higher position and therefore greater respect and admiration from others.
How’s that dream working out?
The higher we go, the farther we get from using our first love, our wheelhouse…
They are the rare exception: The people who go on to become incredibly great leaders.
We may know a handful, or less, personally.
Never underestimate the power of joy, versus the drive for status and comfort.
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mind • body • spirit • work • home
All five websites are seamlessly connected by a convenient and easy to click link to go to the next topic.
Try it below if you never done it, or if it’s been awhile.
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What is career hunger?
(photo: Hungry ants devouring road kill frog… the ants are in a frenzy to succeed)
Career hunger.
Is it the hunger for more money?
The hunger to prove our worth?
Is it a hunger akin to wanting to contribute to society in a meaningful, authentic way?
Because we spend such a disproportionately large portion of our lives working, not satisfying this hunger is dangerous.
Many of us quit, and stay, for decades.
Is this a self-imposed prison?
Does it devour our soul?
Is it a catalyst to become the artist we were born to be?
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To gain we must venture?
(photo: Two of the 14 swam in the waterfall. The other 12 remained dry on the rocks, until it started raining.)
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Taking risks is risky.
So is playing it safe.
Go.
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What happened the last time we did this?
(photo: walking to class yesterday, mostly as a student, and always as a teacher)
When was the last time we took a serious, professional inventory of where we are in our career and where we want to go?
And when we did this exercise, did it frighten us or set us on fire with possibility?
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