Tag: Career

Remember, almost nothing is written in stone

florida pools
another option is to lounge around the pool

Sure, three years ago, at 50, I made a 10-year plan. Most businesses forecast 5-10 years out, because it’s an incredibly smart business practice. Why would I look at my personal life any differently? Really, why?

So I don’t look at my personal life any differently. Run your life like a business? Why not? In 2009, at 50, my original 10 year plan was five more years as a Disney professional speaker, and then five years on my own, challenging Baby Boomers to “do something great before they die”.

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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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Are you haunted by your career potential?

career advice
decide what you want before you go looking

Are you haunted by your career potential? The key to rising above our previous self is belief. People can tell when we believe in ourselves. They like this. Confidence is comforting. To those around us and especially to ourselves.

It may take decades. It may not. But it will always take a ton of work in an environment surrounded by doubt.

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What to do if you don’t love what you do

career blues
figure out how to adapt or leave (is there a 3rd option?)

Ever have a weird experience? I mean, at an intersection red light? Yesterday morning 8am, driving to the airport after dropping off our son at school I notice the van next to me is a fellow school parent. We roll our windows down, “Bet you can’t wait to get started!”, I exclaimed.

Oh, she could wait. It seems the social services organization is very political in who receives help. She hates this. The light turned green and off we went. I’d find a way to adapt, if I loved the work but not the workers. Or I’d systematically plan my exit.

What would you do?

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