The Career You'll Love

The Career You’ll Love

Sponsored by Carl Dierschow’s career blog at www.Dierschow.com

Time for a reboot?

It’s the end of the year.  I’m not a big fan of new year’s resolutions, really – I don’t see much reason to make up arbitrary goals with the realization that they won’t even last a month.

But…

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The Career You’ll Love

Sponsored by Carl Dierschow’s career blog at www.Dierschow.com

Laboring for a purpose

It’s Labor Day here in the US, a holiday when we remember those who have fought to create a work environment where people can earn a fair living for doing fair work.  Ironic, I suppose, that we celebrate work by … taking the day off.

It’s bittersweet for those millions of people who are unemployed or underemployed, who are unconvinced of that this is the Great Land Of Opportunity that we once thought.

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The Career You’ll Love

Sponsored by Carl Dierschow’s career blog at www.Dierschow.com

What fear is in your way?

You’ve been wanting to advance your career, but it seems that you’re sabotaging yourself at every turn.  You were going to have that important discussion with your boss, and then wimped out.  “Too busy,” you told yourself, or “not a convenient time.”

We all struggle with this.

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The Career You’ll Love

Sponsored by Carl Dierschow’s career blog at www.Dierschow.com

The balance of giving and taking

I have several blogs, as you may have discovered.  On a regular basis, I get emails from other blog sites which say something like:

I’ve been following your blog for some time, and like what you have to say.  You might want to know that I’ve just published a new article on ________.  If you find it interesting, I’d appreciate if you could mention it on your blog.

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Now, I really like helping out other people, so on occasion I’ve obliged.  But after having received dozens of nearly identical requests, I’ve stopped participating.  (more…)

The Career You’ll Love

Sponsored by Carl Dierschow’s career blog at www.Dierschow.com

Your energy reserves

I’ve been going through some significant changes in my personal life recently, which have tapped a significant amount of my personal energy.  Severing relationships and saying goodbye to people you love is never easy.

What’s fascinating to me is how this has affected the energy I have for my business.  I’m not an extrovert, so getting out there to build my business is tough.  It’s much easier for me to sit here in my office, and, well, write newsletter articles.  (more…)

The Career You’ll Love

Sponsored by Carl Dierschow’s career blog at www.Dierschow.com

The larger contribution

The recent disaster in Japan makes me think about my priorities.  I spend so much of my time focusing on the mechanics of building my business that I can forget that there’s a bigger picture here.

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