The Career You'll Love

The Career You’ll Love

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A peaceful 2012?

This is the beginning of the International Hour for Peace.  I don’t know how widespread this is – Google is surprisingly unhelpful – but it’s a good time to think about how we’re each helping to bring peace into the world.

We all agree:  There’s too much conflict in the world, too much jockeying for position, too much greed and corruption.

But here’s the thing:  Humans are made to strive.  Each of us has ambitions to become more, to achieve, to develop, to grow.  It seems to be that instinct which causes us to want to get more at the expense of others.  It’s a win-lose game, ultimately ending up as lose-lose when those others start reacting to what I’ve done to them.

In my mind, this is one of the basic challenges we’ve been given in this life.  We’re meant to learn how to grow and achieve while helping others to do the same.

Easy?  No.  But life is not easy.

I find it interesting, too, that generally other people will respond in kind.  When I help others to achieve, they’ll help me – often more generously than I ever would have expected.  Call it karma if you like; it doesn’t really matter.

So here’s the challenge I give you, and myself, for 2012:  Let’s work on how to learn, grow, and achieve, while helping others to do the same.  Never at the expense of others, but in aid of others.

I don’t generally make New Year’s Resolutions – I find it a bit artificial and pointless.  Instead, let’s work together to make 2012 a year where we at least can bring peace and collaboration to our little corners of the planet.

It’s hard to know how to bring peace to 7 billion people in the world.  But to the fifty people I’ll affect most this next year?  I’ll give it a shot.

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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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When others bail out

My client this morning was feeling some doubt and uncertainty because other folks in his situation are bailing out of their jobs.  It made him wonder whether he’s just the last person to notice that there’s something bad going on.

Should he leave?  It’s not at all clear.

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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

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Accountability

I’m glad you’re still reading this.  Many people find the word “accountability” so threatening that they don’t even want to think about it.

Let’s start with the basic concept.  When somebody says they’re going to do something, if their word is worth anything, they should follow through to the best of their ability.  (more…)

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“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”

- John Lennon

I continually run into people who are very future-focused, so much that they can’t appreciate what it means to live in the moment.

Don’t get me wrong; goals are wonderful.  Having a vision is inspiring and powerful.  But if these just sit there on the shelf, they can actually turn UNinspiring after a while.

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