Well, I can truthfully report that Al Secunda’s 15 Second Principle works for me – in the form of using it to finally release the audio interview I did with him some weeks ago now. Ever the latent perfectionist, I soon noticed the urge to do anything but publish the d^%n thing! Such as:
Sometimes children can be an unexpected and innocent source of great career change advice. Case in point. When my wife asked how went day 1 of my IT consulting gig, my daughter aka Princess Smiley (she’s crazy about Miley Cyrus) came straight out with: “Do you actually do stuff on your computer at work?” Wow! [...]
Want the secret of career or vocational enlightenment in just 1 word? Awareness. And in 2 words? Awareness. Awareness. How about a whole 3 words? Awareness. Awareness. Awareness. “Get the picture?” “Feel the vibe?” “Hear the music?”
Corporate personal development plans (PDP) might not always be the most exciting of topics to blog about, but there are 2 important points embedded within how PDPs function that potential career changers ought to consider: a) 50% of the ‘big’ projects you will be ‘asked’ (more like ‘tasked’!) to do during the year will never [...]
Day 1 in a large air-conditioned office and I soon recall why my thirst has returned – the temperature’s showing north of 22C. Now that may be optimal for most everyone else but I’ve just come from winter months in my north-facing home office where it was between 13-17C depending on time of day. Wearing [...]
