Monthly Archives: April 2008

Never Crowded On The Extra Mile

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One unnerving aspect to career change is leaving safe and familiar territory to take a calculated risk in some unexplored field.

Even with years of experience and transferable skills, it can be an exciting but often nerve racking ride – as you find yourself (temporarily) “knowingly incompetent” in new skills others have already mastered.

Rather than being too downcast about that reality, I think you should welcome such feelings of insecurity and actual mistakes on the job, as signs of personal and professional growth.

Remember – it’s never crowded on the extra mile.

Be bold and venture forth towards a “knowingly competent” state of mind.

- Mark McClure

The Unbearable Patience Of Standing Still

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Packed into this slowly moving carriage,
composed commuters cough politely.

While origami masters make light work of morning broadsheets,
And agile thumbs text cybersweet nothings.

What priceless dreams are squeezed lifeless from hanging straps?
Or cry silently down perspiring windows,
to lie exhausted in puddles of despair?

Yet amazingly, each morning all arrive safely at appointed destinations,
never thinking of the terminus that awaits their final journey.

- Mark McClure

Career Change Lost And Found

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I love career coach Joanne Dustin’s tag line for her web site, Career Lost And Found :

“Open the door… your future is waiting.”

Joanne’s home page is a brief yet powerful example of what her coaching work is about and how she can help – and is also a great “elevator speech”, in my humble opinion.

I sensed two powerful images from browsing her site:

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