Just yesterday China’s top hope for an Olympic Gold Track medal, Xiang LIU, unfortunately had to withdraw from his 110 meters Hurdles race because of injury.
It’s always sad when an athlete is unable to perform because of something beyond their control.
Especially so when there is a once in a lifetime opportunity to do so at […]
I reckon there’s nothing worse than pretending to be unafraid of roller coasters - when inside I’m a trembling jelly of terror.
A few years ago my daughter (maybe 9 at the time) asked me to go ride the coaster in a Japanese theme park.
And, brave dad that I wanted to be, I agreed to […]
Have current “problems” in world financial markets (probably an understatement, I know…) spooked your career change plans?
I don’t blame you - people have a natural (survival) inclination “to batten down the hatches” in uncertain times and concentrate on staying afloat.
And I know all too well for a lot of potential career changers that means […]
I mentioned career coach Joanne Dustin’s site, Career Lost and Found, in a previous post and today I’d like to review her book, “Life Beyond IT”. (Also available on Amazon.com)
Two important points:
First of all, this book is aimed directly at Information Technology professionals who are considering a career change, although the coaching themes running through […]
After “beta” testing my “career change coaching by email” service I’ve decided to replace the email part with a secure and private 1-to-1 forum.
Why?
Two reasons:
1- “Lost Emails“:
All too often, legitimate Internet email gets “lost” due to ISP sp#m filtering. Since I want to reliably communicate with my paying clients (and vice versa), that level of […]
Even though it was way back in 1980, I can still recall doing 105 press ups on the evening of the 10th October - my 20th birthday.
105 remains my personal best and the closest I’ve come since then is 80 - achieved last year after a few months of daily practice, working my way up […]
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 […]
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 […]
Career change expert, Pamela Skillings, has a few ideas for the former First Lady.
http://blog.escapefromcorporate.com/job-ideas-hillary-clinton/
Perhaps #3 would be an interesting team to pick up where Eliot Spitzer left off?
Happy April Fools
- Mark McClure
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!
Now there’s a reflective […]
