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Yesterday I went to the SF Giants game, the last game of the Giants’ season. It was a warm, sunny, perfect day in SF - the kind of day that makes you fall in love with the City and forget the fog exists.
As I was enjoying the game it occurred to me that [...]
More Cowbell
One of the funniest things I’ve seen on television was the Saturday Night Live sketch some years ago featuring (among others) Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell. You can see a somewhat edited version here.
In the sketch, Walken plays a music producer helping a band produce a song (Blue Oyster Cult’s hit “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”). [...]
The Search for Security
For many would-be free agents and other types of entrepreneurs, the fear of losing what we perceive to be the security and stability of working for someone else keeps us stuck. It’s understandable, at least based on the way things used to work. But that former environment that allowed companies to offer long-term employment and stability—and [...]
Nigel, Part 2
More about “Bob”.
His head says get another safe job and just stick to it. His heart says start your own business. Guess which is winning?
Right now, both are battling it out pretty good.
The job interviews he’s gone on have felt awful. Being in the corporate environment just doesn’t feel like a fit. Yet since he’s [...]
We’re only making plans for Nigel
I was listening to the radio today and heard the XTC song “Making Plans for Nigel”. This song has always caught my attention, today even more than usual. If you listen to this through the lens of working at a job you aren’t in love with, what do you hear? (see below for the words)
Here’s [...]
Don’t wait too long to be an entrepreneur
I read this post with great interest: Don’t Wait Too Long to Become an Entrepreneur. There are always reasons why it’s not time to quit you job and go out on your own.
Some of mine were:
* I need to pay the mortgage
* My live-in boyfriend will kill me
* I’m too scared
* Where will I get [...]
The Power of Taking Action
So there you sit feeling lost. So lost. Really lost. You may be so deep into it that you’ve become numb, and you’re not even sure any more how you would describe this vague sense of detachment from your work. Maybe you’ve even lost the sense that you can do anything about it.
If this in any way [...]
Who’s In Your Network?
Networking. Ugh. For some of us, it brings up images of glad-handing people you don’t know at functions you don’t want to attend, with a phony smile plastered on your face until it hurts. Here’s the good news. Networking doesn’t have to look like that.
Think about who is in your network. I’m talking about everyone [...]
Admission Day
Turns out today is Admission Day in California, the day when California entered the United States, according to reference.com:
California Admission Day, September 9, 1850 - 31st State of the Union
Of course, when I read this I took it to mean that is was a day when we could all admit something to ourselves, outloud. Things [...]
Outsourcing and you
One of my favorite authors, Daniel Pink, presented at the International Coaching Conference a few years ago. His presentation was fun – he is a funny guy – and is still on my mind. Then today I was catching up on reading other blogs and came across an article from the Guerilla Job Hunting guru, [...]
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