I know a man who took the California bar six times before he passed it. He has been practicing law for 20 years…and has hated every day of it. When asked why he doesn’t either change careers or try a different type of law, he replies by saying “because I never quit. If nothing else, I am persistent; that’s who I am.” (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘career change’
Are you persistent or just stubborn?
Monday, February 4th, 2013Incrementally Changing Your Life
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
I recently came across a rather simple idea for how people can change, how they can create the relationships they want, the job they want, and ultimately the life they want.
Living Life from the Inside Out: A FREE Work Sheet
Monday, May 7th, 2012
The Culture of Sports
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
Junior Seau is the latest casualty of a professional sports culture that lives by the credo, win at any cost and by whatever means. We have heard reports of athletes being paid bonuses to injure others players so that they can not play. Sports used to stress the importance of sportsmanship, character, and being a team-player. Today it is all about winning. Athletes are either winners or losers who define themselves by their athletic prowess. Playing sports is not merely what they do for a living, but has become their identity. When they no longer are able to perform, they lose more than their income, they lose their sense of self: who are they if not a player?
Mickey and the Plow Horse: Part III of III
Thursday, March 15th, 2012The next night George invited them all to meet at the barn for a surprise. When they arrived there was Jackson with Mickey on his back. Mickey had Jackson walk around the barn, back up, get down on his knees, and go over to each of the counselors and give them all a friendly bump with his head. They were all blown away by what they saw. Their mouths dropped open and remained that way for several minutes as they tried to get their heads around the fact the Jackson was not a plow horse, but a thoroughbred racing horse!
Finding a Job: Black Belt Style
Monday, December 12th, 2011
In my previous two blogs I wrote about finding a job using a different paradigm and engaging in networking. In this post I will be addressing the style and attitude with which you approach the challenge of finding a job especially in a difficult economic market. I refer to it as a black belt attitude. This attitude not only affects how you approach looking for work, but also impacts how you approach your life.
Finding a job: learning to network
Friday, December 9th, 2011
As I indicated in a previous post, networking is the most important skill that you should develop in seeking employment. In a robust economy when employers are competing to find employees, the newspapers are flooded with ads. In today’s world, most jobs are not even listed in the newspapers; they are found by word of mouth.
Finding a job: a psychological paradigm shift
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Since 2008 my life coaching practice has witnessed a shift. In prior years my clients were mostly folks who were interested in improving their life, growing their business, and advancing in their profession. Since the “Great Recession” my clients are focusing on transitioning from one career to another and finding a job after being laid off from their six figure positions.
No Job, No Identity?
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Nationally there is over 9% unemployment; in California it is over 12%. Psychologically, the economic high unemployment rates has had a profound affect on those for whom a job is more than just something one does to earn money, but becomes their identity. Historically it is men who have seen themselves as the primary wage-earner. This role has become a source of their self-worth and their masculinity. They become their job. And without a job, who are they? And with a loss of identity, they become depressed, often severely so.
Midnight in Paris
Monday, July 4th, 2011
Woody Allen’s film, Midnight in Paris, focuses on the discontent of a Hollywood screenwriter, Gil, who is visiting Paris with his fiancé, Inez, and her parents; he is struggling to complete a novel while Inez is planning their wedding and buying furniture with her mother. Gil yearns to live in another era, where life, in his mind, was simpler, more creative, and alive. While roaming the streets of Paris at midnight, he accidentally finds himself in Paris of the 1920s where he meets with his literary and artistic heroes of the past, e.g., Hemmingway, Fitzgerald, Stein, Dali, Cole Porter, et al. He is mesmerized by their conversation and enthralled with the period. His yearning to live in a different era is augmented by his fantasy of that era. For him, Paris of the 20s becomes the quintessential Golden Age.
