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Comment on Telling a Compelling Story in Your Interview by Carl

Carl — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:43:44 +0000

Sure, but it’s a learnable skill, like most other things. Nothing to be scared of.

Comment on Telling a Compelling Story in Your Interview by Jobs

Jobs — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:13:12 +0000

Some are just better at story-tellers than others.

Comment on The small voice by Pam Day

Pam Day — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:06:43 +0000

Awesome post Carl. Thank you for sharing some of your experience of how important it is to listen to that still, small voice. Thank you for the reminder, as this is an intregral part of helping me focus, gain clarity and direction in my life’s journey. Thanks again.

Peace,
Pam Day

Comment on The Golden Handcuffs by Kristian Reiss

Kristian Reiss — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:06:14 +0000

I really liked this post Carl. Feeling trapped only because of the salary is a sad state of affairs, that I (like many people I am sure) can relate to as well. To explpore alternatives – I liked the approach of imagining you have lost your job already, and the opportunities that opens up. I truly feel that if you are doing what you love doing, then it wont feel like a “job” as such, and not only that, the money will come as well.

- Kristian

Comment on Time isn’t all the same by Kristian Reiss

Kristian Reiss — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:52:21 +0000

A very interesting blog post about the value of time. You certainly can’t put a value on certain times. Thanks Carl.

- Kristian

Comment on Picking the right mentors by Carl

Carl — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:15:00 +0000

For a different view on this subject, check out a recent blog post from one of my friends!

Comment on Playing nice when you leave a job by Lacey

Lacey — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:18:19 +0000

Luckily enough, I discovered your blog The Career You’ll Love » Blog Archive » Playing nice when you leave a job, while surfing the net. Very informative post. Well, that makes sense. I have checked out a few of your other posts and found some great information too. Just wanted to say that it is so much garbage out there and it is nice to know some people still put time into managing their sites. Thanks a ton for helping to bring awareness to the need for real solutions.

Comment on Balancing choice versus constraint by Carl

Carl — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:56:31 +0000

Fair enough, Cecile! Here are a few thoughts.

First, the idea of risk is usually what holds us back from making any changes at all. In fact, one of the important concepts in change management is that you have to shift the balance so that people perceive the risk of changing to be less than the risk of NOT changing. That’s tough to do, even tougher to maintain over time.

When you apply this to your own career decisions, recognize that you have the tendency to think that staying the same is less risky than changing. It’s important to realize that you have the ability to shift the balance within yourself:
* Identify what’s attractive about changing. How is that compelling to you in some deep way?
* Investigate and explore. Many times you’ll find that changing direction isn’t as scary as you might have thought. But even if that’s not true, you’ll find information that helps you make a more informed choice.
* Give yourself permission to try and fail, to play. When you can explore an area without giving up much security, you’re more able to handle the consequences. In other words, start investigating your next career step before you give up your current job.

Risk is real, but you don’t have to let it immobilize you!

Comment on Balancing choice versus constraint by Cecileray

Cecileray — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:17:30 +0000

Good post, Carl, though Risk notion is missing. Cheers, CecileRay

Comment on A DECADE already? by Carl

Carl — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:04:20 +0000

It’s been generally observed that, in the short term, we tend to over-estimate the rate of change. In the long term, we tend to under-estimate.

But hey, if it was easy to foretell the future, this would be a much different world!