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Frustration Friday: There’s Not Going To Be Normal

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I'm a news junkie, which is about as obvious as saying that Yao Ming is a tad tall.  One of the flaws of being a news junkie is you are exposed to large quantities of Stupid, especially if you read pundits or analysis.  Even the wisest people wiff it occasionally, which may occasionally help you forget some paid analysts are complete morons.

One of the moronic ideas kicked around by the wise and the stupid is the talk of what happens when the economy of America – and indeed the world – gets "back to normal."

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The Other Side Of Career Planning

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If it hasn't been apparent from eighteen months of writing about it, I'm very big on career planning.  I'm all for the organized life plan, the schedule, the milestones everything.  I don't think it's because I'm a Project Manager – though the experience probably doesn't hurt.

We all know why we're supposed to plan our careers:

  • It helps us get things done.
  • It helps us set and reach goals.
  • It lets us evaluate and measure progress.
  • Our lack of organization doesn't drive our friends and family nuts.

In that list, and in most of our minds, there is one thing missing about just why we plan our careers and indeed our lives.

That is because our plans also tell us what we're not doing.

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