Advice

Sacrifice Can Be Your Edge

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In a tough job market we all want an edge.  In a good job market we still want an edge since we want the best jobs.  Either way we're all looking for that edge, that advantage, that something that'll give us a leg up to get the job, client, and career we're looking for.

It's probably why you're here reading this now.

We all know the standard things we're supposed to do – get educated, network, etc.  We know all the edges we're supposed to have (even if we don't actually use them or acquire them).  So I'd like to talk about one that is very important, one that you may or may not have, but may not be aware of. 

Best of all it's an edge that's very powerful.

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Career Brainstorming: Quantity Over Quality

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I love career brainstorming.  I love how people dream up new ideas for jobs and careers, how they see paths they didn't see before, how they see old ideas in new ways.  When I speak on careers or run brainstorming events, seeing what people dream up is amazing and enthralling.

You probably know what it's like to brainstorm for yourself as well – the research, the dreaming up new businesses and new places to work, coming up with new things to do.  However you're also likely to restrain yourself a bit, hold back, look for quality ideas so as not to waste your time.

Don't.

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Combining Careers And Interests: Be Where the Future Is

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UseYourGeekery – where the future is.

What you do.  What you create.  Who you work for.  Where you work.  Who you work with.  All ways to channel your hobbies, fantoms, obsession, geekery, and otakudom into careers.  All specific ways to turn what you like into a job and a life.

But there's one more way you can use your interests to create a job, career, and even a new profession.  You can base your job, your place of work, your career on where you see the future going.

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