• DavidL (9/2/2014)


    All good advice. I like the first one (there is no plan), and the part about being true to yourself. It was only after about 20 years of doing many different things (work and non-work both) that I started to realize 'hey, wait a minute! How did I end up so deep in xyz? I don't even LIKE xyz, and it wasn't my idea to begin with!'

    It may sound cynical to say 'there is no plan', but when I honestly look at my life it is clear that a plan can only be fabricated in hindsight. In other words there was no plan at the time. Occasionally I get some insights into senior management 'planning' and it is obvious that that is no different. In order for businesses to have a plan, to be different from me and my life, it would mean that the people running the business would all have to be different from me. And they clearly aren't.

    It's tough in business, and in life, but I'd recommend you think about a personal plan of some sort. Try to direct your career rather than falling from job to job.