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One item I enjoy collecting is pictures that make people smile or laugh. I hope these images bring some light into your day.
For those who like math and language humor:
Remember to work with an editor:
If you’ve ever walked into a room and can’t remember why you’re there:
One way to remind yourself that time has passed:
I had one important goal in life: to make as much money as I could, so I could be the perfect son and perfect husband to the girl I wanted to marry. To me, freedom meant giving my girlfriend anything she wanted to make her happy. Of course, it was a dream come true when I was given a job offer I couldn’t refuse, a job that would give me everything I needed.
This is what happened.
I was asked to do a day’s worth of consulting work at an office downtown. The interview was peculiar. All I had to do was finish a report within twenty-four hours. After that, I would get ten thousand dollars. Easy money for a day’s worth of work!
Just as I was going to head home, I received an email: work for a week at that office and receive one hundred thousand dollars! The catch was I couldn’t leave the office or talk to anyone for five days. It was worth the sacrifice for what I would get.
A week passed. I wrote reports and then got the cash deposited in my bank account. When my time was done, I called my girlfriend to tell her I was going to see her soon and I had a wonderful surprise. She was overjoyed. Then, I received another email.
This time, the pay was one million dollars. How could I refuse? I could buy my future wife the house we wanted and I could buy a new car!
Time passed. I finished the work, and finally, I was free. I wanted to surprise my love, so I didn’t want to waste any time and rushed over to her house. My mind was preoccupied with thoughts about what I would say to her. I didn’t realize how preoccupied I was until I got to the house and was surprised to see it had changed from blue to white.
I rang the doorbell. Maybe they had painted the house that week. The woman who answered was her mother. She gasped when she saw me, while I asked her if her daughter was home. I needed to speak to her immediately. I had the most wonderful news.
“Oh my gosh,” she said, opening the door a little so I could come in. “Where have you been? And why are you calling me by my mother’s name?”
I followed her eyes to the large wedding photo decorating the wall of the living room. It was a photo of my love as a bride, and the groom was another man. Then my eyes dropped to the baby stroller in the hallway next to me.
This wasn’t her mother. It was my love, many years older. Where had all the years gone? I’d worked so hard to have the life I wanted, to be able to have the freedom to buy her everything she wanted, to give her the life she wanted. And now, she was married to someone else.
I thought of all the money in my bank account. I had everything and I had nothing.
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The moment you’re old enough to get a job, you’re asked, “What is your career plan?” Sometimes, you don’t know what job you want to do for the rest of your life. Other times, you try a career and discover it’s not what you want.
How do you find the perfect career-related job, or start a new career without spending thousands of dollars on training?
If you’re thinking about changing careers in order to earn a higher income and keep up with rising costs, consider these tips:
Assess your financial situation.
How much do you have in savings? How much debt? Should you borrow money to pay expenses while you work to get your career back on track? It may be wiser to take the first job you find so your expenses are paid while you continue to search for better opportunities.
Look for options to develop your skills while working.
Can you use your current skillset to get a job that gives you opportunities to develop new skills that are a stepping stone to a different career?
Build a professional support network.
If you look around, you’ll find some positive online communities that share career resources and job opportunities. It’s also a great idea to attend in-person networking events and get to know people who can introduce you to companies or tell you about job openings.
Work with a mentor.
A career coach or someone with more experience than you in an industry or field can guide you. They can point out what you need to work on, steer you away from making potential mistakes, and share important wisdom with you.
Build your skillset.
Take free or paid courses that build your skills and qualifications. Read books. Join mastermind groups. Share your knowledge with your portfolio.
Build a portfolio.
Share your expertise online. Blog or post articles or advice on your website or LinkedIn profile. This approach is especially useful if you don’t have actual job experience in the field you’re interested in. For example, if you’re interested in a career in graphic design, you can start building a portfolio of your work on your own website.
Starting your career and changing careers are tough. By investing in yourself and creating networks, it’s possible to start a new career or change careers with effort and time.
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“All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems… But all these stars are silent. You alone will have stars as no one else has them.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Reposting this blog from a couple years back. What star guides you today, and where does it lead you?
If I could do any job I wanted for just one day, I would be a professional daydreamer, but with one twist. My daydreams come true. You’re probably wondering how that could be useful to the world, so let me explain.
For my actual job, I spend a lot of time learning about people’s jobs. I’ve interviewed people, visited where they work, searched the web, and had everyday experiences with workers when I go shopping or call customer service.
For a bit of variation in my job, I would be a professional daydreamer for a day. I would daydream of ways to improve people’s jobs. For lazy people and job haters, I’d devise tech to help them get tasks done. Poof! All they have to do is report for duty and work is accomplished. Customers and bosses are happy and there is an excellent safety record.
On the other hand, I’d daydream of ways to help overachievers and job lovers. They would accomplish tasks in their sleep and double their productivity with the help of tech and elves.
And of course, for people who like their job but don’t want it to take more than a certain number of hours per day, I would find similar ways to make their day go faster and easier.
For everyone on my daydreaming day, work gets done. In the end, it’s not about job satisfaction and getting finishing tasks. We want more than just to exist. So my dream job for a day would be to make everyone’s day go much more smoothly.
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