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Cool Friend: Hogshead
Our new Cool Friend is Sally Hogshead, author of Radical Careering: 100 Truths to Jumpstart Your Job, Your Career, and Your Life.
Her definition of careerist:
Think back to those times in your career when you've performed at your absolute best, when you blew past expectations and quite simply kicked ass. That's when you were a careerist. A careerist is somebody who takes action to become the most powerful, valuable, and fulfilled version of themselves. Careerists want to kickstart momentum, attack bigger possibilities, and get excited about Monday mornings.
Read the rest of the interview.
See also: Sally's website, www.radicalcareering.com, and her manifesto on ChangeThis, Cherry Bombs: A Supplemental Kit to "Radical Careering."
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her opinion was impressive to me, she has very strong positive thinking
Posted by adjie at October 18, 2005 5:32 PM
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Posted by onehandclapping at October 19, 2005 9:18 AM
Wow great energy. Hadn't heard about her or the book but this is some fresh thinking. Love her Cherry Bombs manifesto on ChangeThis. Talk about a kick in the pants!
Posted by Kevin G. at October 19, 2005 5:32 PM
I read the original Radical Careering article that Ms. Hogshead published in Creativity magazine a while back, and still have it taped to my office wall. It caused quite a buzz in advertising industry and that article is still being xeroxed and passed through my office. I have not read the book but will do. One truth from the original article that's also in the book is "Being in a crap job isn't your fault. Staying in a crap job is." I'd be interested to know: what exactly is a "crap" job?
Posted by jujubees at October 20, 2005 9:08 AM
Great question! A few clues that you might be in a crap job:
1) It's been more than six months since you’ve learned a new skill or acquired a new experience
2) Politics, not performance, guide the organization’s hiring/promotion decisions
3) Everyone complains about the workplace, but no one seems to do anything about it
4) You're so micromanaged that you lack the autonomy to expand your role or create your own results
5) The company’s core values and beliefs are out of whack with yours
6) The people you work with have little to teach you
7) You're unable to imagine how your current job is going to help you get reach your long-term career goals
8) You're putting in way more than you’re getting back (and not envisioning that changing any time soon)
Do these sound familiar? If so, might be time to reassess that job.
Posted by Sally Hogshead at October 20, 2005 7:12 PM
Great question! A few clues that you might be in a crap job:
1) It's been more than six months since you’ve learned a new skill or acquired a new experience
2) Politics, not performance, guide the organization’s hiring/promotion decisions
3) Everyone complains about the workplace, but no one seems to do anything about it
4) You're so micromanaged that you lack the autonomy to expand your role or create your own results
5) The company’s core values and beliefs are out of whack with yours
6) The people you work with have little to teach you
7) You're unable to imagine how your current job is going to help you get reach your long-term career goals
8) You're putting in way more than you’re getting back (and not envisioning that changing any time soon)
Do these sound familiar? If so, might be time to reassess that job.
Posted by Sally Hogshead at October 20, 2005 7:12 PM