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20 Year Olds at work - Attitude That Looks Like Laziness And Impatience

How you are perceived at work is always very important. The younger generation is being perceived as a bunch of spoiled brats. Read about it the overconfident 20-year-olds. 

It’s so true. Sometimes there is so much show but little substance.

 

Why Do We Change Jobs and Transform Careers?

The first question you have to ask yourself is if you have a career or a job?

Wikipidia has one definition of a job as an – “Occupation”.

Wikipidai has one definition of Career as – “an individual's course or progress through life”.

What I deduce from this is that you may have multiple jobs throughout life, which make up your career. But our career may drastically evolve. That is entirely up to you.

As for myself:

1. I worked at a large aerospace firm in various supply chain departments, then worked on a huge IT (SAP) project for 1 ½ years.

2. I then joined a larger aerospace firms IT projects for a few years.

3. Worked for a small Pharmaceutical company, again involved in supply chain / IT (SAP) projects.

4. On the side I started www.mylifechanges.com because I’m a self-improvement nut.

5. Presently I am an IT consultant and entrepreneur.

So my career has been a blend of supply chain expertise, IT and now I have served myself a side dish of entrepreneurship in the self-improvement field. 

From what I have seen, here is why people change jobs (and possibly re-invent their careers).

1. They don’t feel appreciated at their jobs.
2. They want to make more money. The book “Fire Your Boss” has a compelling chapter on this.
3. They want to re-invent yourself and career. Scott Adams has written another brilliant entry. *insert ego stroke here*
4. Bad bosses
5. Work closer or at home.

Right now we all have jobs. Our careers are ever evolving.

Or not.

Best Productivity Tools For Work

After attempting countless technological tools at work here are the two that work best.

1. 8 1/2 by 11 pad
2. Pen

At the end of each workday list what has to be done the next day.

Place stars besides the most important tasks.

Once the task is done put a check mark beside it.

Redo the list at the end of the day, taking off the checked items. 

A list like this is simple, portable, visible (leave it on your desk) and for ten minutes each day, thought provoking.

It might look like this:

* Review shortage report and complete.

Follow up on E-mail on from Jan about discrepancy

Approve new product design

Meet with boss on career plan

* Confirm meeting with client tomorrow

      Send Company x follow up reminder

* Place orders and E-mail today

     5-7 tonight for Joe’s birthday 

Simple and straightforward always wins.

Who Else Wants To Make A Million Or At Least Get A Raise

There are a million experts spewing out a ton of crap on how to make money. First of all you won’t make it through your blog. Guy Kawasaki make a bit over $3000 last year, and he is a king pin. Now you can buy that cardboard box home you always dreamed of! Besides, it looks like this whole blogging spectacle will be moving more and more towards sites like Facebook where it’s much easier to connect with people, and the bloggin A-list bullshit is already dying.

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Want to make a fortune? Guy Kawasaki interviewed a few Internet millionaires including the PlentyofFish.com   guy who is pulling in 5 to 6 million dollars a year on advertising alone. Bastard! Here is a guy who kept getting laid off in Vancouver so decided to launch a free dating service. The guy who created Hot or Not is also making a tidy fortune. He says he started the site as a joke. Lesson learned?  Never underestimate your stupid ideas. Got it? So get that robot pancake flipper out of the basement and sell it to the world!!

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Selling stuff on Ebay can be very lucrative. Here is a hint. You know those old LP’s that Grandpa has in the attic? Well, the Japanese are coo-coo puffs about old LPs, and will pay thousands of dollars for some of them. I had this discussion with an avid record collector the other day. Those crazy Japanese - if it isn’t anime cartoon sex, its old LP’s. Go figure.

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Ask for a raise. Raises don’t come marching in your door with intentions of snuggling into your pocket. In the real world you’ve gotta get worked up, create a resume of accomplishments and demand a raise. Even yelling helps because some bosses are as deaf as a dead tree trunk when it comes to their employees. Most are already sucking up to their own boss so badly that they’ve created a severe lack of oxygen and the air smells like dung. So take the bull by it’s something and go ask for that raise!

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Recap. Don’t dismiss any of your drugs or beer inspired million dollar ideas. Check out what the Japanese like to buy other than tea cups, bondage rope and raw tuna. Go ask for that raise. It can’t hurt.

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