Can you make it up as you go along?
‘Most of my career has been defined by making it up as I go along.’”
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Michael Edmondson
Jun 12, 2019
Are you waiting for a job to bring you happiness?
In an interview with GQ Cranston said "My greatest achievement is that I've been working as an actor for 25 years. It's about f
Michael Edmondson
Apr 29, 2019
How often do you think about career myths?
Ninety-seven percent of CEOs undertook at least one of these catapult experiences and close to 50% had at least two. As Elena Lytkina Botelh
Michael Edmondson
Apr 18, 2019
Is your career path a jungle gym or a ladder?
“People who view their careers as jungle gyms, rather than ladders,” observed Sellers, “make sure that their vision is always peripheral so
Michael Edmondson
Apr 12, 2019
Are you aware of your vocation?
Too often people think that the words ‘vocation’ or ‘calling’ deal with a member of the clergy, or some whitecollar professional such as a d
Michael Edmondson
Mar 14, 2019
Is your career one dimensional?
As Grisham said “I seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer. I w
Michael Edmondson
Mar 4, 2019
How often do you adapt to change?
One critical component of navigating the chaos involves adjusting to the changing nature of work. Corporations, governments and individuals
Michael Edmondson
Feb 26, 2019
How often do you suffer from the impostor syndrome?
Christopher Reeve once wrote “We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate. Either we let self-doubt or feelings of
Michael Edmondson
Feb 23, 2019
How often do you A.I.M. for purpose?
William Jennings Bryan wrote "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a
Michael Edmondson
Feb 13, 2019
Are you uncovering what is to remove what isn't?
Fuller observed “We were deliberately designed to learn only by trial and error. We’re brought up, unfortunately, to think that nobody shoul
Michael Edmondson
Feb 10, 2019
If money were no object, what would you do?
“If you say that getting the money is the most important you will spend your life completely wasting your time you'll be doing things yo
Michael Edmondson
Jan 5, 2019
How often do you allow serendipity in your life?
Serendipity is defined as the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. To further investigate the impact
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