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Editor's Notes

1. Check for a winner or two who completed all 50 of the text message terms correctly
2. Tell story of mommy & me riding the Greyhound every weekend to visit daddy Mac.
3. Begin to talk about Go, Get G’Wone… Ever feel stuck? You don’t have to…there are so many things you could be doing! How about feeling like everything everyone around you is moving in FF and you’re on PAUSE
4. A child in the mid-19th century might have aspired to being an occultist, feather dresser, or lightening rod maker! A Census from 1850 had these jobs listed as common work for the time. Mustard makers, lace manufacturers, entertainers, bakers and barbers were also in high numbers. Just last year, 29k Americans worked as meter readers, but it’s not expected to be a hot career for their entire professional lives.
5. Careers such as “genetic counselor and photovaltaic installer” were recently added to the Census as some of the new emerging occupations. Many jobs that were considered “trades” or “skilled laborer” jobs are pretty steady, but the trend of “mid-skill, middle-class jobs such as bank tellers” are draining away according to the Wall St Journnal 9/3/13 . MBA hiring have improved over the last year with strong growth in consulting, financial svcs, engineering, energy and technology.
6. What does this mean for people who are looking to make changes in their career path, twilighters and folks who’ve seen job loss? Early spring hiring is expected to pick up significantly as the economy rebounds! Employers are expected t add almost 190K positions a month on average – beginning from this past fall up through early next year.
7. Moving from hierarchy to a flattened structure allows people to speak with and interact with even the CEO or President (C-Suite) making the workplace more collaborative than in the past. No longer “set office hours” in this day of flex scheduling. With connectivity and technology putting us in touch with people in other countries at the touch or swipe of a phone or I-Pad, we can connect anytime, anywhere! Greater work-life balance, more engaged and happy employees. Information sharing is the new business driver. In order to remain competitive and relevant, employees have to be able to share ideas, feedback and content. They have the pulse of their customers, and are big consumers themselves. We will look at the different media platforms shortly and how they play a critical role in sharing. Fear-based leadership is dead – empowerment and “following from the front” or removing obstacles from employees’ path is replacing it. Office or on-premise jobs are becoming passee as well. Cloud technologies and social/ collaborative tools are what’s new and current. Much of it can be managed without approvals, or releases from “corporate” due to the many free tools available online. Email is the new snail mail Climbing a corporate ladder or do you create your own path – share a story about how jobs can be created for you based on specialized experiences, skills and technologies you bring!
8. “What’s so smart about Smartphones & Touchscreens?” joke w/ Act-out: me scripting an e-mail to employer and read NACHOS degree in International Relations…” So you get the point! You need to stay current and relevant.
9. So back to my original question of what’s got you stuck? Are thinking that if you just close your eyes and ignore it, it will all pass and you don’t have to change anything? I have (3) action steps that can help you get “unstuck and moving in the right direction – FORWARD! Easy to remember because there’s only 3G’s (Hint: Not $3000) you have got to Keep it Moving and Keep Your Eyes Open. Step One: GO! This could mean go ahead and cry, scream yell break your shoe rack! True story…I broke mine when I was done with my relationship in Brooklyn, at least I didn’t break NO-BODY! It inspired me to kick rocks and get unstuck from him and that situation. It could mean GO AWAY for a while to clear your head (walk it off, take a trip) whatever you can afford or time wise.
10. STEP TWO: GET a Grip! Have some real-talk conversation with yourself! How open do you think you are to receiving any type of advice at this point? Listen to your inner self, work it thru in your head first and then let it spill onto paper! Once you’ve gotten it out of your inner – it becomes real and ACTIONABLE. Visualizing, journaling, listing (weight is very impactful when you put pros and cons side by side) My brother lives in Sweden with his family and is a musician/artist/culinarian “Renaissance Man” He stays in contact with my mom & dad via Skype, my youngest brother and me via Google Talk, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube!
11. Mom on Swedish TV station during the election. (She’s a Baby Boomer!)
12. Look at the difference in just 8 years!!! That leads me to STEP 3: GONE! Or GWON! Not from 0-60, but remember to keep it moving while you keep your eyes open. You should begin to notice the diminishing effect of fear, anger confusion, sadness, self-pity, etc. Clear mind, clear heart – now LET’S GO!
13. What you can use LinkedIn for.
14. What you can use your Twitter account for
15. Be careful about the “footprint” you leave. There are all types of horror stories about how Facebook, Twitter, and other forms of social media have ruined peoples lives, chances at a great career or their brand was destroyed. Access is a great thing, but it can also be destructive if we aren’t careful about how much we share personally and private matters that should remain private.
16. If you don’t already have something to keep you “connected” my guess is you will before the year is over! Technology has become such an integral part of our lives it’s hard to imagine life without it! Think about how you feel when you realize you’ve left your cell phone at home or on your desk, etc. panic mode! I had a job where they gave us a beeper, plus we had desk phone (landline), email and our own personal cell. Who needs all that???
17. Need a real estate joke here
18. Story of how I got to DFW!