Get Your Career In Gear

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Your Career Is Your Business

Dave Lorenzo from the Career Intensity blog recently posted a great piece called "Your Career IS Your Business".  What I loved about it is that it reminded me so much of Dan Pink's "Free Agent Thinking", and Tom Peters' "Brand You".

When you work "as an employee" for a long time, it's really easy to forget that you are in control.  What I mean by that is...you are there by choice, and you are free to leave if the gig stops working for you.  This is especially true for people who have worked for the same company for several years.  You forget about your choices, and sometimes you even feel like the company "owns" you. 

Dave gives you 3 pointers for managing your career like you would manage a business.  Briefly, they are:

• It makes sense to diversify income streams
• We should always prospect for new opportunities
• Keep growing and improving

Go visit his post and see what you think of the rest of his wisdom.

Let me ask you this...  If your job was eliminated tomorrow, how prepared would you be to move on?

Video Coaching By Business Gurus

Have you ever thought how cool it would be to get a coaching session with Tom Peters?  How about Tony Robbins?  Well now you can...courtesy of AOL.

I'm not an AOL fan, but I have to admit they've set up a pretty cool site for video coaching.  The topics cover just about anything you can think of, but of course I zeroed in on the Business/Career section.

I've been a huge fan of Tom Peters for years, but one of my favorites is his theory of "Brand YOU".  You know how you have your favorite brand of shampoo?  Well Brand YOU is the same concept, only it's about branding your reputation in the world of business.  Tom's quick videos are a must see.  You can find them here:  Brand YOU

Here are a few more videos that are worth checking out too!

Stephen Covey

Lois Frankel

Jeffery Gitomer

Brian Tracy

Let me ask you this....Who do you turn to when you need career advice?

Cheers!

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