At the end of every weekday, providing it is warm enough outside, I hastily tear off my “business-casual” attire and happily throw on some shorts and a t-shirt. The button-down collared shirt, khaki pants and work shoes are so restrictive during the day that often I cannot breathe. Sometimes it is so bad [...]

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It’s hard enough getting cramming a good night’s sleep into 8 hours when you spend more time than that behind a desk, counter, or in a cube. It’s even more challenging if you suffer from insomnia, general sleeplessness, or you are just a natural night person.
The hours of today’s working world are not generally [...]

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After I wrote my article Bad Career Choices and the Enneagram, I realized that there weren’t really all that many websites/books/studies done out there that linked this exciting personality type system to various compatible careers. And many of the ones that are out there are very general and give very “obvious” answers that may [...]

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9-to-5ers, your life is ticking away.
I have this theory about the office world. If we spend too much of our lives in it, there is no turning back. We are forever scarred by the experience in various ways, and we no longer have the power to get out (except through retirement.) While [...]

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Because self-sabotage can be fun.
1 - Burn Bridges. Destroy all your relationships with your former co-workers/supervisors. Even better, return to your former place of employment and make fun of them, ie: “Ha! You are still at this dump? I’ve moved on to bigger and better things! Loser!”
2 - Take a [...]

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As stated in my earlier entry about the Myers-Briggs Type indicator and career choices, your personality is an important component to consider when choosing a career path.
There are tons of articles and guides out there that match personality type with optimal career choices. It’s been done to death. So instead of beating this [...]

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