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12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #12 What if you finally get to do what you always wanted?
June 30, 2009 – 9:39 am | No Comment
12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #12 What if you finally get to do what you always wanted?

What if you finally got what you always wanted? Perhaps the real question is, “What do you want to do?”
I know that I like building things. I like working wherever I want, whenever I want. …

12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #11 What is the elephant in the room?
June 29, 2009 – 9:55 am | No Comment
12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #11 What is the elephant in the room?

There’s nothing more uncomfortable than an elephant in the room. No one wants to discuss the elephant. It’s better to avoid it by not acknowledging the elephant’s existence. What’s the elephant in your room? Or …

12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #10 What if you didn’t get that job?
June 26, 2009 – 8:42 am | No Comment
12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #10 What if you didn’t get that job?

“What if” questions are dangerous. They’re like the “road not taken” question. But really, what if you didn’t get that particular job?
I know that if Group Health Cooperative in 1996, right after my MHA program, …

12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #9 How did it all go wrong so fast?
June 25, 2009 – 9:55 am | No Comment
12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #9 How did it all go wrong so fast?

Did you ever ask yourself, “How did it all go wrong so fast?” This usually means that the tide has turned, usually not for the good. What changed? How and why did things go wrong? …

12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #8 What happened on a work day that was “different?”
June 24, 2009 – 9:10 am | No Comment
12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #8 What happened on a work day that was “different?”

We’ve all had a day when we knew something wasn’t quite right. Reflecting back on “what happened on a work day that was different” helps us validate our intuition. We can learn to trust our …

12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #7 Have you experienced a painful loyalty?
June 23, 2009 – 11:02 am | 2 Comments
12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #7 Have you experienced a painful loyalty?

Loyalty. Employers want it. Employees sometimes give it. With loyalty comes implicit trust. Sometimes giving loyalty ends up being a painful experience. Have you experienced a painful loyalty in your career?
When I think of this …

12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #6 If you could ask a former boss a question, what would you ask?
June 22, 2009 – 10:55 am | No Comment
12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #6 If you could ask a former boss a question, what would you ask?

Of all the mindfulness questions, this is a scary one. Do we really want to know the truth? Can we handle the truth? What would you ask a former boss? I would ask my former …

12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #5 Write about the Book that Changed Everything
June 19, 2009 – 12:14 pm | No Comment
12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #5 Write about the Book that Changed Everything

When you think about it, is there a book that you read, read again, and then again?
For me, that one book is Kotler on Marketing: How to Create, Win, and Dominate Markets by Philip Kotler. …

12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #4 Write about a Phone Call that Changed Everything
June 18, 2009 – 10:55 am | No Comment
12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #4 Write about a Phone Call that Changed Everything

The fourth question of the 12 Questions for Career Mindfulness Series is meant to remind you of something that changed your life and the course of your career. Was there one phone call that changed …

12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #3 What things did you love as a child that explains how you work today?
June 17, 2009 – 11:28 am | No Comment
12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #3 What things did you love as a child that explains how you work today?

What things did you do or love as a child that explains how your work today? This third question is meant to help you discover any tendencies or pre-dispositions that you have had as a …