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Comment on New Economy Superstar by Climate Control - Looking For Opportunity in Hard Times

Climate Control - Looking For Opportunity in Hard Times — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:11:36 +0000

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Comment on Hell Yes You Should Quit Your Job by Time Freedom: How to Get a Life (That’s Worth Living) | A Life of Blue

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:32:41 +0000

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Comment on Hell Yes You Should Quit Your Job by Phillip

Phillip — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:51:17 +0000

I wish I’d have read this when you posted it. I was so unhappy at my last job, that I seriously hated Mondays and couldn’t wait for EOD on Friday. Though I did my hobby for a living, had a private office, and was making over $120k/yr not withstanding. I just wanted to cry whenever I got in the car every morning to go in.

I should have quit my job long before it got to that point. Instead, my attitude got bad, and I wasn’t doing the quality of work that I pride myself on. Eventually the job quit me.

I had never been fired before, but on a beautiful, sunny, summer day in July, I was called into the HR manager’s office unexpectedly. When I went in there, they closed the door behind me and four guys took turns yelling at me for twenty minutes. I left the office with my last paycheck in hand, and two security guards following me to my office in order to help me clean it out.

I was devastated. It was completely humiliating and came as a total surprise. Luckily I had enough savings to weather the storm. Though I was out of work for three months, I ended up getting a MUCH better job for a very well respected consulting company, which included a $32k/yr pay increase, and a much more engaging and entertaining environment.

I could have easily quit the bad job when I started to hate it, and gone out and secured this new job on my own terms. It would have empowered me and prevented a two to three month depression.

So… I WHOLE HEARTEDLY agree with Corbett… If you are asking yourself if you should quit your job, then HELL YES YOU SHOULD QUIT YOUR JOB!!!

Before it quits you. Seriously. That sucks and is easily avoided.

Comment on 10 Things I Learned from Publishing Every Day for 30 Days by In search of the perfect post! | Learning in the 21st Century

In search of the perfect post! | Learning in the 21st Century — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:17:41 +0000

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Comment on 10 Things I Learned from Publishing Every Day for 30 Days by Simone Hobbs

Simone Hobbs — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:49:05 +0000

I’ve been blogging for a short while as part of an attempt to help me to improve my practice and to create a forum for me to reflect on my professional experiences.

Point 6 of your list was particularly enlightening. I frequently struggle to reconcile the post that I’d like to make with the post that I’ve managed to put together and often end up posting nothing. Through this I have come to a deeper understanding of the way that my students feel when they are completing classwork or homework – fear of judgement hampers their creativity.

Reading your list had made me realise that the antidote for us is to write more and write to a rigid schedule, like Julia Cameron’s ‘Morning Pages’. A way to remind ourselves who we are really writing for.

Thank you for the inspiration!

Simone