Career!
That's like a 6 letter dirty word if there ever was one.
At a young age, most of us can't think beyond money, a job and a want. But as time went on, many of us decided that we had to settle for the 9 to 5; for the traditional employment and living for a pay period.
It's hard to imagine that over half of the US economy is supported by small business owners. That means that somewhere along the line, millions of people got tired of earning just enough and living pay period to pay period. These creative, entrepreneurial folks started designing, manufacturing and marketing products and services of their own and became the backbone of the American economy.
Some of these businesses are now major corporations: Clothing companies like FUBU, media conglomerates like the Walt Disney Company, and darlings of the tech world, like Microsoft, Google and Facebook.
If that's not enough to make you change your stinking thinking - that "career" isn't a dirty word, but a platform to launch your dream - think about this: it wasn't just a job that got Martin Luther King, Jr. to dream, or a black man to run for President of the United States or even a women to run for the White House. These people chose careers!
I have adopted the theme, "Believe in Now." Now is the time to prepare yourself for greatness. Believe now you can launch your destiny and that now is the perfect time to believe in you.
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You are absolutely right about how the word "career". It has become scary to young people. Maybe people see it as something permanent. Young people don't realize that one's "career" doesn't have to be stagnant. It can be an exciting adventure.
Posted by: careerkid | October 06, 2008 at 02:54 PM