I have times when I feel my ambitions are leading me in a different direction than my current career is headed. With the economy in the state that it is I haven’t had a great deal of success finding a position through interviewing; however, I’m thinking that might not be a bad thing.
At this point I’m starting to figure out that I may well need to start over on my own instead of relying on an employer to give me that direction. Thanks to the website The Art of Nonconformity, particularly their downloadable manifesto A Brief Guide to World Domination, I think I’m getting my purpose together.
I’m working on a couple of questions posed by Chris Guillebeau that I think are really helpful in this mission.
- What do you really want to get out of life?
- What can you offer the world that no one else can?
I’ll keep you posted as I come up with a good and honest answer to these questions. If you have any input I’m always open to some crowdsourcing; even when it deals with my future. Particularly if it deals with my future.
daniel
on May 10th, 2009
@ 9:57 pm:
those are such great questions. I’ve had people help me through those things in my own life, and i’m happy to grab coffee and help you talk through those things. It’s one of my own purposes here.
Chris Guillebeau
on May 11th, 2009
@ 12:22 am:
Thanks for the props! And more importantly, good luck with finding your answers.
all the best,
cg
Maria
on May 11th, 2009
@ 10:01 am:
Andrew, I’m also a huge fan of Chris’ work and at a crossroads of my own at the moment. Let me know if you ever want to chat about it. Many heads seem to solve project like this faster than one brain in isolation.