Adventures in Career Change: Part IX – Burning My Ships
“Change begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Roy T. Bennett According to ancient legend, after landing his … Continue reading Adventures in Career Change: Part IX – Burning My Ships
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Adventures in Career Change: Part VIII – Work Worth Doing
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth … Continue reading Adventures in Career Change: Part VIII – Work Worth Doing
Adventures in Career Change: Part VII – Square Peg, Round Hole
Success is not the result of conforming to the world’s expectations of us. It’s an outcome of focusing on our strengths and finding where they intersect with our passions. I knew I had a smattering of incongruent skills that I struggled to usefully align with my intense passion for writing. What I needed was some perspective to help put the pieces together. It came from an unlikely source in March of 2024. Continue reading Adventures in Career Change: Part VII – Square Peg, Round Hole
Adventures in Career Change: Part VI—Learning to Expect the Unexpected
“Sometimes we let life guide us, and other times we take life by the horns.” – Brandon Jenner I’ve … Continue reading Adventures in Career Change: Part VI—Learning to Expect the Unexpected
Adventures in Career Change: Part V—A Step Forward in Disguise
Punched in the Mouth “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson I made … Continue reading Adventures in Career Change: Part V—A Step Forward in Disguise
Adventures in Career Change: Part IV–What’s Meant to Be Will Always Find a Way
“I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we’re not wise enough to see it.” – Oprah Winfrey … Continue reading Adventures in Career Change: Part IV–What’s Meant to Be Will Always Find a Way
Adventures in Career Change: Part III–A Requiem for Accounting and the Rat Race
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out … Continue reading Adventures in Career Change: Part III–A Requiem for Accounting and the Rat Race
Adventures in Career Change: Part II–Who Am I and Why Am I Here
As I sent resumes and participated in interviews during late spring and early summer 2013, I thought private industry would … Continue reading Adventures in Career Change: Part II–Who Am I and Why Am I Here
Adventures in Career Change: Part I–The Spring Busy Season of My Discontent
The Winter of our Discontent is both a noted Shakespeare line and a John Steinbeck novel. For me, it wasn’t … Continue reading Adventures in Career Change: Part I–The Spring Busy Season of My Discontent
Steve Grimes 