Comments on: You are being so 2003 http://cuberules.com/2008/08/04/you-are-being-so-2003/ Career Advice for Cubicle Warriors Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scot http://cuberules.com/2008/08/04/you-are-being-so-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-4500 Scot Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:40:29 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=877#comment-4500 <a href="#comment-4499" rel="nofollow">@Arnie McKinnis</a> - "In 2013, I’ll wonder why I took so long to get where I am." Maybe not even that long... Thanks, Arnie. @Arnie McKinnis – “In 2013, I’ll wonder why I took so long to get where I am.”

Maybe not even that long…

Thanks, Arnie.

]]> By: Scot http://cuberules.com/2008/08/04/you-are-being-so-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-6197 Scot Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:40:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=877#comment-6197 <a href="#comment-4499" rel="nofollow">@Arnie McKinnis</a> - "In 2013, I’ll wonder why I took so long to get where I am." Maybe not even that long... Thanks, Arnie. @Arnie McKinnis – “In 2013, I’ll wonder why I took so long to get where I am.”

Maybe not even that long…

Thanks, Arnie.

]]> By: Arnie McKinnis http://cuberules.com/2008/08/04/you-are-being-so-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-4499 Arnie McKinnis Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:42:25 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=877#comment-4499 I've always thought of the path taken [either personally or professionally] as being more like a rabbit. You have this huge open space to traverse, the grass is too tall to see "through" so you run as fast you can. Stop and look around. Get your bearings and start running again. Everytime you you stop and look around, your orientation changes - making you adjust your course along the way. The key part is having a general sense of "where you are going". If you know that, then making coure corrections are not perceived as being mistakes [which then gets us thinking negatively about our situation] but just what they are, corrections [which allow us to think positive and make decisions based upon the best information we have at the moment]. in 2003, I would not have guessed I would be where I am today. In 2013, I'll wonder why I took so long to get where I am. I’ve always thought of the path taken [either personally or professionally] as being more like a rabbit. You have this huge open space to traverse, the grass is too tall to see “through” so you run as fast you can. Stop and look around. Get your bearings and start running again. Everytime you you stop and look around, your orientation changes – making you adjust your course along the way.

The key part is having a general sense of “where you are going”. If you know that, then making coure corrections are not perceived as being mistakes [which then gets us thinking negatively about our situation] but just what they are, corrections [which allow us to think positive and make decisions based upon the best information we have at the moment].

in 2003, I would not have guessed I would be where I am today. In 2013, I’ll wonder why I took so long to get where I am.

]]> By: Arnie McKinnis http://cuberules.com/2008/08/04/you-are-being-so-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-6196 Arnie McKinnis Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:42:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=877#comment-6196 I've always thought of the path taken [either personally or professionally] as being more like a rabbit. You have this huge open space to traverse, the grass is too tall to see "through" so you run as fast you can. Stop and look around. Get your bearings and start running again. Everytime you you stop and look around, your orientation changes - making you adjust your course along the way. The key part is having a general sense of "where you are going". If you know that, then making coure corrections are not perceived as being mistakes [which then gets us thinking negatively about our situation] but just what they are, corrections [which allow us to think positive and make decisions based upon the best information we have at the moment]. in 2003, I would not have guessed I would be where I am today. In 2013, I'll wonder why I took so long to get where I am. I’ve always thought of the path taken [either personally or professionally] as being more like a rabbit. You have this huge open space to traverse, the grass is too tall to see “through” so you run as fast you can. Stop and look around. Get your bearings and start running again. Everytime you you stop and look around, your orientation changes – making you adjust your course along the way.

The key part is having a general sense of “where you are going”. If you know that, then making coure corrections are not perceived as being mistakes [which then gets us thinking negatively about our situation] but just what they are, corrections [which allow us to think positive and make decisions based upon the best information we have at the moment].

in 2003, I would not have guessed I would be where I am today. In 2013, I’ll wonder why I took so long to get where I am.

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://cuberules.com/2008/08/04/you-are-being-so-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-4483 Scot Herrick Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:18:35 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=877#comment-4483 <a href='#comment-4479' rel="nofollow">@Mark McClure</a> - True enough! Hopefully, the experimentation was along the lines of skills I thought I had for work. This would help my serendipity! @Mark McClure – True enough! Hopefully, the experimentation was along the lines of skills I thought I had for work. This would help my serendipity!

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://cuberules.com/2008/08/04/you-are-being-so-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-6195 Scot Herrick Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:18:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=877#comment-6195 <a href="#comment-4479" rel="nofollow">@Mark McClure</a> - True enough! Hopefully, the experimentation was along the lines of skills I thought I had for work. This would help my serendipity! @Mark McClure – True enough! Hopefully, the experimentation was along the lines of skills I thought I had for work. This would help my serendipity!

]]> By: Mark McClure http://cuberules.com/2008/08/04/you-are-being-so-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-4479 Mark McClure Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:31:53 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=877#comment-4479 Scot, You probably just had a lot of luck ;-) (Labouring Under Correct Knowledge) Actually, serendipity has a lot to answer for these days - am sure I read somewhere that the psychologists were researching the heck out of it. Scot,
You probably just had a lot of luck ;-)

(Labouring Under Correct Knowledge)

Actually, serendipity has a lot to answer for these days – am sure I read somewhere that the psychologists were researching the heck out of it.

]]> By: Mark McClure http://cuberules.com/2008/08/04/you-are-being-so-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-6194 Mark McClure Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:31:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=877#comment-6194 Scot, You probably just had a lot of luck ;-) (Labouring Under Correct Knowledge) Actually, serendipity has a lot to answer for these days - am sure I read somewhere that the psychologists were researching the heck out of it. Scot,
You probably just had a lot of luck ;-)

(Labouring Under Correct Knowledge)

Actually, serendipity has a lot to answer for these days – am sure I read somewhere that the psychologists were researching the heck out of it.

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://cuberules.com/2008/08/04/you-are-being-so-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-4457 Scot Herrick Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:19:41 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=877#comment-4457 <a href="#comment-4452" rel="nofollow">@Rosie</a> - I think your case is typical. I did a lot of work during the summers for high school and college and mostly determined some things I did NOT want to do. Not exactly the best way of going about finding a career, but experimentation and trying jobs out is a good way to learn. @Rosie – I think your case is typical. I did a lot of work during the summers for high school and college and mostly determined some things I did NOT want to do. Not exactly the best way of going about finding a career, but experimentation and trying jobs out is a good way to learn.

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://cuberules.com/2008/08/04/you-are-being-so-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-6193 Scot Herrick Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:19:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=877#comment-6193 <a href="#comment-4452" rel="nofollow">@Rosie</a> - I think your case is typical. I did a lot of work during the summers for high school and college and mostly determined some things I did NOT want to do. Not exactly the best way of going about finding a career, but experimentation and trying jobs out is a good way to learn. @Rosie – I think your case is typical. I did a lot of work during the summers for high school and college and mostly determined some things I did NOT want to do. Not exactly the best way of going about finding a career, but experimentation and trying jobs out is a good way to learn.

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