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Use your bedtime to revisit your dreams
My original dream of becoming a world-class copywriter in an advertising agency never went away. Instead, it evolved from copywriting in my own advertising agency where I’d be selling products and services, to copywriting...
Your original dream is not lost – you are just hiding from it
If you feel frustrated, disgruntled, overly emotional, sarcastic, or complacent, or even if you are downplaying what you really want out of your career, know that your original dream didn’t go anywhere, just like the...
Your original dream is being lived by someone else
In Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, the bus conductor is living the bird’s biggest dream. It really doesn’t matter who is living out your dream. You are bothered by the fact that someone...
Your original dream takes different shapes
The pigeon wants to drive a bus in the beginning of the book, though later he switches gears to pursuing a trailer. Both are vehicles that move. What moves you? It’s not easy to uncover...
Your original dream never goes away
You may get distracted along the way and pick up professional degrees in the process, yet these might be considered distractions until you are ready to pick up your dreams once again. As a job...
You’re supposed to dream at night
Anyone else read between the lines of children’s books? If you are reading a bedtime book to your child, I encourage you to pick up the lessons that its author might have intended for you....
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How to beat a company “lifer” [Facebook LIVE Episode #26: Round One Interview w/HR]
It’s easy for a "lifer" who has been with a company for a while to forget that they are valuable. They do things out of habit at this point. This fact is something that...