Friday, June 26, 2009
The Litchfield University Club
I spoke to this 114 year old club at their Annual meeting in Torrington CT. It was started and run by Mr. Delmonico as an eating club, and in 1914 it started giving out scholarships to area students. Today it gives out over $65,000 per year to leading area students for college. It was interesting to hear how many people had moved to Northwest and Northern Connecticut to reinvent themselves or make a major transition in their lives. Everyone enjoys the people and the beauty of the area, which has changed very little over the years. A hidden gem of an organization!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Joey Reynolds radio show interview 6.17.9
I was on Joey's show - WOR710 late evenings -for the 2nd time last night talking about my book Where To Go From Here: Reinventing your Career,Your Business, Your working Life. A key manager from the National Venture Capital Association just book a copy in Arlington VA, and I am getting great kudos from readers. Maybe you should check it out on Amazon. My speaking and promotion efforts pale (ask for my ezine) pale compared to Jonathan Littman (8 books; innovation expert) and Marc Hershon (branding expert; BlackBerry)who were also on the show talking about their new book I Hate People -www.ihatepeoplethebook.com. They were cruising around Times Square in the I Hate People vehicle, handing out literature and door hangers, videoing some youtube clips, and lounging in their morning article in the Wall Street Journal. We had lots of fun.
Joey was in great form as always and had many amusements and stories to share.
Joey was in great form as always and had many amusements and stories to share.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
What are you Primary and Secondary Values
SIX WORK VALUES
Learning
Bottom-Line
Aesthetic/Harmony
People
Individual
Tradition
MANY OF US have trouble explaining what our own guiding values are. We know they’re there, we know they matter, but we have a hard time putting those values into words. That’s problematic, because we make better life choices when we have a clear sense of what our own values are.
The following simple exercise, which I developed for Where to Go From Here: Reinventing Your Career and Your Business, is designed to help you get a clear fix on your own primary and secondary values. It’s based on principles of psychology and personality assessment that have been in use for nearly a century now, and are widely accepted by counselors, therapists, and others who must help people to understand their own predispositions and priorities. After you complete the short questionnaire and tally your results, I’ll help you to identify your likely primary and secondary values – and give you a sense of what they say about you.
When you know your own values, you’ll have a better sense of what works for you – and doesn’t work for you – in your career, and you’ll become more confident in making choices about what should happen next in your working life. The more exercise you give that making-choices muscle, and the more comfortable you are in using it, the better off you will be.
Note: The questionnaire that follows is a much-condensed version of a far more comprehensive assessment tool I use with my own clients. It is meant only to give you an initial indication of your values profile, not a definitive summary. For information on how to conduct more in-depth assessments, such as communication and competencies assessments, see the first page of the Resources section at the end of this book.
What Are Your Primary and Secondary Work Values?
For many people, workplace or career dissatisfaction is rooted in an environmental mismatch that puts them in situations that don’t take full advantage of their capacities.
Send for a pdf of this exercise to doug@thesuccesscoach.com
Learning
Bottom-Line
Aesthetic/Harmony
People
Individual
Tradition
MANY OF US have trouble explaining what our own guiding values are. We know they’re there, we know they matter, but we have a hard time putting those values into words. That’s problematic, because we make better life choices when we have a clear sense of what our own values are.
The following simple exercise, which I developed for Where to Go From Here: Reinventing Your Career and Your Business, is designed to help you get a clear fix on your own primary and secondary values. It’s based on principles of psychology and personality assessment that have been in use for nearly a century now, and are widely accepted by counselors, therapists, and others who must help people to understand their own predispositions and priorities. After you complete the short questionnaire and tally your results, I’ll help you to identify your likely primary and secondary values – and give you a sense of what they say about you.
When you know your own values, you’ll have a better sense of what works for you – and doesn’t work for you – in your career, and you’ll become more confident in making choices about what should happen next in your working life. The more exercise you give that making-choices muscle, and the more comfortable you are in using it, the better off you will be.
Note: The questionnaire that follows is a much-condensed version of a far more comprehensive assessment tool I use with my own clients. It is meant only to give you an initial indication of your values profile, not a definitive summary. For information on how to conduct more in-depth assessments, such as communication and competencies assessments, see the first page of the Resources section at the end of this book.
What Are Your Primary and Secondary Work Values?
For many people, workplace or career dissatisfaction is rooted in an environmental mismatch that puts them in situations that don’t take full advantage of their capacities.
Send for a pdf of this exercise to doug@thesuccesscoach.com
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
1628 Theory from Where To Go From Here:Reinventing Your Career, Your Business, Your Working Life
I didn't use this title in the book, but I am teaching/facilitating a group discussion at a local church, and it seems to ring true for most people. The inforamtion and exercises can be found in Chapter 5 - Your Personal History. The theory is that activities that you were naturally drawn to and passionate about between the ages of 16 and 28 will come back to you in mid or late career.
High School
College
First Job
Second Job
I tutored American Indians in Chicago and now have had a tutoring business with my wife for 25 years. I petioned the President of Lake Forest College to be the golf coach when they were going to drop the program - I am now the Wilton CT high school golf coach. I wrote a book on The Law of the Sea with a college professor - I just wrote Where To Go From Here: Reinventing Your Career, Your Business, Your Working Life (it has been on the to do list for a few years). I majored in Spanish and International Relations at the University of New Hampshire, and I now travel with a non profit twice a year to El Salvador and Ecuador to consult on microlending for the poor.
What are your 1628 experiences that you loved and have neglected?
High School
College
First Job
Second Job
I tutored American Indians in Chicago and now have had a tutoring business with my wife for 25 years. I petioned the President of Lake Forest College to be the golf coach when they were going to drop the program - I am now the Wilton CT high school golf coach. I wrote a book on The Law of the Sea with a college professor - I just wrote Where To Go From Here: Reinventing Your Career, Your Business, Your Working Life (it has been on the to do list for a few years). I majored in Spanish and International Relations at the University of New Hampshire, and I now travel with a non profit twice a year to El Salvador and Ecuador to consult on microlending for the poor.
What are your 1628 experiences that you loved and have neglected?
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