The Bold Career Theme

Leading a Bold Career is about an attitude. It is about taking purposeful action to more closely align who you are with what you do for a living.

How that action is manifested can be in a thousand different ways.

It may in fact, for SOME PEOPLE, be about pursuing a dream career, or starting their own business. That's awesome and I support that.

However, of equal value and importance are other types of changes that are less "dreamy."

* Changing occupations because the new one is a better fit with you

* Changing companies because the culture of way of doing business where you are doesn't fit with your style or values

* Daring to reach just a little bit higher to get beyond a dead-end job to find somewhere where you can grow

* Deciding to dump your toxic boss because there is somewhere better for you and going out and finding better work

* Making tweaks in your role / profession so that it better fits your style and skills and aptitudes

* Following your natural abilities rather than against them

* Finding a way to continue in the same kind of functional role you are in now, but in an industry that you are more passionate about, or simply interested in

* Taking the time to understand yourself better, so that you can make better decisions

* Taking the time to DECIDE where you want to be, who you want to work with so that when the WRONG thing comes along, you can see it and avoid it (for those of you who are having trouble finding any work, you might scoff, but I am telling you most career misery is the result of bad decisions).

All of these, and many many more, are equally valuable. The goal is to get you doing work that gives you more than a paycheck, or at a minimum, doesn't cost you more than your paycheck is worth. (In health, integrity, stress, etc.) EVERYONE has the ability to make small tweaks for the better. The more you can align your work with who you are:

* Your personal values

* Style

* Interestes

* Abilities, Aptitudes

* Skills

The more fulfilled you are going to be.

For those of you that have BIG dreams, awesome. For those of you who have smaller goals, awesome too. Let's get at it.

Kick Off

Hi! Welcome to the weblog version Bold Career.

If you are new to Bold Career or me, Ian Christie, you will find links in the left upper column about me and to the Bold Career site.

Being Bold! is for: If you have ideas, plans, goals, ambitions or aspirations about your career and life, then Being Bold! is for you. My mission in life is to improve the quality of your career. Join http://www.boldcareer.com as a free member and tune into this weblog.

I have been in operation since the spring of ‘02 following a stint at Monster.com and prior to that my first venture.

For current members and readers, I have decided, after much examination, to take advantage of this wonderful personal publishing media, weblogs. My intent is to provide you with more content more frequently. I also hope to make it easier for you and me to communicate as email publishing is becoming more and more sketchy.

I beg some leeway as I figure out how to drive this thing. A bientot.
Ian