Who amongst
us has never devoted an hour or two moving cards from one pile to another in
order to win a hand of solitaire? The handiness
of our electronic devices makes it easy to open a game in an effort to beat the
deck and reign victoriously over those same suited cards. I too, have spent countless minutes in search
of dominance. I am keenly aware that is
my masterful decisions the decide success vs. defeat. It is my choice of which card to stack where
that determines my success. It’s almost
like applying for new career opportunities.
Is it not?
Many of us
have been hard-wired to believe that our future is solely determined by our own
ability to make the right decisions at the right time. If that were indeed the case, when given the
choice to make one move or another, we would all make simply make the right
choice consistently and win the game [of life] every time.
Your future
is determined by a unique combination of talent, determination and luck. If you want to change your life, it requires
a combination of time and effort; there is no way around that truism.
“I’m a great believer in
luck; the harder I work, the more I have of it” ~ Thomas Jefferson
It doesn’t
take a genius to figure out that the laws of probability at play here. Solitaire, FreeCell to be exact, is my procrastinating
‘game of choice’, but you can easily substitute any other electronic game or
even surfing the Internet. These sorts
of pastimes have nothing to do with intelligence, skill or even
experience.
So, what
should you, as a job seeker, do instead of spending countless minutes/hours
playing sedentary games? Do something
that requires the expenditure of calories.
Plan and give yourself opportunities to help you feel a sense of
accomplishment and good about yourself. Go
out for a walk, take up gardening, either in your own yard or at your local
community garden. If leaving your
residence is not an option, you can always cull your bookshelves or clean out
your closet.
Today we were given 86,400
seconds. We all received this gift equally, second by second, minute by minute,
day after day, until the day we die. It behoves us all to use this gift wisely.
Copyright © 2013, Career Matters. All Rights Reserved. Permission to Reprint: This article may be reprinted, provided it appears in its entirety with the following attribution: Copyright © 2013, Career Matters. Reprinted by permission of the author, Mary Salvino. “Career Matters” is a blog authored by Mary Salvino, Senior Consultant for SMART Career Planning.com that is dedicated to those who are seeking advice on managing their career and future job opportunities. We welcome readers to share their experiences, post their comments or ask questions about career related matters. This blog is also dedicated to those who stand a little taller each time they picked themselves up after failing and those who gained the wisdom and humility from those experiences to help others do the same. For any questions or comments that are better addressed privately, please feel free to e-mail Mary directly at Mary.Salvino@shaw.ca
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