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June 7, 2006

Breaking the Rules of Career Planning

Rule #1: Work Hard and you will be noticed!
Wrong: The meek will inherit nothing; work hard and someone will steal your ideas; the world belongs to the ones that control their brand.

Rule #2: Work and Retire for Corporate America!
Wrong; You are employee #2,345 and nobody cares; Ask someone what you did three years ago and you will see how much they care; Careers are made through a cycle of extensive learning followed by value creation.

Rule #3: Develop Leadership Skills!
Wrong; the vast majority of people can tell you difference between management and leadership; leadership is getting things done; leadership changes daily, leadership emerges after the battle, survival is what happens during.

Rule #4: Everyone is here to support you!
Wrong; all of that ended in High School; we live in reptilian world where we eat our own young in order to survive and prosper; we would trade our soul for success (See Enron, HealthSouth, Anderson, etc.); There is only one you, one brand, one message; unfortunately, if you are one in a million your one of 6,652 and counting.

Rule #5: Keep your nose clean and do what you are told!
Wrong: Following that advice will place you in the middle of the pack of community hell. Disruption and failure changes the world; push everything to the limit and grow your experience; The vast majority of directives play it safe and eventually someone or something will be able to do safe 10 times faster and cheaper.

Posted by Todd at June 7, 2006 6:30 PM