My new book Resumes are Worthless: How to Find the Work You Love and Succeed is now on the market. Check it out!
My new book Resumes are Worthless: How to Find the Work You Love and Succeed is now on the market. Check it out!
How to stop collecting business ideas and start building real options.
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to spend months—or even years—thinking about making a change without actually doing anything?
Maybe you’ve considered consulting. Or starting a business. Or investing in real estate. Maybe you enjoy your job but are tired of the bureaucracy and restrictions that come with it.
You keep looking at possibilities.
You watch videos, read books, attend workshops, and talk with friends about what you could do.
But nothing really changes.
I think one reason is simple: There’s no urgency.
If your paycheck stopped Friday, where would your next dollar come from? I’m not suggesting you quit your job. I’m suggesting the opposite. Keep the job. Keep the paycheck. Keep the benefits. But start building something beside it.
This week I got an email from a listener named Denise. She’s 44, she’s been at her company for 11 years, her performance reviews are excellent, and her director has told her directly that she’s one of the most dependable people in the building.
Like many great books, you’ll find that while the title is “spot on,” it also has more than one meaning. Callahan brings a great new angle to how business professionals must not only take a new look (and responsibility) for their career, they must prepare differently. This book has great stories to tie the lessons together and is on my “must read” recommended reading list. G