Career Evolution

Whether you decide to remain employed by a company or if you choose to strike out on your own, the concept of evolution follows you.  The idea of being still in life is an illusion.  We are always either growing or regressing.  If you are not progressing in some way, you are falling behind.  When you tread water in a river, the water moves you – not always in the direction you’d like to go.

It is much the same with your career, if you don’t have a direction you’d like to head in, you’re guaranteed to head in one which is not of your choosing.  Here are some ways to ensure you’re constantly heading in the direction of your choosing.

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Do the Work, Don’t Find the Answer

A few years ago, a team at Duke University claimed to have discovered a way to match a tumor’s patient-specific DNA to the precise medicine required to cure the disease.  It was considered a watershed moment in cancer research.  That is, until it was scrutinized by third party sources.  What they found was two sets of data.  One set was the patient’s actual data.  The other set was a slightly doctored version of that data.  The formulas and tests only functioned under the false data set.

When we are faced with a massive challenge in our careers, perhaps the kind of seemingly insurmountable challenge cancer seems to pose, it is tempting to find the quickest, most glorious route to success.  If you are asked to hire a consultant or a contractor, you hope your hire swoops in and magically resolves all of your problems.  If you are that consultant or contractors, you hope your cape is freshly laundered and ready for heroics.

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