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Comment on What’s your Bigger Game? by Kenboy

Kenboy — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:52:32 +0000

Thanks Geoff once again. Not enough people leave a comment…so I am. Lol. Your words of wisdom are akin to worms for the baby bird.

Comment on My job sucks by uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:29:13 +0000

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Comment on My job sucks by Ken

Ken — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:06:26 +0000

Great subject! There are millions of people in the “wrong” job. As a former sales manager I had to hire, train and mentor to my sales teams. Quite often I found myself saying “If you’re not “having fun” in your job then why do it? If it has lost the “fun factor” then it’s time to move on. Even worse, if it is causing you stress and an uneasy tummy, then it’s even more urgent you move on. As a sales manager I preferred it when my sales rep would confide in me about not “having fun” in the job and we would agree that the time to move on was here. When the subordinate confided in me about leaving the company it would cause two things to happen. First, I would be more lenient with that person in terms of allowing them time to find another position, than say I would about someone who didn’t explain their poor performance. (often in sales poor performance accompanies dislike for the job) Secondly it gave me more time to plan for the replacement…so the position was being covered all throughout the advertising, interviewing and hiring phase with overlapping in cases where it made sense to do so. People hang on to their “unhappy” jobs because they fear they won’t replace their income in a new job or they fear the change or the unknown. (the devil you know is better than the one you don’t) Fortunately most of my sales teams who moved on found their situation improved on a variety of fronts. Sometimes that included less pay but more happiness!
“Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine. ~Robert C. Gallagher”

Ken

Comment on Working on your business vs. in your business by Ken

Ken — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:17:58 +0000

Geoff, rah rah, very good…when’s the book coming out?

Comment on How do I know what I don’t know? by Audrey

Audrey — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:35:37 +0000

Love the format, love the message and love the guy! You rock! I think that this is a brilliant idea, answering questions in this format and then broadcasting to your contacts.
Did I tell you how cute you look on camera?

Have a great weekend and congrats on the streaming vidoe blog!

Aud

Comment on Wildebeest & Zebra weigh in on collaboration by Intentional and otherwise « Use My Sky

Intentional and otherwise « Use My Sky — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:15:07 +0000

[...] Aaron just sent me an interesting clip of Geoff Crinean talking about collaboration, how it brings you to places you couldn’t have gone without it. I think each student learned [...]

Comment on And now for something completely different… by Larry LaRose

Larry LaRose — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:21:15 +0000

This is an oft-overlooked practical strategy. Most folks want to leave their present position because of many frustrations that have built up over a long period. I call this the breaking point. One thing I’ve learned over the past few years (including my experience living and working in Sao Paulo) is you have to train yourself to recognize problems, be it bad bosses, low pay etc., early.

Your gut feeling may be strong enough to know you have to change. It is often at odds with external pressures such as raising a family, debt, lifestyle desires etc.

The transition to something that is pulling you (as you have reminded me many times) is much more manageable and desirable. Focusing toward a change is more enabling rather than being pushed out of a job because of constant frustration.

Being self aware and recognizing various elements about your life and where you want to go early is key.