New Podcast Episode on Investing in Your Career

What you do with your paid time determines your current income, but what you do with your unpaid, non-reimbursed time determines your future. You can (no, you must) use those unpaid hours to improve your "career assets," by investing the time in building client relationships, breaking into new markets, and developing new skills to increase your future success.

My latest podcast episode, entitled "It's About Time" (based on my article True Professionalism), explores a powerful regimen to harness your most valuable professional asset: non-reimbursed time.

• 01:38 -- Calculating and assessing your non-billable hours
• 05:10 -- How to rethink the way you categorise time for a better ROI
• 08:20 -- 8 criteria to evaluate and prioritise your non-billable activities
• 13:03 -- A personal example of non-billable time management

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IMPORTANT: Podcast series subscribers should note that I'll be taking a break from posting new episodes in this careers series until after the holidays. The next new episode will be posted on Monday, January 8th, 2007.

New Podcast Episode on Managing Your Career Assets

Have you taken stock of your career "balance sheet" lately? Even if your career looks healthy and your income statement is great, you still need to worry about your assets -- your skills and your relationships.

My latest podcast episode, entitled How's Your Asset, explores how you can continuously improve your career by developing new career assets instead of just milking your existing job skills.

• 01:31 -- Evaluating your career balance sheet
• 01:54 -- Knowledge and skill as a professional asset
• 03:51 -- Your other asset group: client relations and reputation
• 04:47 -- The measure of client relationships: quality vs quantity
• 05:15 -- The dangers of the career path of least resistance
• 06:34 -- Asset-building vs Asset-milking
• 08:48 -- Moving Towards a Solution: The Personal Strategic Plan
• 09:08 -- Make your skill set specific
• 12:51 -- Why counseling skills trump technical skills
• 15:04 -- Accelerate your asset-building
• 16:49 -- The four kinds of debriefing that promote learning
• 20:31 -- Five questions to plan your career

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New Podcast Episode on Career Planning

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

-- US President Calvin Coolidge

What does it take to insure a lifetime of fulfilling and exciting career choices? With all due respect to Calvin Coolidge, more important than even persistence and determination is the passion that inspires persistence and determination.

My latest podcast episode, entitled No Regrets, explores how to coordinate your own Personal Strategic Plan for a passionate career that drives true success.

Timeline
00:30 -- Formative and important career advice.
02:05 -- The power of passion, drive, and determination.
04:05 -- Five questions for the continuous revision of your own Personal Strategic Plan.
06:00 -- Look to the recent past to find what would truly satisfy you.
06:49 -- What determines the quality of our work lives.
08:38 -- Play to your evil secrets. Don't suppress them.
09:38 -- The critical career choice you are facing right now
11:08 -- Just how important is other people's advice?
12:14 -- Don't sell: Buy!

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