"Forget passion. Goals are for Losers." - Counterintuitive Career Advice You Can Use

Here's a cool article I found on WSJ.com.  Especially useful for my young friends (who prolly aren't reading my blog).  Also amusing for fans of Dilbert. Here's a quote that I really like:

He said that every time he got a new job, he immediately started looking for a better one. For him, job seeking was not something one did when necessary. It was a continuing process.

This makes perfect sense if you do the math. Chances are that the best job for you won't become available at precisely the time you declare yourself ready. Your best bet, he explained, was to always be looking for a better deal.

Also, the comments are interesting and lively.  Here's one I like in particular from a guy named Arthur Kelley:

If you don't have Impostor Syndrome in every new job then you didn't aim high enough.

Click now to read how Scott Adams found success by being a failure.