debunking the old career rules
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Presentation at the Naperville ALU Professional Development Conference - describing principles in Dan Pink\'s book: Johnny Bunko the Last Career Guide You\'ll Ever NeedTRANSCRIPT
“Debunking" The Old Career Rules: Applying New Millennium Rules
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Dissecting Today’s Title
“Debunking" The Old Career Rules:
Applying New Millennium Rules
Debunking – to expose and disprove false or exaggerated claims
Old Career –pursuit of consecutive progressive achievements especially in public, professional, or business life
Millennium - a period of great happiness or human perfection
New Career Rules –
direction for conduct which brings fufillment Click here for quick video
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Is This You?
Basically Good Person
Good grades/academic achievements
Took all the advice
Followed conventional wisdom
Got a job at a Company –
And are WORKING HARD – HARDER THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED…..
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In A Tailspin?
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Lesson #1 – THERE IS NO PLAN
YOUR CAREER PATH
You thought you had done it all right.
You:
Put your nose to the grind stone (so to say)
Got really busy
Sucked it up
Paid your dues
And it feels as if things have not worked out,
Or have they?
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There is No Plan – But There Are Choices
Instrumental Reasons:
You think (hope?) it will lead to something else, regardless of whether you enjoy it or it is “worthwhile”
Fundamental Reasons:
You think it is inherently valuable (regardless of what it may lead to)
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Leaders “On The Path”“None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. …when we were designing the first Mac it all came back to me.” - Steve Jobs learns calligraphy/typography
You can’t
connect the dots
looking forward…
you can
only connect them looking
backwards. So you have to trust
that the dots will somehow
connect in your future.
You have to trust in something…..
- Steve Jobs
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Lesson #2 – THINK STRENGTHS NOT WEAKNESSES
“Whatever you are, be a good one….
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.
I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.”
- Abe Lincoln
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Don’t be Mediocre
YOUR PASSION YOUR STRENGTHS
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You Are Not Just One of the Crowd!
You are not “average” – that’s why you are here today!!!
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Lesson #3 – IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU
YOUR PASSION YOUR STRENGTHS
WHAT IS MOST NEEDED YOUR MISSION??Using your STRENGTHS, your PASSION, your TALENTS in service of others (e.g. helping the customer totally “dominate” in their competitive arena! )
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Lesson #3 – IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU
Improving your own life by improving the lives of others…..
Its about ADDING VALUE…. Its about helping the CUSTOMER/CLIENT….
YOUR STRENGTHS + YOUR PASSION
+ WORK WORTH PAYING FOR (Solving a problem or helping others) _____________________________________ = IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU
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Lesson #4 – PERSISTENCE TRUMPS TALENT
Yes, talent IS important…..(which is why you must identify your strengths)
But…. talent alone will not get it done.
Our corporate culture is rich in understanding that even small improvements matter… THINK CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT!!!Those most successful in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion... It is the [person] who carefully advances step by step, with [their] mind becoming wider and wider - and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation …, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.
- Alexander Graham Bell
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How Are You Motivated For Success?
The more INTRINSIC MOTIVATION you have, the more you are likely to persist.
The more you PERSIST the more likely you are to SUCCEED!!
“
Jawed Karim – Founder of You Tube
Motivated to be U of IL CS major – inspired that Univ. developed first popular web browser
Application rejected
Appealed w/statement “I promise you I will be a highly motivated/ dedicated student @ your school”
Accepted to U of IL
Met founders of Pay Pal
Started work at PayPal
Inspired to organize video clips of tsunami disaster scattered all over web, which led to YouTube…..
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Inspiring New Lead – Call for “Disciplined Passion”
“….so there is some discipline around passion. Now that is very difficult …to combine passion and discipline,
because passion is something like “et it out of the box and let’s see where the cards will fall”. We need to do both
those two things. We need to have the discipline, when we have a decision, to follow it and to execute it fast,
precise, exactly what we said we would; and the passion to have the ideas and the concept to add to that. That’s the
skill set.
It’s as simple as that. It’s not brainpower, it’s the ability to use brainpower in a passionate, disciplined way.”
“You know, there are many people who have in themselves the capability to win the Nobel Prize, but have not the combination/the key -- to have the willpower, passion and discipline to reach it.”
---Ben Verwaayn, CEO Alcatel-Lucent (9/24/08 Naperville Town Hall)
---Ben Verwaayn, CEO Alcatel-Lucent (9/24/08 Naperville Town Hall)
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Lesson # 5 – MAKE EXCELLENT MISTAKES
Make failure work for you…Learn from the negative:
A failed experiment is a rich source of information
Findings from “Secrets of Greatness – Peak Performers” Fortune Oct.30, 2006
We are not talking careless blunder, but “mistakes” you made when you thought big and took a chance……
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Take A Chance (with Purpose and Conviction)
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
--John F. Kennedy
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do”
--Eleanor Roosevelt
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Lesson #6 – LEAVE AN IMPRINT
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
-- Sydney J. Harris
American Journalist, Author of column “Strictly Personal”, Chicago Sun-Times
We are on this planet for a
short time, why not make a
contribution –
You have much to give!
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Making A Contribution @ Alcatel-Lucent Customer Technical Advocate, Product Manager, Software Developer, Accountant,
Engineer, Project Manager, Hardware Engineer, Technical Manager, Technical Support Engineer, Systems Engineer……..
EVERYONE WANTS TO AND CAN MAKE A CONTRIBUTION
(otherwise why get out of bed?)
No matter what your career path looks like --- LEAVE AN IMPRINT!
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1. There is no plan2. Think Strengths not weaknesses3. Its not about YOU4. Persistence Trumps Talent5. Make Excellent Mistakes6. Leave an Imprint
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PRESENTATION THANKS
Riverhead Books – Johnny Bunko Chopsticks
PDC committee – Johnny Bunko Lesson “Take Aways” –
Fortune Cookies
Zen Presentations – Select presentation graphics and
presentation flow inspiration
Wilson Learning – Its Not About You World Globe Stress
Ball give aways
Alcatel-Lucent University – Leave an Imprint Alcatel-
Lucent Notepad give aways
Your presenters – There is no Plan “Life is Good: Do what
you like, Like what you do” Coffee Mug give aways
Thanks to the following individuals/organizations for their support for the presentation: