http://blog.momentor.com/questions-for-effective-change Increasing Career Momentum Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:28:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.momentor.com/questions-for-effective-change/comment-page-1#comment-697 Personal Development Posts | Personal Hack Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:06:44 +0000 http://blog.momentor.com/?p=70#comment-697 [...] Bock presents Questions for Effective Change posted at [...] [...] Bock presents Questions for Effective Change posted at [...]

]]> http://blog.momentor.com/questions-for-effective-change/comment-page-1#comment-534 Francine K. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:38:41 +0000 http://blog.momentor.com/?p=70#comment-534 I've been in "knowledge worker" jobs most of my adult life and have repeatedly risen to high managerial, if not C-level, positions, without ever having been able to answer that "ideal day" question. In part, it's because I'm one of those people who had to sacrifice any idea of what I _wanted_ to do to the necessity of supporting my family. I've never really had a lot of personal stake in my jobs other than a basic ethic of wanting to do my best, but paradoxically I think that has freed me to take risks and that is why, by many people's standards, I've succeeded. But I've been stumped by the idea of long-term goals all my life: personally, because it makes me too sad to think about, and professionally, because I just didn't get it. Your little checklist is helpful if I can just keep the focus on what is expected of me where I am, right now, and keep personal desires out of it. Thanks. I’ve been in “knowledge worker” jobs most of my adult life and have repeatedly risen to high managerial, if not C-level, positions, without ever having been able to answer that “ideal day” question. In part, it’s because I’m one of those people who had to sacrifice any idea of what I _wanted_ to do to the necessity of supporting my family. I’ve never really had a lot of personal stake in my jobs other than a basic ethic of wanting to do my best, but paradoxically I think that has freed me to take risks and that is why, by many people’s standards, I’ve succeeded. But I’ve been stumped by the idea of long-term goals all my life: personally, because it makes me too sad to think about, and professionally, because I just didn’t get it. Your little checklist is helpful if I can just keep the focus on what is expected of me where I am, right now, and keep personal desires out of it. Thanks.

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