Career Advice

I have moved around a lot in the past 10 - 15 years. The grass was always greener on the other side. Just wanted to find my team and mentor and get set for the career. "Still haven't found what I am looking for" was the theme.

After hearing a few success stories, I had my Eureka moment and had been preaching that since.

- Know what you want. Focus on NOW, no matter what. And do well. Things will happen."

The takeaway or paraphrase is:

- always focus on NOW and do well even in time of adversity. Don't worry about the payoff - it will be there.

My theory:

It's a matter of survivorship. Within any organization, the management structure is a pyramid, arguably some are flatter and some are more tiered.

So only a few can make it to the top. It's just pure statistics. The career paths of the majority will flatten out at some point. Facing a choice, most tend to move to the grass that's greener or they will leave the organization for all the reasons in the world, better pay, better boss, better hours, work / life balance, better career path, the list goes on.

If,

- you hang on,
- you work hard,
- you have the end game in sight,
- you keep improving and reinventing yourself
- you get yourself ready for the moment

then one day, you will get the call.

Not because you are the best of the best, but because you ARE:

"The last man standing."

of your vintage year.

I rest my case.

p.s. I have a few good case studies to back up my hypothesis.