Work - a challenging future or a life sentence ?

Many think they don't have a choice of job when they want to start work, but in practice those who lack ambition or imagination, or who are simply lazy, have often already made their choices!

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Finding Work  Short-term Excitement or Long-term Satisfaction ?

Starting Work  Show Initiative or Stick Rigidly To Instructions ?

Progressing at Work  Advancing Yourself or Advancing Your Company ?

Taking on More Responsibilities   "Worker" or "Manager" ?

Exploiting Communication Skills   "Salesman" or "Con-man"?

Exploiting Technical Skills   "Guru" or "Nerd"?

Exploiting Creative Skills   "Innovator" or "Doodler"?

In summarizing this section on 'Employment', it is important to remember that we are all individuals with our own strengths and weaknesses, and with honest endeavor, appropriate training and a degree of flexibility we can be assets to any company.  If we are capable of making sensible and objective assessments of our individual abilities, then we increase our chances of achieving happy and fulfilling employment instead of the constant frustration borne of imagining that our persona matches the ideal of our dreams.  The best company, like the best team, is not necessarily the one with the most widely talented individuals, but the one that best harnesses the diverse talents and aspirations of its people.

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