Sometimes we get so hung up on the proverbial trees that we miss the forest.

Are you so hung up on the daily tasks of making a living that you’ve forgotten, perhaps, that you’re here to make a life?

Where are you going with this thing (life), anyway?

Are you climbing the ladder as fast as you can, and not taking the time to figure out if your ladder (and I hope it’s a Werner ladder, by the way) is propped up against the right wall to begin with?

Are you missing the obvious in your life and career search?

TAKE THIS TEST — it’ll take you just a few seconds.

So, Dream Job Seeker, are you missing the obvious?

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Are you still in that inner-struggle-early-stage-gotta-love-life-but-don’t-have-a-freakin’-clue-what-to-do-about-it phase?

The So You Wanna? site might be helpful to you to jump start the synapses and get you thinking about which path to jump on.

Plus, it’s just a lotta fun.

Check ‘er out.

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Today’s Quickie Motivator Podcast comes from one of Jeffrey Gitomer’s little jewels, the Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude.  Let me know what you think of these podcasts.  I plan to do many more.

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A:  All of them.

PS  The trick?  Choosing one and sticking with it.

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Fun article and some nifty career and job advice, along with ideas, here at 25 Dream Jobs for Geeks.

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Today’s Quickie Motivator Podcast comes from an unknown (at least to me), 17 Lies That Are Holding You Back & the Truth That Will Set You Free, by Steve Chandler.

Let me know what you think of these podcasts.  I plan to do many more.

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I always wanted to be a ___________________ [fill in the blank with your favorite coulda-shoulda-woulda dream job] but I couldn’t ever quite get there because ________________________ [now, fill in that blank with the excuse/reason/person/whatever that kept you from your dream job].

Ya know, if I ever hear someone tell me that again, I think I’m going to barf all over myself.  Really.  I just don’t want or know how to accept these kinds of comments.  As Bill Cosby might say, “Come on, People.”

I mean, really.  Do you believe that there’s really anything other than yourself who’s holding you back?  Unless you’re physically locked up, strapped down, or held hostage, I just can’t believe there’s not a way out and on to your dream job and the life that you want outside of cubicleville or burgerland or whatever other trap you’ve found yourself in.

So, it was with such incredible joy that I came across this passage from my favorite historian, David McCullough, in his gem of an essay called No Time to Read? and here it is:

Once upon a time in the dead of winter in the Dakota territory, Theodore Roosevelt took off in a makeshift boat down the Little Missouri River in pursuit of a couple of thieves who had stolen his prized rowboat. After several days on the river, he caught up and got the draw on them with his trusty Winchester, at which point they surrendered. Then Roosevelt set off in a borrowed wagon to haul the thieves cross-country to justice. They headed across the snow-covered wastes of the Badlands to the rail head at Dickinson, and Roosevelt walked the whole way, the entire 40 miles. It was an astonishing feat, what might be called a defining moment in Roosevelt’s eventful life. But what makes it especially memorable is that during that time, he managed to read all of Anna Karenina. I often think of that when I hear people say that they haven’t time to read.

All right now, Dream Jobber . . . you don’t have time to sink your teeth into prepping for something — a change in career — that you’ve wanted your whole life?

Come on, People!

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Need a resume?

Think again, says guru Seth Godin.

If you’re good, why not show ‘em what you’ve really got?  (Hint:  A resume can’t do that.)

If you’re not, why throw yourself into the pile?

See Godin’s take on this for more.

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