Gerry L. Wright
@linnswann
Gerry L. Wright
@linnswann
One of your greatest responsibilities in life, to yourself and to your family, is to identify, develop, and maintain one or more important marketable skills.
It takes great strength to be vulnerable enough to put your ass on the line, in public, and work toward a dream that feels like it’s slipping away. We all have eyeballs on us. Our family and friends are watching, and even if you’re surrounded by positive people, they will have ideas about who you are, what you’re good at, and how you should focus
... See moreIn the achievement society, we suffer from an internalised pressure to achieve – to do more, to be more, to have more. Whether we are aware of it or not, we have internalised the capitalist work ethic to the degree that our successes and failures weigh heavily on our individual shoulders. The primary result of the achievement society is burnout –
... See moretoward a predetermined objective. If you don’t develop your skills at project management, you will still be involved in projects, but you will always be a team member and never a team leader.