Category: Career
Met the Author of Wise Craft
April 4, 2014
Every other week I visit the library to check out an audiobook for my commute. Luckily, I came in this Monday because I saw the poster for a meet the author event – Wise Craft by Blair Stocker, which was tonight. She was funny, witty, and encouraging. She dubbed all of her crafts easy, but […]
How to Make Your Commute Better
February 8, 2014
I recently started a new job as a market research analyst, which I love. It’s the best matched marketing job I’ve had since I got MBA. The only bad thing is the 45-60 minute commute. I grew up in a small town that was 4 miles wide, so I didn’t know what a commute was […]
What Can You Do? : Destiny Plan Q’s
August 17, 2012
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. — Bette Davis How will your destiny path be able to integrate serving others with serving yourself? I want to have a job that […]
Money Doesn’t Talk, It Swears: Destiny Plan Q’s
August 16, 2012
I loved this quote from chapter 2 of More Than Money: “The real value of money is not in its possession, but in its use.” How much is enough? How much money do you need each year to have a decent standard of living? How much to retire? What is the impact of those numbers […]
Measuring the Good Life: Destiny Plan Q’s
August 15, 2012
First, I must tell you that I took a little break from this book because I got a job. I don’t think I am above contemplating my life now that I have a job, but life has gotten busier. I also have a St. Bernard puppy, Hank, who is really hard not to spend time […]
Listening to the Little Voice: Destiny Plan Q’s
May 31, 2012
Kol Katan: Hebrew biblical term for your internal voice that urges you to realize your full potential. It is said that you must listen hard to hear it and when you do, you will find your true vocation and desires. – From More Than Money Who are your heroes? Why? The typical answer, my family, […]
Who Are You?: Destiny Plan Q’s
May 30, 2012
“If the things we believe are different than the things we do, there can be no true happiness.” – David O. McKay, Ninth president of the Mormon Church I love this quote at the beginning of chapter 1 in More Than Money because it enforces your true identity. You can’t be happy saying one thing and […]
The MBA Trap: Destiny Plan Q’s
May 29, 2012
Mr. Albion believes MBAs come in two basic packages: the Conflicted Achiever and the Passionate Striver. The former wants to make money early in life, pay school loans off, and then, years later, contribute to society through their passions. The latter wants to make a difference in the world right now with the business skills they gain in school. […]
Destiny Plan Q’s: Preface
May 23, 2012
I will be answering the Destiny Plan Questions that Mark Albion poses in his book, More Than Money in order to figure out what I want to be, where I want to go, and how I should get there. I will try not to edit my answers much so that they are real and top-of-mind. Your […]
More Than Money by Mark Albion
As an MBA graduate looking for a job, I am also looking for purpose. I got Mark Albion‘s book, More Than Money, for Christmas and I’m just now making time to read it. He poses four questions that “every MBA needs to answer”: Who Are You? What Do You Want? What Can You Do? Where […]
