My own words.

As I play then work; feel then love; so am I constructed.

Successful Failures is a Myth for Most

Handler, the ideas guy on CBC writes an article about Steve Jobs and the myth of successful failures.  Jobs has been quoted as saying that his being fired from Apple was one of the best things that happened to his career.  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/10/11/f-vp-handler.html

The more some ideas get repeated the more true they seem to be even though most people's day to day life may not support the concept.  So myths are born and live on sometimes for much too long.  I'm not saying that myths are wrong just not very reliable source for truth as we experience it in everyday life.  It may be that nothing fails like failure.  But then that is another myth.

Passionate may not be Kool!

Another career counsellor started a debate about the use or overuse of the word "passionate" among our ilk.  It was like a mallet hitting a gong.  I cringe when I hear that word.  No wonder there are so many great jokes starting "My career counsellor told me...." I've searched in my own mind for an alternative that might capture something would be a more meaningful word or phrase.  It may be that we are ready for a new idea to guide career counselling rather than simply settling on a substitute word that just continues our established line of thinking.  So what might the new word be?