Career Advice From the Founding Fathers
A guest post by Ben Eubanks
While career advice is a hot topic these days, it probably was quite a bit different back in the 1700’s. Can you imagine what a helpful career tip would look like back then? Maybe “Don’t shoe an angry horse,” or “Make sure your barber bleeds you often,” or how about “Make sure you carry your firearm to work, because you never know when the British will attack.”
While those may be a bit silly, here are a few pieces of “career advice” from the Founding Fathers that could actually be useful today. Continue reading reading about career advice from the founding fathers …
Liberty, once lost, is lost forever. -John Adams-
Let’s get a show of hands. Who out there really wants to sit in a cubicle in front of a computer screen all day? Anybody? Nobody? That’s what I thought. Now I want everyone to do something difficult, maybe even painful. Think about what you really want to do in life. Is that life goal a focus of your everyday actions? Read the above quote again. If the freedom to choose a better career and life for yourself is passed up, then the opportunity may never come around again. Never settle for what is comfortable when you have the ability to be and do so much more.
Article by Ben Eubanks and courtesy of Andrew G.R. and jobacle.com – your cure for carbon copy career advice!
