Age Discrimination Lessons Learned IV of IV

Age Discrimination â€" Lessons Learned â€" IV of IV This wraps up age discrimination in the workplace (not necessarily in the job search).   Today is lessons learned. Lessons Learned: (1) Defend Be prepared to be smacked in the face with the dead fish of age discrimination. Like gravity, its a fact of life. Its not you, the quality of your work, or the anything else. Its a structural flaw in our own thinking. No one can help you but yourself. No one can postpone the inevitable. No law or regulation will succor you. (Have you seen how much you get for unemployment insurance? You have to be your own unemployment insurance!) Make your plans with it in mind. Dont get caught short. (2) Life Plan The old Wall Street Journal commercial has an element of truth in it. You have to learn. They want to sell you a subscription to educate and inform you. Really, you need your own written life plan. Has to be written. Wish Id done it. That old commercial recounts the anecdote about the written life plan. The 3% of the Harvard grads, who had it, achieved it. A Life Plan is critical for success. Even at this late stage, Im writing mine now. Five decades too late. But, who says you cant teach old dogs new tricks. (3) Trust nothing Assumptions, promises, facts. All meaningless. Only you matters. Be honest with yourself. Dont kid a kidder. Self-delusion is the worst of all disabilities. Wishing wont get you to the NBA; Pretending your going is insanity. If you write everything down, you have a stake in the ground. An anchor. Examine the facts and figure out how to test them. Examine your risks and manage them. Your resume tells all sorts of lies about being a strategic planned and heroic accomplisher, use those skills on your own situation. ***** Finally, JibberJobber is a tool use it. Recognize what it is telling you. You are alone in your life raft. But you dont have to be. Reach out and form real connections. Social networking is NOT LinkedIn, Facebook, and other sites. Its tying someone elses lifeboat to yours and paddling together. Wish I was better at it. Thats it. A rather somber topic this week. Age Discrimination â€" Lessons Learned â€" IV of IV This wraps up age discrimination in the workplace (not necessarily in the job search).   Today is lessons learned. Lessons Learned: (1) Defend Be prepared to be smacked in the face with the dead fish of age discrimination. Like gravity, its a fact of life. Its not you, the quality of your work, or the anything else. Its a structural flaw in our own thinking. No one can help you but yourself. No one can postpone the inevitable. No law or regulation will succor you. (Have you seen how much you get for unemployment insurance? You have to be your own unemployment insurance!) Make your plans with it in mind. Dont get caught short. (2) Life Plan The old Wall Street Journal commercial has an element of truth in it. You have to learn. They want to sell you a subscription to educate and inform you. Really, you need your own written life plan. Has to be written. Wish Id done it. That old commercial recounts the anecdote about the written life plan. The 3% of the Harvard grads, who had it, achieved it. A Life Plan is critical for success. Even at this late stage, Im writing mine now. Five decades too late. But, who says you cant teach old dogs new tricks. (3) Trust nothing Assumptions, promises, facts. All meaningless. Only you matters. Be honest with yourself. Dont kid a kidder. Self-delusion is the worst of all disabilities. Wishing wont get you to the NBA; Pretending your going is insanity. If you write everything down, you have a stake in the ground. An anchor. Examine the facts and figure out how to test them. Examine your risks and manage them. Your resume tells all sorts of lies about being a strategic planned and heroic accomplisher, use those skills on your own situation. ***** Finally, JibberJobber is a tool use it. Recognize what it is telling you. You are alone in your life raft. But you dont have to be. Reach out and form real connections. Social networking is NOT LinkedIn, Facebook, and other sites. Its tying someone elses lifeboat to yours and paddling together. Wish I was better at it. Thats it. A rather somber topic this week. Age Discrimination â€" Lessons Learned â€" IV of IV This wraps up age discrimination in the workplace (not necessarily in the job search).   Today is lessons learned. Lessons Learned: (1) Defend Be prepared to be smacked in the face with the dead fish of age discrimination. Like gravity, its a fact of life. Its not you, the quality of your work, or the anything else. Its a structural flaw in our own thinking. No one can help you but yourself. No one can postpone the inevitable. No law or regulation will succor you. (Have you seen how much you get for unemployment insurance? You have to be your own unemployment insurance!) Make your plans with it in mind. Dont get caught short. (2) Life Plan The old Wall Street Journal commercial has an element of truth in it. You have to learn. They want to sell you a subscription to educate and inform you. Really, you need your own written life plan. Has to be written. Wish Id done it. That old commercial recounts the anecdote about the written life plan. The 3% of the Harvard grads, who had it, achieved it. A Life Plan is critical for success. Even at this late stage, Im writing mine now. Five decades too late. But, who says you cant teach old dogs new tricks. (3) Trust nothing Assumptions, promises, facts. All meaningless. Only you matters. Be honest with yourself. Dont kid a kidder. Self-delusion is the worst of all disabilities. Wishing wont get you to the NBA; Pretending your going is insanity. If you write everything down, you have a stake in the ground. An anchor. Examine the facts and figure out how to test them. Examine your risks and manage them. Your resume tells all sorts of lies about being a strategic planned and heroic accomplisher, use those skills on your own situation. ***** Finally, JibberJobber is a tool use it. Recognize what it is telling you. You are alone in your life raft. But you dont have to be. Reach out and form real connections. Social networking is NOT LinkedIn, Facebook, and other sites. Its tying someone elses lifeboat to yours and paddling together. Wish I was better at it. Thats it. A rather somber topic this week.