Comments on: Excuses are Irrelevant

By: Bret L. Simmons

Bret L. Simmons — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:06:22 +0000

Welcome, Gary. Great words of wisdom. thanks for sharing them here. Bret

By: Coach Gary Henson

Coach Gary Henson — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:45:35 +0000

I really enjoyed reading this post Bret. I talk a lot about creating an invented future and how important it is to never give up on the life you most desire. We’re never too young and we’re never too old. Keep up the great work.

By: Bret L. Simmons

Bret L. Simmons — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:13:04 +0000

Welcome, Kurt. No good options with a pay cut from where I am sitting. I don’t want to make the best of it. I want to make something different and hope to avoid it altogether in the future. Thanks! Bret

By: Kurt Spencer

Kurt Spencer — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:35:25 +0000

Ha! My best HS teacher once said “Noone can take credit for what they have, only what they decide to do with it,” Speaking about potential.

That always stuck with me, they must give out a handbook of good quotes for the teachers.

Bret, I respect your position. A compensation cut under any name is still a pay cut, so what are your options? Piss and moan and bitch about something outside of your control, or take the opportunity to reposition yourself?

doesn’t sounds like a question to me at all.

-k.

By: Bret L. Simmons

Bret L. Simmons — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:57:45 +0000

Welcome, Matt. Potential might be worthless, but effort is very valuable. It’s how we learn how to perform. Thanks! Bret

By: Matt Gardner

Matt Gardner — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:09:08 +0000

I remember a quote from high school football.

potential is worthless… its performance that counts!

it goes without saying that the best things we accomplish in life are the things we planned and executed, not the things we dreamed of.

By: Bret L. Simmons

Bret L. Simmons — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:52:34 +0000

Alain: Love the Emerson quote – thanks for sharing. Your post makes me realize that I am actually re-learning something I have already been through. Complacency is intoxicating.

Linda: I personally hope to work until I die. I think staying active is a key ingredient to leading a long life. Your suggestion on the web format is interesting. This class would definately work in that platform. Let’s hope I just survive this course first

Thanks for taking the time to visit and share your thoughts. I appreciate your perspectives.

Bret

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:11:07 +0000

Bret – Thanks for a great post, and the book recommendations. In my work I have seen so many people get to be 40 or 50 and they haven’t put any energy into new learning or skills for the future, when clearly they will need to be in the workforce for some years to come. It is so important to self-renew, to not to become complacent, and to learn something new or try something new every few years. I will soon run a workshop for people seeking career re-invention and am hoping it attracts the mid-career folks.

Your Entrepreneurial Psychology class sounds awesome; maybe you will offer it in web format one day for those of us outside Nevada! Keep up the great posts.

By: Alain Jourdier

Alain Jourdier — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:07:25 +0000

It looks like necessity is the mother of invention yet again, just like when you were a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force with a Master’s degree. You knew then you needed to do something else with your life and you have…now you are at that juncture again. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Do what you are afraid to do.” That was my case when I came back from Vietnam and was a mess. I had to take a public speaking class in college and my prof said that after what I had seen and done, this was nothing. He forced me to grab that inner courage that set me free. I think, based on what I’ve learned so far from your websites, that this is what you have done all your life. You will find another path and it’s the exciting part of your journey. Being pissed is good. I am excited for you…Peace: Alain

By: Bret L. Simmons

Bret L. Simmons — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:38:08 +0000

the other two books I am using in my class are Me 2.0 by Dan Schawbel and Escape from Cubicle Nation by Pam Slim. Both of those books are also good and serve the purpose I was looking for. Thanks for the question! Bret