Comments on: Give Yourself Permission To Do Something Different http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-10/give-yourself-permission-to-do-something-different/ Leadership, followership, and purpose at work Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:29:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bret L. Simmons http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-10/give-yourself-permission-to-do-something-different/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 Bret L. Simmons Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:25:37 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1336#comment-1344 Hi Ajo, the good news is you can start ANYTIME at any point in your life! But if you don't experience this when you are young, it get's harder to believe you can do it. Fortunately for me I learned at a very young age to quit jobs I hated and change directions. I would still do the same today if it ever gets to that point. One reason why I am so big on personal branding. thanks for the question! Bret Hi Ajo, the good news is you can start ANYTIME at any point in your life! But if you don’t experience this when you are young, it get’s harder to believe you can do it. Fortunately for me I learned at a very young age to quit jobs I hated and change directions. I would still do the same today if it ever gets to that point. One reason why I am so big on personal branding. thanks for the question! Bret

]]> By: Ajo Cherian http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-10/give-yourself-permission-to-do-something-different/comment-page-1/#comment-1341 Ajo Cherian Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:47:33 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1336#comment-1341 Hi Bret. Congrats on your recent presentation to promote change. A career and geography change is something that brought me to the b-school at Nevada. It was a big change and one of the best things I've done but I'm still relatively young. Something that I've thought about is would it be harder for someone, say over 50, and lots of years of education and experience to drop all that to pursue a passion in a totally different field? Can you really start from square one the older you get? Hi Bret. Congrats on your recent presentation to promote change. A career and geography change is something that brought me to the b-school at Nevada. It was a big change and one of the best things I’ve done but I’m still relatively young. Something that I’ve thought about is would it be harder for someone, say over 50, and lots of years of education and experience to drop all that to pursue a passion in a totally different field? Can you really start from square one the older you get?

]]> By: Bret L. Simmons http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-10/give-yourself-permission-to-do-something-different/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Bret L. Simmons Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:03:46 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1336#comment-1333 And NOW is a great time to act! These really are times of tremendous opportunity. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience, Tom! Bret And NOW is a great time to act! These really are times of tremendous opportunity. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience, Tom! Bret

]]> By: Tom Glover http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-10/give-yourself-permission-to-do-something-different/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 Tom Glover Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:48:08 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1336#comment-1332 Bret, I think this is a great message. Three times in my work life (I don't actually call it my career anymore) I have given myself permission to do something different in a big way. After working as a banker for 13 years and becoming bored with it, I gave myself permission to become a non-profit executive. After doing that for 7 years, I had found my new passion in higher ed. I have great credit for anyone who is able to give themselves permission to do something different, either on the grand scale that I've done previously or on a smaller scale of trying a new marketing technique that others in the field aren't. When we stick to the same old, same old we get stale. Giving ourselves permission to do something different keeps life fresh! Bret,

I think this is a great message. Three times in my work life (I don’t actually call it my career anymore) I have given myself permission to do something different in a big way. After working as a banker for 13 years and becoming bored with it, I gave myself permission to become a non-profit executive. After doing that for 7 years, I had found my new passion in higher ed.

I have great credit for anyone who is able to give themselves permission to do something different, either on the grand scale that I’ve done previously or on a smaller scale of trying a new marketing technique that others in the field aren’t.

When we stick to the same old, same old we get stale. Giving ourselves permission to do something different keeps life fresh!

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