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Saturday, 09 August 2008 |
By Donald Mitchell
 Salespeople know that if you keep asking someone to buy something, they will eventually purchase. Does that hold for getting a job from an employer to gain a new career opportunity? I don't know of any successes with that method, but there is another way to be persistent that does work: Continually add skills and keep an eye out for career doors that are about to open.
Life is full of career uncertainties and surprises. You can tell that by checking to see how many youngsters who wanted to become television stars, professional athletes, doctors, firemen, and concert pianists actually did so. Most youngsters fail to appreciate the limitations of their choices at the time, and many change their minds about what they want to do when they learn more about the field that first attracted them.
I learned this lesson about career surprises from one of my best friends. Let's call him Jake. His father was a well-respected physician who practiced as a specialist in urology. My friend followed in his father's footsteps, actually taking over his father's practice.
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