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Pursuing professional perfection.


Learn to take the bad with the good

Perhaps you are waiting to find the "perfect" job or work situation before you make a commitment. Well, you might find yourself waiting a long time. No job or work setting is perfect, no matter how glamorous glam·or·ous also glam·our·ous  
adj.
Full of or characterized by glamour.



glamor·ous·ly adv.
 it may be or how much you may love it. Every job has negative aspects that come with the territory.

In fact, something unpleasant or negative always comes with the territory. It isn't is·n't  

Contraction of is not.


isn't is not
isn't be
 a matter of finding something without negatives; the question is: what are you willing to put up with? If you choose work you love, it will be far easier to deal with the negatives than if you are doing work that you just fell into or that other people think you should do. Decide what you are willing to put up with, and then make your commitment.

Are you trying to figure out how you will accomplish your goals before you set them? Like many people, you may believe you can't afford to make a mistake in choosing a work direction at this point in your life. Don't don't  

1. Contraction of do not.

2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not.

n.
A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts.
 worry. Once you start out on a new path, your life will never be the same anyway. Regardless of what happens, you will meet new people, have new experiences and grow. And discovering that something is not right can be just as empowering as finding what is right. It takes you further along the path to where your heart really is.

What do you do if you have so many interests you can't decide which one to pursue? Just choose. It almost doesn't matter what you choose; just choose something and get started. The rest will fall into place. Either you will decide you were wrong and this choice should remain a hobby A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. Origin of term
A hobby-horse was a wooden or wickerwork toy made to be ridden just like the real hobby. From this came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn,
, or your commitment will feel right and will grow. Choose the idea that keeps coming to mind again and again. And as for all your other interests, think "both and," not "either or." There are ways to continue having them in your life. Perhaps they will be interests or hobbies It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of hobbies. , or you may pursue them later as other careers or combine them.

Based on No More Blue Mondays a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
- Brande & C.

a Monday considered as depressing because it is a workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.

See also: Blue Blue
: Four Keys to Finding Fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil  
tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils
1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises.

2.
 at Work by Robin A. Sheerer (Davies Black Publishing, $16.95). Copyright [C] 1999. Reprinted by arrangement with Davies Black Publishing.
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Title Annotation:choosing a career
Author:Clarke, Robyn D.
Publication:Black Enterprise
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 1, 2000
Words:393
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