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Tim Parkins

@timgparkins

Career Coach & Work Architect. I help successful but unhappy professionals craft a working life that works for them.

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This is nuts. These companies are so over-valued. While I sort of “knew” they were, I didn’t realize how badly. Yikes.

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Listening to the incredible Moonshots podcast, and love this amazing quote from Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross “intelligence is just going to flow like oil does”. Exciting times indeed.

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Starting before you’re ready means you will fail. Which is why you procrastinate; failing feels bad. But failure is a necessary part of the journey. The longer you put it off, the longer you keep your dreams up on the shelf, out of reach.

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I find it so sad that people have such a pessimistic outlook on our future. We're living in amazing and exciting times, with an abundance of opportunities in front of us. I choose optimism. I'd rather be upbeat and wrong than cynical and right.

I find it so sad that people have such a pessimistic outlook on our future. We're living in amazing and exciting times, with an abundance of opportunities in front of us. 

I choose optimism. I'd rather be upbeat and wrong than cynical and right.
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Sadly, there likely are some people that want to see you fail. It's true that most people don't pay attention, but unfortunately, there are some people that are bitter and resentful, that can't stand seeing others succeed. Fortunately, you can choose to ignore them.

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Most people are addicted to the pivot. They hit the first sign of resistance (the "I’m bad at this because I’m new" phase) and they bail. They tell themselves they’re being "agile," but they’re really just running from the discomfort of the Foundation work. They are swapping the

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Burnout, boredom, and betrayal can all feel identical. But they don't have the same cure. Misdiagnose it and you'll spend years applying the wrong medicine — then conclude you're the problem. New issue of Work Reinvented breaks it down: Subscribe here: timparkins.com