.: A Point of View
By:Todd Royer
This article may be reprinted in newsletters and on websites,
with resource box included.
If using this article, please send a brief message to: toddroyer
@toddroyerwriting.com
-- word Count= 466 words with 39 word resource box
-- word Wrapped to 55 characters-per-line.
-- URL: http://www.toddroyerwriting.com/show.php?id=010
-- autoresponder: article10@royal-responder.com
--author photo: http://www.toddroyerwriting.com/pic.htm
--date of copyright: August 2005
This article was checked by spamcheck and is spam-safe.
A Point of View
I once heard a historian say his entire career was
about developing a view. He studied international
history and was familiar with global politics and
economics. His vision afforded him not only a view,
but also a point of view -- he had opinions. Career
development, like history, is also a matter of
developing vision. With vision you gain a point of
view and all the opinions that come along with
perception.
One way of looking at this is to realize that by the
time you reach the end of your career, you'll have a
vision of how it all happened. You'll be able to look
back and describe every part: You'll have your own
heroic vision and you'll also have opinions about what
you see. But career development is a matter of
looking forward and only partly a matter of seeing the
big picture. Career development also requires micro
vision: that is, seeing the course of a day and the
pattern of a week. Professional growth requires you
to develop and hold both a micro vision and a heroic
vision together in your mind.
It's easier to see that big picture if you have hopes.
For example, I hope to become ___ (you fill in the
blank). But the realities of this very competitive
world make it difficult to select and pursue your
hopes. You'll have to deal with many small choices
and intervening crises. To succeed at the big picture
you must have a grasp on more immediate terrain. The
question becomes: how does my micro-vision and the big
picture fit together? And the answer is: you must
learn to understand scope.
By dictionary definition, scope means: 'the area that
the mind can cover; range of view; extent of
perception or intellectual grasp; as, beyond the scope
of a child's understanding.' But in more practical
terms, scope is a tool. Boat builders use a list of
all the construction phases they must complete to
build their boat; they call this list the scope.
Carpenters study this list, affording themselves a
vision of how their project will progress. Sometimes
it's a single page list, which usually means they're
building a small boat; yet for a large boat, the scope
list can be many pages long.
Similarly, career development requires you to have a
mental grasp of your days and weeks. In your mind you
can scope (or list) the various parts of your day and
the diverse parts of your weeks. So scope is one of
the tools of vision and has everything to do with how
the big picture and micro vision fit together. Scope
gives you a view of your career development and allows
you to hold a point of view about the problems you
encounter along the way.
© by Todd Royer. All Rights Reserved.
*******# # #********
Todd Royer has been writing for the internet
for 2 years. He has helped hundreds of people with
their professional growth. If you would like a
free subscription to Career Development Weekly, click
below:
http://visitor.constantcontact.com/optin.jsp?m=1101053082339
********************************
A list of Career Development articles by Todd Royer are
available for reprint at: http://www.toddroyerwriting.com
Article Source: http://www.articles32.com
Todd Royer is a seasoned career development specialist. He is experienced in managing organizational growth by recruiting competent confident people. Currently he is Senior Partner at DiscoveryTech, Technical Recruiting.
.: New Career Articles
1). Waiver Of Approval For Military Active Duty Services For People With A Criminal History
This article is about getting a Waiver of approval for active duty services in the military if you have a criminal history.
2). Comparison Of Army Tankers And Marine Tankers
This article is about how Army Tankers and Marine Tankers are different from each other, but with the same goal in mind.
3). How Do You Want To Be Treated?
A leader is best when people barely know that they exist, not so good when people obey and acclaim them, worse when they despise them.
4). Getting A Job With Help From Microsoft Office
Getting a new job can often be just as challenging and stressful as being employed! When job hunting, you have a large number of contacts to keep track of, CVs and covering letters to write, interviews to prepare for and appointments to keep.
5). How To Write A Great Cover Letter
Many people think that cover letters are a wasted effort and that employers skip right to the resume, but the truth is that a cover letter is the first thing an employer sees as a representation of who you are and needs to catch their interest and look professional.
6). Single Moms in the Military
This article provides information for single moms who want to join the military.
7). The ABC of Bartending Basics
A brief introduction to the life as a bartender and why it is so attractive.
.: Top Career Articles
1). Ancient Egyptian Boats
Egyptians pioneered the development of river craft and there were many different types built for various uses. Agricultural produce, troops, cattle,
2). Pharmacist Resume Samples Will Help You Create An Unmistakable Resume!
Pharmacist resumes must have information of your experience relevant to the position in a quick and clear format. Employers are interested in a highly qualified person and customer friendly attitude.
Apart from highlighting your qualifications, contact information, experience etc, the following points will provide a hint on how to prepare the resume for a Pharmacist position.
3). CeMAP Mock Exam Papers
Are you looking for CeMAP mock exam papers? If you are interested in becoming a mortgage advisor but finding it hard to pass the cemap exams, we can help!
Mostly, five-day cemap training courses in London are based on groups of around 10 people for ease of control and ability to interact with the tutor. The courses are extremely focused, intensive and prepare delegates for the CeMAP 1,2,3 exams.
4). Nursing facts that everyone should know
Most people say it is a career about caring. Others say it is a job about professional administration of medications and cure to patients. Some say it is the duty to work out predicaments by using critical thinking skills.
In whatever way you want to call it, nursing is, indeed, a conglomeration of all these beliefs and the faculty of many other skills.
5). Need a New Career? How to Become a Welder
Find out how to prepare for a welding career.
6). Employee Conflict Resolution
Doin' it Old School - Written by Arizona Human Resources Outsourcing Professionals
In most cases, employees will spend as much if not more time with each other than they do with family and friends when you take into account a 40+ work week. Employees will butt heads every now and again when you have a group of people with varying personalities in close proximity to one another for extended time periods.
7). The Female Firefighter
Firefighting is no longer just the domain of the male. Just like every other career, trade, or profession women have made inroads into this traditionally male territory.