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All right , listen up , it's the old

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jarhead back again , to give you some

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great financial advice Advice

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that is guaranteed . What did I say

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? Financial Whoa ? That's

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not correct . It's career advice , but

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today it has a financial

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twist . So

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I'm going to give you some good advice today , and it's

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based on an

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email I got from a financial planner on

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the four areas to focus in for

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financial success and

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I looked at it . I thought this is a reasonable

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approach . It was basically you set

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goals , you measure your progress , keep

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emotions in check and work with professionals

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Kind of a pitch to hire them right , but

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anyhow . So I thought maybe there's some good nuggets

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in here and how it could apply to

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your career . So let's

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get going on thinking about that . So let's take a look

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at those four areas , those

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four focus areas , and how they may

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apply to your career . First

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is goals . Bottom line . You

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need to set them for your career . How

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can you have professional growth if

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you don't know what you want

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to grow to be ? You

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got to have it right Now . Growth can be in

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a lot of ways . One might be where

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you want to go from where you are to

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a management position . Another

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may be more technical , something like

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becoming a master plumber or

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getting your PhD in engineering

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. So what

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you need to do is to think about

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where you would like to be in a

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period of time such as maybe a couple

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to five years , and then that becomes

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your goal . I know , when

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I started with my last company , I was hired as

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a senior analyst , but I set a

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goal for myself to become a project leader within

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two years and a program manager within five

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. Those goals kept

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me focused on the sorts of projects

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and customers that I wanted to work with

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, and ultimately I progressed faster

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and I was a PM in about three

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years , but I knew where I wanted to

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go . So think about where

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you would like to be in the future and

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make that your goal . So

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next measure progress

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right . Second step it's

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essential to keeping your goal . You

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need to set intermediate

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goals . In my case , my ultimate goal was

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to become a PM within five

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years , but the step I needed to take

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to get there was to become a project leader . So

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that was my way of measuring success

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toward my ultimate goal of being a PM

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. So do the same for yourself . If

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you want to get an advanced degree within

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, say , the next four years . Think about what you need

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to do over those four years that will lead

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to that degree and measure your

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progress . Too many people fool

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themselves by setting a far off

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large goal , but do not set intermediate

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goals to measure their progress and

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when the time comes close that they said they wanted

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to achieve their goal , they're not even near

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where they should be . Don't

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be like them . Set

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intermediate goals and measure your progress

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and if you get off track , think about

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why you got off track and how you can adjust

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your plans or either make your goals different

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than you initially intended . You

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may have to push your goals further out , but don't

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beat yourself up over this . Just realize that

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sometimes other priorities , like family and health

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, take over and you need to adjust

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your final and intermediate goals . Do

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it then . Get back on track , okay

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. Moving on the

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third one , keep emotions in check . So this was

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focused on market volatility and

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the need to stay the course during periods of

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market volatility to achieve long-term

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financial goals . Right , okay , roger . Same

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thing could be said about your professional

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life . Let's say , a coworker

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gets the advancement that you want or

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somebody gets more credit for a project that

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you should have gotten that recognition for

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. You can't let your emotions

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get the better of you . It will do you

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no good . This is a good time

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to write out your thoughts on your

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own . Keep this writing to yourself . Write

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them out , maybe even more than once

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. Okay , I found that that helps too

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. Throw the first one out . Start all over again . It

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settles your mind and gives you

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the calmness that is essential should

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, for example , you want to talk to your boss

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about why you didn't get that promotion or

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project credit . Asking

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for this feedback in a calm , professional

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manner could do a couple things . One

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is make the boss aware of your feelings about

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the situation . Maybe she did not realize

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that you wanted a promotion , but

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the best reason for this is that you may learn

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of a weakness you have , but you

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did not know , and so now you can

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work to eliminate that weakness . Now

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you've turned what you thought was a loss into

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something positive . So

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keep your emotions in

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check . Finally

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, the focus on getting

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professional help . What the financial

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advisor tried to get across was to hire

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them to manage your financial

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investments , but for us , I

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think this could mean get a mentor

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, even an informal one

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, somebody who can guide you

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and is willing to give you advice that you

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may not want to hear , but need to hear Someone

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who has your best interests at heart and

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is able and willing to give you the time

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. And it really helps if it's somebody

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you just enjoy being around . Okay

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, so there you have it . Financial advice

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turned into career advice by the old jarhead

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have a goal , measure progress

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, keep your emotions in check and

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get a mentor . I guarantee

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you this will help . Thanks

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for listening and tell your friends

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and look forward to next week's Bye , thank

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you , thank you

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