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A life
of learning and changing
Written
5/27/2001, updated annually
As I went through
some serious life changes - I wondered about myself back to when I first
graduated from college... I built this chart, which I try to keep updated
to keep me grounded and moving.
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Year
[Age]
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Drive/Desire
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Job |
Activities/Trips |
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1998-1991
[18-21]
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Get
away from home
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H.S.,
College student, intern, retail, burger king, Dominos
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Panama
City, Daytona/Yankee Day, Orlando, Atlanta, Amway
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1992
[22]
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Work,
be independant
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Comcast
cable sales, video store
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FSU
trip
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1993
[23]
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Make
$$$
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Ad
agency intern, pizza boy
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900#
flop, Jamaica, umm - got married.
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1994
[24]
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Stabilize
income, make more $
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UPS,
design student
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Bought
first house, London, Clemson/FSU trip
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1995
[25]
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Shift
careers, what do I like to do?
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UPS,
MCI, Swan Media
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Internet,
Adult baseball
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1996
[26]
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Doing
"fun" work, learning, exploring
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Swan
Media
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1st
baseball trip, Cruise, Skiing in WVA, SF trip, Misscarraige
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1997
[27]
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1st
notion of get rich from Internet, what do I want to do w/my life?
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Swan/iXL
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2nd
baseball trip, Skiing in CO, Julia born, FLA trip
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1998
[28]
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Creative/Sales
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iXL
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Hilton
Head, NY
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1999
[29]
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Product
Manager, learn about business
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iXL,
Kinzan
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CA,
Syd born, LA, Big Bear, NY, LV twice
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2000
[30]
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Get
rich
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Kinzan,
AppGen
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FLA
trip, NY
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2001
[31]
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Numbness
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AppGen,
March of Dimes
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NY
(dad), cross country, Maine, VLC in Washington
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2002
[32]
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Family,
stability, focus
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March
of Dimes
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London,
San Diego, VLC in Detroit
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2003
[33]
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Confusion
in direction (again), family, being a great dad. Starting a new
business.... a new direction and a new challenge.
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March
of Dimes
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Royal
Carribbean Cruise in January, eBay Live!, Phoenix Summer staff
meeting
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| 2004 [34] |
Focused on
sales/marketing capabilities, running around like mad again, but
perhaps this time with a purpose (my own business?) |
MOD, TSS, and
other acronyms |
Phoenix Summer
staff, P&G biz trips (Ohio), Atlanta visit, New Orleans, Junior
Achievement, Coached Julia's baseball team |
| 2005 [35] |
New job!!!
Develop management/people skills, work at a more strategic level.
Sell TSS... move on - simplify my life. Yoga. Moved to CT. |
Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society |
San Diego, New Orleans, Florida, AZ (biz trips), Trumbull, Disney |
| 2006 [36] |
Enough
w/TSS, working hard at being a good manager/leader, focused on
balancing my life. Being with my wife and my kids. Coaching/Teaching. |
LLS |
San Diego, Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta, Ireland vacation, Dallas |
| 2007 [37] |
Unexpected job change to IRC - I'm suddently aware of the wider world around me and want to be involved somehow. |
IRC |
Washington DC, Africa, San Diego |
| 2008 [38] | Another
unexpected change, this time away from non-profit to Microsoft. Learned
a lot at IRC and am not headed off in another direction. The career
thing doesn't seem to matter as much as being w/my kids, coaching and
personal growth. | Microsoft | Seattle, San Diego, Atlanta | | 2009 [39] | Family, coaching, personal growth, my passions are clearly changing | Microsoft | Seattle, Atlanta, Golf is Hard TV |
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