Career Satisfaction: Purpose, Autonomy, and Mastery

Peter Diamandis has written two books worth reading: Abundance and Bold.  Diamandis is a true visionary immersed in a dizzying area of big projects related to human longevity, space, and entrepreneurship. In relation to career counseling, Diamandis believes that there are three components necessary for happiness and success: purpose, autonomy, and mastery.  I was delighted to […]

Start of Another Career Year

The start of the school year is so ingrained in most of us that September really feels like the new year.  Connecticut school age students are forced to change.  They must advance a grade and start anew.  Connecticut workers who are stuck in a career are not forced to change (except due to layoffs).  They […]

Purpose: A key element of career satisfaction

Dave earns enough money to support his wife and three children in an upper middle class lifestyle.  He has a good boss, works for a stable company in Connecticut’s strong insurance industry, has reasonable hours, and is good at his job.  Sounds pretty great to most people.  Indeed, I had to remind him of this […]

Autonomy: One key element needed to move from career despair to career joy

I checked my voice mail.  17 messages.  I was an associate at a large Washington, DC law firm.  Message 1 was from the partner I was working with regarding the outline of a deposition (questions to a witness in a civil law suit).  Some background will be helpful.  I was a former criminal prosecutor in […]