Comments on: How I Became a Professional http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2008%2F09%2F17%2Fhow-i-became-a-professional%2F%23comment-&seed_title=How+I+Became+a+Professional Like a blog, but explodier Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Darryl Lewis http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2008%2F09%2F17%2Fhow-i-became-a-professional%2F%23comment-272908&seed_title=How+I+Became+a+Professional/comment-page-1/#comment-272908 Darryl Lewis Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:53:51 +0000 http://granades.com/?p=1876#comment-272908 Wow! You might remember that around the time I turned 40 I suddenly became much more comfortable in my own skin than I'd ever been before. I suddenly realized that it was perfectly OK that I'd never become a rock star...just a wedding singer similar to Adam Sandler in the movie. In fact, maybe being a wedding singer was better. Rock stars play stadiums where security keeps them so separated from their fans that they can hardly see the smiles or get to know anyone. At weddings, the guests dance within feet of the band. You can see them smiling and dancing, and even talk with them. You make less money than a rock star, but you have a greater personal impact on the lives to the people you're playing for. I began to like me as I am, which allowed me to be more self-assured in my decisions and my interactions with others. This post shows that you've had the same kind of revelation about yourself...but earlier than I did. You're comfortable with yourself, which is my you can now be more open to what your clients want. I'm really proud of you! Wow! You might remember that around the time I turned 40 I suddenly became much more comfortable in my own skin than I’d ever been before. I suddenly realized that it was perfectly OK that I’d never become a rock star…just a wedding singer similar to Adam Sandler in the movie. In fact, maybe being a wedding singer was better. Rock stars play stadiums where security keeps them so separated from their fans that they can hardly see the smiles or get to know anyone. At weddings, the guests dance within feet of the band. You can see them smiling and dancing, and even talk with them. You make less money than a rock star, but you have a greater personal impact on the lives to the people you’re playing for.

I began to like me as I am, which allowed me to be more self-assured in my decisions and my interactions with others.

This post shows that you’ve had the same kind of revelation about yourself…but earlier than I did. You’re comfortable with yourself, which is my you can now be more open to what your clients want.

I’m really proud of you!

]]> By: kat http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2008%2F09%2F17%2Fhow-i-became-a-professional%2F%23comment-205127&seed_title=How+I+Became+a+Professional/comment-page-1/#comment-205127 kat Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:37:20 +0000 http://granades.com/?p=1876#comment-205127 A lot of what you said in here resonates in the world of software development as well. There are times that we wonder about our customer's sanity in what they want, but the ones of us who have done well on my team are the ones that are willing to work with the customer and who have learned to act mature instead of whine constantly. Thanks for the post Misty! A lot of what you said in here resonates in the world of software development as well. There are times that we wonder about our customer’s sanity in what they want, but the ones of us who have done well on my team are the ones that are willing to work with the customer and who have learned to act mature instead of whine constantly. Thanks for the post Misty!

]]> By: GFMorris.com » links for 2008-09-20 http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2008%2F09%2F17%2Fhow-i-became-a-professional%2F%23comment-204995&seed_title=How+I+Became+a+Professional/comment-page-1/#comment-204995 GFMorris.com » links for 2008-09-20 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:42:40 +0000 http://granades.com/?p=1876#comment-204995 [...] How I Became a Professional » Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) [...] [...] How I Became a Professional » Live Granades (tags: gfmorris_comment) [...]

]]> By: Lisa http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2008%2F09%2F17%2Fhow-i-became-a-professional%2F%23comment-204679&seed_title=How+I+Became+a+Professional/comment-page-1/#comment-204679 Lisa Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:41:25 +0000 http://granades.com/?p=1876#comment-204679 Agreed! It resonated even to a stuffy ol'bean counter. And agreed, w/Goef, too. Coming to a place of contentment with your vocation (and more) is awesome. :-) Agreed! It resonated even to a stuffy ol’bean counter. And agreed, w/Goef, too. Coming to a place of contentment with your vocation (and more) is awesome. :-)

]]> By: Mark J Musante http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2008%2F09%2F17%2Fhow-i-became-a-professional%2F%23comment-204537&seed_title=How+I+Became+a+Professional/comment-page-1/#comment-204537 Mark J Musante Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:45:50 +0000 http://granades.com/?p=1876#comment-204537 Great post. A lot of what you say applies to software consulting as well, so I found this something I can very much relate to. Great post. A lot of what you say applies to software consulting as well, so I found this something I can very much relate to.

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2008%2F09%2F17%2Fhow-i-became-a-professional%2F%23comment-204535&seed_title=How+I+Became+a+Professional/comment-page-1/#comment-204535 Geof F. Morris Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:56:13 +0000 http://granades.com/?p=1876#comment-204535 Yay! I'm happy that you've found yourself in a good place with all of this. :) You do such good stuff. Yay! I’m happy that you’ve found yourself in a good place with all of this. :) You do such good stuff.

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