Here is a really interesting segment that was broadcast on 60 minutes and was passed on to me. It gives some good insight into my generation. If the video below is slow to load up, here is the link to the story.

This comment was left by Izabella Tabarovsky, a career exploration and transition coach. I found it very interesting so thought that I would share.
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Hi Sean,
I can’t tell you how much I’m inspired by your project and your message. Your statement in “My Generation” sounds like a manifesto I would sign a hundred times over! [...]

Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, gave the 2005 commencement speech for Stanford University. It is quite insightful and I think re-assuring to those who find themselves in a similar situation to myself.
You can find the entire speech here:
Watch it or Read it
Here are [...]

We finished up at the Hespeler Animal Hospital yesterday and are heading off to Montreal tomorrow. Louise treated Ian and I to lunch yesterday which was really kind of her. It was great to have some time to sit down and chat away from the hospital setting.
We spoke about her business, work-life balance, managing the [...]

Mark Anderson recently wrote a provocative column for the Ottawa Sun, examining Sean and the One Week Job project from a new angle.
He writes:
“To a greater or lesser extent, we’re all defined by what we do. Worse yet if we’re not doing what we think we should be doing, if we’re not “living [...]

I am currently in Vancouver for a good friends wedding this weekend. I am not working a One Week Job this week – Ian and I are trying to get things all organized to head out to Toronto this Sunday where we will start production of our new Internet TV Show.
Here is something that Ian [...]

My career coach, Alan Kearns, has a new book that came out the end of last month. Alan is one of Canada’s foremost experts on all things relating to careers with more than 14 years of experience coaching people through successful career changes.
His new book is called, “Get the Right Job, Right Now.” It [...]

Do you remember Erin who I met while I was working in Alberta a few weeks ago? Well, she sent me a quick email that said:
“Hey Sean! So I quit my job on Monday (finally!!!) at 11:45am and at like 2pm I got a call for an interview for this job I applied [...]

After trying to avoid it for the first 15 minutes, I realized quite quickly that there is just really no way around it; having cow manure all over your hands and occasionally splat on you is just part of the job. I call it “surrendering to the pooh.” It is kind of like [...]

Shortly after graduating from college, I made a promise to myself:
I will not settle for a career that I am not truly passionate about, I will not allow yearning for weekends and the illustrious two week vacation a year to define my life, I will be in a positive work place situation and I [...]

The first day of my crash course to becoming a Yoga Instructor went very well. I haven’t done much yoga practice in my time and was quickly reminded that it is quite challenging and that I am definitely going to be sore by the time Friday comes around.
I wonder how many people [...]