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"Career Lessons from Susan Boyle's Success"

Posted by Penelope Trunk: "I never watch American Idol, or other talent shows. I think I got my fill of them in the 1970s, watching year after year of the mind-numbing Miss American pageant. But there was too much hoop-la with Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent, so I had to see what I was missing. I ended up watching her audition fifty times. Because every time I'm feeling slow or unmotivated or depressed, the clip cheers me up.

Last night she sang in the semi-finals, and what struck me most while watching her is how much we can learn about our own careers from watching Susan Boyle's. For example.

• Everyone loves to be a shepherd of talent...
• You can only shine if you set the bar high...
• Settling for a day job does not destroy you...

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Source: Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist,  26 May 2009

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on June 11, 2009 (boomark / email).