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Chugach
Trad climber
Vermont
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Oct 13, 2013 - 08:45pm PT
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I love my work. I specialize in corporate turnarounds. The really nasty ones where a company is on the verge of liquidation and everyone is about to get wiped out in their own unique way.
It's super challenging, low odds, scary as hell, intellectual, chaotic, draining, rewarding and crazy amounts of fun for an adrenaline junky.
It's a nice break from my bucolic but boring Vermont ski town.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 13, 2013 - 08:51pm PT
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Chugach, wish I'd have known you last May.......
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Chugach
Trad climber
Vermont
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Oct 13, 2013 - 08:52pm PT
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LL if you have any lingering corporate debts I can help you chase them away.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Oct 13, 2013 - 09:33pm PT
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cubicles kill.
commuting kills.
exit strategy.
door # 3
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Oct 13, 2013 - 09:53pm PT
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Jeez Sandman.. you turned into a smart guy, saving companies?? Too cool. That's like hearing Sweeny turned into a successful writer..Now the Toad is starting a business in Denver..WTH is going on with the climbing bums from AK getting all uppity..
:)
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Oct 13, 2013 - 10:13pm PT
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Seems to me this depends on if you are independently wealthy, trust funded or actually have to support yourself. It's all well and fine to be hypothetical; for most of us it is not that easy.
edit: this is something I have been struggling a lot with lately. I hate my job. I make decent $. Just feel trapped economically.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 13, 2013 - 11:37pm PT
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OR....Joey's pickles. Dude, make it happen. We'll help. I'll rep them here. Have you read the book, The Barefoot Spirit ? But it would take a ton of energy to start a new product. But, we have our Salsa man that could give marketing input.
Choices....life is all about the how we spend our time and the decisions we make.
Love Ya Dude, lynnie.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 13, 2013 - 11:47pm PT
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johntp, you are the one this thread was created for. I worked for 20 years at a job I didn't love. I did it, and did it well, because my wonderful husband needed (maybe, maybe not now that I look back) me.
No human should work at a job (if possible of course) that they do not like. People were created with certain gifts. To often we are pushed by parents, educators and even spouses to pursue careers that do not fit our skills and talents.
My theory....people abuse substances because they are not happy with what they do. They are not happy with what they do because they were made/created to do and be something else.
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MisterE
climber
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Oct 13, 2013 - 11:52pm PT
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I have this book on my shelf, but it seems kind of silly...
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10b4me
Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
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Oct 13, 2013 - 11:53pm PT
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No human should work at a job (if possible of course) that they do not like.
I agree wth you 100%, Lynne. Unfortunately, the materialistic attitude of most people forces them to do just that.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 14, 2013 - 12:05am PT
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10b4me,
When you share a life with someone else and share it with love and intimacy you have to do just that....share. Two dynamic people have to bend and stretch with each others goals to create a life together. Dan and I did. But now I'm alone and I have a new life and the dynamic has changed.
I, the accumulator, am working hard to divest myself of stuff and live. Live simply on the planet and love my family and create beauty.
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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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Oct 14, 2013 - 12:32am PT
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played piano at the mustang ranch for 20 years,
Sounds like you're qualified to open up a place of your own...until you get some girls, you could run it by hand...
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