The Plan-Ber

June 29th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

‘Young Black Professional Guide The Plan-Ber’Like many, one of my boys is doing what he thinks he wants to do academically and professionally, but isn’t making the money he wants to make. So he’s thinking about coming up with a plan B – a plan that will take him away from what he’s thought he wanted to do for a long time.

Many of us can relate. I’m in a field where you don’t make much in the early stages and very well may not make “a lot” ever, so I and many of my professional peers have been there myself. And few people can say that they don’t know anyone who changed their major in college when they realized life wasn’t going to be what they thought it would.

Yet another stage of what many have referred to as the “quarter-life crisis,” huh?

Arriving at the place where one’s “dreams” and “reality” are not on the same page isn’t the most comfortable place – especially if there is some serious doubt that they ever will.

Many of us have dealt with it at some point. I’m interested in knowing how you are handling this if you’re in a similar place or how you dealt with it, if this revelation was a part of your journey.

Why do you do what you do?
How’d you get into it?
How long do you plan to stay in it? Why?

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    two pieces of advice my dad has given me over the years:

    1) don't chase the money. do what you love to do. do it well. the money will come.

    2) study hard. take good notes. life is more than about just getting the 'A'. pay attention to the needs and desires of others and a good idea will hit you. just be sure to position yourself to earn that 'A' when the opportunity arises.

    while it's hard to keep focused on that goal is a ybp when you see your friends or colleagues in their new cars with their new iphones, just remember that investing in yourself always pays the highest dividend.

    life is a long race, not a short sprint. find your pace and stay on your path.
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    I felt like this just recently, but as of next month I will be 26 and as I get ready for that birthday I have change.
    I started to get more focus driven this was something I was lacking. I wanted to be a millionaire,but I was being lazy and then I woke up from my pipe dream coma and said it is now or never. If you start to focus more you can see reality a lot better.
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