Best Career Advice Ever: We’re All Entrepreneurs Now

The Great Recession has changed many mindsets – and accelerated critical emerging trends.

Do you still believe once you find "just a job" with a solid company, you’ll be okay? That you can then relax for the next decade; life will be fine?

Those days are gone.

Everyone – and I mean everyone – now needs to think of themselves as "talent" to be managed, or as a personal brand to be promoted – either by ourselves, our employers, or our next employer. In other words, we all need to think of ourselves as entrepreneurs.

When do we need to start thinking this way? Now.

Full Story: http://www.youtern.com/thesavvyintern/index.php/2010/12/09/best-career-advice-ever-we%E2%80%99re-all-entrepreneurs-now/?goback=.gde_3665615_member_37247637

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This is why the Warren Miller Freedom Foundation http://www.warrenmiller.org/ is so important. It helps middle school students learn the challenges and opportunities of entrepreneurship. Even if they never start their own company, their knowledge about the complexities of entrepreneurship will support their careers and make them better employees.

Archived stories from the Foundation: http://matr.net/news.phtml?cat_id=112&catlabel=Warren+Miller+Freedom+Foundation

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