Comments on: You're Working Two Jobs, Like It Or Not http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/youre-working-two-jobs-like-it-or-not/ Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marketing of Yourself « PierG (aka Piergiorgio Grossi) http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/youre-working-two-jobs-like-it-or-not/#comment-9561 Marketing of Yourself « PierG (aka Piergiorgio Grossi) Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:38:04 +0000 http://www.careerrenegade.com/?p=819#comment-9561 [...] of Yourself 31Mar09 Thanks to this post of the CareerRenegade blog, I can point out a great point well explained by Reid Hoffman: [...] [...] of Yourself 31Mar09 Thanks to this post of the CareerRenegade blog, I can point out a great point well explained by Reid Hoffman: [...]

]]> By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/youre-working-two-jobs-like-it-or-not/#comment-9560 Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:14:52 +0000 http://www.careerrenegade.com/?p=819#comment-9560 I've always struggled with the CMO part - of Michael Gerber's three parts of a business: Entrepreneur, Manager, Technician, I'm the first and third and totally not the second. The CMO falls into the Manager part and it doesn't interest me in the slightest. I want to come up with ideas and develop products and services and then deliver them. I don't want to bring in customers and I really don't care about the day to day management of the company. That's why I think that success small businesses are partnerships where they combine the mix of these traits. I’ve always struggled with the CMO part – of Michael Gerber’s three parts of a business: Entrepreneur, Manager, Technician, I’m the first and third and totally not the second. The CMO falls into the Manager part and it doesn’t interest me in the slightest.

I want to come up with ideas and develop products and services and then deliver them. I don’t want to bring in customers and I really don’t care about the day to day management of the company.

That’s why I think that success small businesses are partnerships where they combine the mix of these traits.

]]> By: Richard http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/youre-working-two-jobs-like-it-or-not/#comment-9559 Richard Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:09:25 +0000 http://www.careerrenegade.com/?p=819#comment-9559 A little scary, but true. I am good at technical work; I'm a computer geek. I'm not a marketer. Are there resources out there that can help those like me pimp ourselves? Like low-cost resume writing, or "professional image" designers/therapists. :D A little scary, but true. I am good at technical work; I’m a computer geek. I’m not a marketer. Are there resources out there that can help those like me pimp ourselves?

Like low-cost resume writing, or “professional image” designers/therapists. :D

]]> By: Ken http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/youre-working-two-jobs-like-it-or-not/#comment-9555 Ken Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:45:46 +0000 http://www.careerrenegade.com/?p=819#comment-9555 I like the marketing part of being an entrepreneur.Guess maybe because it new to me.I have been wearing so many hats for the last couple of years I'm ready to back down to two or three.In the words of Brian Tracy I am "the president of my own Personal Services Inc". Ken I like the marketing part of being an entrepreneur.Guess maybe because it new to me.I have been wearing so many hats for the last couple of years I’m ready to back down to two or three.In the words of Brian Tracy I am “the president of my own Personal Services Inc”.

Ken

]]> By: King’s Corner » Blog Archive » You’re working two jobs http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/youre-working-two-jobs-like-it-or-not/#comment-9556 King’s Corner » Blog Archive » You’re working two jobs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:32:58 +0000 http://www.careerrenegade.com/?p=819#comment-9556 [...] Fields says you’re working two jobs, like it or not. Given the state of the economy, this is good advice for graduates to keep in mind as they tackle [...] [...] Fields says you’re working two jobs, like it or not. Given the state of the economy, this is good advice for graduates to keep in mind as they tackle [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Fields http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/youre-working-two-jobs-like-it-or-not/#comment-9557 Jonathan Fields Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:36:13 +0000 http://www.careerrenegade.com/?p=819#comment-9557 @ Joe - great point. Truth is, as an entrepreneur, you're really working every job that needs to get done. I've had days where I gave out my CEO card in the morning and swept the floors in the afternoon. @ Joe – great point. Truth is, as an entrepreneur, you’re really working every job that needs to get done. I’ve had days where I gave out my CEO card in the morning and swept the floors in the afternoon.

]]> By: Joe Hafner http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/youre-working-two-jobs-like-it-or-not/#comment-9558 Joe Hafner Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:26:21 +0000 http://www.careerrenegade.com/?p=819#comment-9558 I would argue that the "entrepreneur/visionary" and "CMO" hats are not the only two that we need to wear. There is the obvious third hat: "actual work". Clearly, we need to have vision and passion for what we do, and we need to learn to market ourselves to advance that passion and vision. But let's not forget (especially in the wake of the recent failure of massive financial institutions) that real value needs to be transferred in the process. In my mind, the new career skill is learning the rhythm and cycle of when to wear each of the three hats. I would argue that the “entrepreneur/visionary” and “CMO” hats are not the only two that we need to wear. There is the obvious third hat: “actual work”. Clearly, we need to have vision and passion for what we do, and we need to learn to market ourselves to advance that passion and vision. But let’s not forget (especially in the wake of the recent failure of massive financial institutions) that real value needs to be transferred in the process. In my mind, the new career skill is learning the rhythm and cycle of when to wear each of the three hats.

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