Comments on: What Color Is Your Parachute? The Flower Diagram

By: Walter Daniels

Walter Daniels — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:39:29 +0000

To commenter #1, you believe in yourself, and accept the hurts. Possibly, you may even find the one destined for you that will believe in you, in the process. In any case, you will know you have done what is right. BTDT.
I’m glad to see you reading WCIYP. :-) I’ve recommended it to so many, I should get a commission, from 10 Speed Press. I also tell people.”Read the book through, then go back and do the exercises. That way, you’ll understand what you’re doing.” It is absolutely the best job hunting book, I know of. If you don’t think it provides good advice, you did one of two things.
1) You did the processes wrong, and got bad results.
2) You don’t like being told what you are good at, and it not being what you wanted.

By: ChaKo

ChaKo — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:37:10 +0000

…then believe in yourself! Do what you think is best and don’t stop until it’s done. Good luck brother

By: Sidra

Sidra — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:06:32 +0000

hey if you’re going to be nitpicky at least be right :)

while ‘devout’ often has a religious connotation, it is not its ONLY meaning.

see:
1: devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
2: expressing devotion or piety
3 a: devoted to a pursuit, belief, or mode of behavior : serious , earnest b: warmly sincere

so looking at #3, ‘devout atheist’ is a good play on words and makes sense.

By: ok

ok — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:46:14 +0000

Sorry for being nitpicky, but..

>>This adjective means that someone has a strong belief in a religion

“Devout” : This adjective means that someone has a strong belief. Atheism is the -absence of belief- in deities.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:37:35 +0000

It’s been several years since I read “What Color is Your Parachute”. I remember enjoying the book, but I didn’t find much I could put into practice.

I think I need to go back and re-read it with a few years perspective. Thanks for bringing it back to my attention.

By: Stephan F-

Stephan F- — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:12:46 +0000

I hate this exercise.
The bad part of doing this exercise is realizing that the years and thousands of dollars put into my schooling are completely irrelevant to what want to be. And to top it off, my primary field is pretty much all outsourced anyway and my backup is going that way too.

The worst part is not getting any support from family or friends on making the changes needed. I can’t do it alone, my emotional reserves are too shallow. I am moving slowly, much too slowly, but each effort takes almost all my energy just to take a small step.

Lots of these kinds of books talk about mentors and mastermind groups and support but what do you do when no one believes in you?