Become an "Untouchable" NOW!

In his book The World is Flat, (copyright © 2005 by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux) New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman presents a view of the future in which evolving technologies will level the playing field for business owners worldwide. Traditional corporate hierarchies will likely be replaced by highly specialized online communities sharing similar business interests. According to Friedman, to survive in this ever-flattening world, individuals must diversify their skills so that they remain viable competitors across many different careers. Those who do, those who attain a level of specialization that cannot be outsourced are, he claims, "untouchable." So if you want job security, join their ranks. Become an “untouchable" now. And if you don't? The fallout from such dramatic technological change may mean that those who haven't kept pace will lose the race for 21st century jobs. We are staking out territory in this new world to keep its network members informed, educated, inspired, and prepared for sweeping change by teaching the CEO of ME, Inc. mind-set. Individuals who have learned to manage their careers as a business will be well-positioned to deal with whatever comes their way. Those who don’t may well find themselves swallowed up in the connectionless void of The Black Hole. Key to successfully owning your career is networking. Networking is learning about the most effective ways to connect with others. It’s about building solid, trusted relationships from those connections then nurturing those relationships. In fact, networking is the insurance policy you take out to secure a place for yourself in the relationship-based global economy of the future. Finally, networking is just good sound business. Through effective networking you build one of the greatest assets to ensure your place as a viable contender in the race for 21st century jobs: business intelligence. As the CEO of ME, Inc., you will use that intelligence to run your career as a business and the one activity you must never stop is networking. It's the machinery that drives your CEO of ME, Inc. business. That shouldn’t come as a big surprise; after all, no effective CEO could stay in business long if he or she stopped making contacts — without them, your days as a CEO of ME, Inc. or anything else would be numbered. You can do it … I know you can!!! Coach Rod