chapter 1 & 2

The pressure of the Linear path.  "From the time you played with fire trucks and people asked you if you wanted to be a firefighter" This is interesting to me because I recall people asking me if I was going to be a lawyer because I would always persuade my parents into things. Now that I have a son and he plays with cars people ask if he is going to be a race car driver.  I always interfere by saying he can be what ever he wants.  I agree with the book of the twenty century linear style of career paths.  It works for doctors and lawyers, but in todays world people need to be more open minded to what their options may be.  Still though it may be not as simple for some to know from a young age what career they want to excel in.

"The butterfly effect states that a small incident at he beginning of a process (such as a butterfly flapping its wings or a graduate speaking at a career event) can produce a large variation in the long-term outcome (ultimately causing a tornado or a new career)"p10.  Chaos theory, for me stands out very strong.  This is so true in everyday life, what one does that seems of little to no importance can have a meaningful impact in that person or on another in ways unimaginable by either people.  Sometimes the things we do, places we visit, and people we meet have simple but ultimately lasting effects on our lives down the road.  The example the book describes of the person majoring in psychology to become a professor but takes a class in anthropology and out of a summer internship in a museum (suggested by her anthropology professor) likes the work he/she did, in-turn attends a career program at the smithsonian institute where the person did the internship is motivated to introduce his/herself to the speaker, they stay in contact, the speaker later offers her a job as a fund raiser, is a good example of butter fly effect. This person never thought he/she would have been offered a job and have completely different career goals from a class in anthropology.

The exercise in chapter two keep you thinking of things to write down. Still feel I have more to put down,  I feel I am good with people and getting things done, I put honor before all and I am pretty hard on myself, I am my own worst critic. family is important to me, telling a loved one how much they are appreciated, loved and how I my be proud of them now in present time is important.  I want to make money but not a millionaire status. I would have been happy to be a fire fighter, I wasted time and have past the age limit to apply.  The job combines my love of helping others and adrenaline rush.