Cool Careers

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Carolyn Boyes. Cool Careers

Contents

Introduction

What is a cool career?

Is it time for a cool career? So what is cool?

Cool careers

Am I ready to be cool?

Types of career cool

Do I have a cool career?

Why do you need a cool career? COOL CAREERS ARE SO THIS CENTURY

START THINKING COOL

PASSING THE PARTY TEST

IF YOU’RE NOT PROUD, IT ISN’T COOL

The Coolometer

How to build a cool career

BLAZE YOUR OWN TRAIL

Ten steps to getting a cool career

1. NETWORK, NETWORK, NETWORK

2. THINK CREATIVELY

3. LIVE WITH CONTRADICTIONS

4. KEEP FLEXIBLE

5. FAILURE IS OK

6. TAKE SMALL STEPS TO GET YOU TO THE BIG GOAL

7. KEEP LEARNING

8. BE PATIENT

9. RECOGNISE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY APPEAR

1O. TAKE A RISK AND BECOME SELF-EMPLOYED

Turning uncool into very cool

EXAMPLE 1: A COOL ADRENALIN CHARGED CAREER

EXAMPLE 2: A COOL CREATIVE CAREER

EXAMPLE 3: A COOL CAREER USING YOUR BODY

EXAMPLE 4: A PEOPLE CAREER

EXAMPLE 5: A PRECISE AND DETAILED CAREER

Finally

1.In the know

I can keep a secret

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I want to be the first to know

COOL AND CALCULATING

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I want to get to grips with evidence

INVESTIGATIVE COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

2. Past, Present and Future

I like to live in the future

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I like to live in the past

CLASSIC COOL

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I want to do something this century

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I want to have retro cool

RETRO COOL

3. Outside the Mainstream

I don’t want to wear a suit and tie … CLASSIC COOL

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I want every day to be a little different. CLASSIC COOL

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

4. Adrenalin Charged

I am driven and ambitious

CLASSIC COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I want a life on the edge

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

COOL OR NOT SO COOL?

5.People love

I like to understand people and know what makes them tick

MENTAL COOL

VERY COOL

I want to help people change their lives

CLASSIC COOL

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I love children

KIDDIE COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I want to make people look or feel better

LOOKING COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

FEELING COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

6. Saving the World

I love the planet

NATURALLY COOL

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I want to save the people of the world

CLASSIC COOL

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

Animals are my best friends

CLASSIC COOL

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I love exotic animals most of all

VERY COOL

7. Sense-able

Sound strikes a chord with me

CLASSIC COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

Taste and smell make me feel good

CLASSIC COOL

VERY COOL

I want to create something beautiful

CLASSIC COOL

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

8. Living off your wits

I want to look at the big picture

CLASSIC COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I am fascinated by words and language

CLEARLY COOL

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

9. Down and dirty

I like to get my hands dirty

PRACTICAL, HANDS-ON COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I like things as much as (or more than) people

CLASSIC COOL

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I want to make money from my body

GET PHYSICAL

10. Striking it rich

I don’t care what I do, just show me the money

COOL CASH

* UNUSUALLY COOL

QUESTIONABLY COOL

I deserve a six (or seven) figure salary

VERY COOL

CITY COOL

What I really want is the champagne lifestyle

CHAMPAGNE COOL

I want the celebrity life by proxy

ENTOURAGE COOL

11. Up front and out there

I want to schmooze for a living

CLASSIC COOL

VERY COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

I love to show off

VISIBLE COOL

VERY COOL

UBER-COOL

* UNUSUALLY COOL

MOVIE COOL

OSCAR-WINNING COOL

12. Different from the rest. I want to have a very unusual career

THE UNCONVENTIONAL COOL 100

Index

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I like to get my hands dirty

I like things as much as (or more than) people

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