Reply #20: I have an idea for the near term

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Have you considered doing something radically different? Go take a bunch of tests such as MAPP, Meyers Briggs, DISC, etc. and see where the chips fall.

I know you could do marketing for an educational products company easily... but maybe there is something else. Education is projected to shift dramatically. Google the Future of Education ... there's a lot happening.

Think about doing something radically different. If you keep trying the same thing, it won't work too well. So do something very different. A book called the "Renaissance Soul" has a good framework for working out how to identify what that something different can be -- it is geared towards people who have multipotentiality -- can do many things well... but the beginning of the book has a good framework for identifying values and creating focal points and putting your plan into action. But I think there are a number of good ideas for people who are more focused... especially in that initial fuzzy phase where you are trying to define yourself.

Get out and do some public speaking in the mean time. Good luck.