Wednesday, July 21, 2004
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS
There may be some good news on the horizon. It has been an interesting past 48-hours. First, the news...
Is that because of ME?
A story in the business section of the Post and Courier today: Tri-county unemployment rate increases
The story goes on to highlight the difficulty in finding employment in Charleston once you get fired. Well...that's only difficult to those who aren't willing to uproot themselves and move to a new/different area. And I guess if I can be of some good to you dear readers, I can tell you from my perspective what it's like. Some people have accused me that my posts since July 1 are too self-serving and possibly bordering on self-pity and bitterness. I tell you now: That view is incorrect.
This blog and my whole reason for establishing it has been based on the premise set by the title...Confessions of a Radio Talk Show Host...and that's exactly what it is. I give you the inside dope on the workings behind the microphone from my vantage point. It so happens that I don't have a microphone at the moment.
Now, on to my advice. America has changed for better or worse...improved travel capabilities, technology, information access, livibility, growth (painful or otherwise), and in a host of other ways. The American people need to change as well...those that have accepted the drawbacks of the above are adapting and overcoming.
Some people are workers where they live...others live where there is work. I said it a long time ago, that if you become sedentary and dependent on your surroundings, you'll end up bitter when life throws you a curveball. My wife and I talk about this all the time...taking the risk of leaving the comforts of what you know best is hard to do. You leave family, friends, neighbors and neighborhoods. One interesting statistic I remember reading somewhere is the fact that most people live and work within 50-miles of where they were born. But what is becoming clear to me is that people have to risk falling in the minority of that statistic if they want to better themselves...and live the life (and career) that they want.
Take it from someone who has left the nest, so to speak. I am one who upset the balance in some of my family members by moving as far away as I did. That statistic above? About 98-percent of my immediate family fall in the majority...
I'll have more tomorrow...including a report on a dinner I had with a former local radio household name. For now, I have to make a call...to see about fixing that unemployment number for George W Bush.
There may be some good news on the horizon. It has been an interesting past 48-hours. First, the news...
Is that because of ME?
A story in the business section of the Post and Courier today: Tri-county unemployment rate increases
The story goes on to highlight the difficulty in finding employment in Charleston once you get fired. Well...that's only difficult to those who aren't willing to uproot themselves and move to a new/different area. And I guess if I can be of some good to you dear readers, I can tell you from my perspective what it's like. Some people have accused me that my posts since July 1 are too self-serving and possibly bordering on self-pity and bitterness. I tell you now: That view is incorrect.
This blog and my whole reason for establishing it has been based on the premise set by the title...Confessions of a Radio Talk Show Host...and that's exactly what it is. I give you the inside dope on the workings behind the microphone from my vantage point. It so happens that I don't have a microphone at the moment.
Now, on to my advice. America has changed for better or worse...improved travel capabilities, technology, information access, livibility, growth (painful or otherwise), and in a host of other ways. The American people need to change as well...those that have accepted the drawbacks of the above are adapting and overcoming.
Some people are workers where they live...others live where there is work. I said it a long time ago, that if you become sedentary and dependent on your surroundings, you'll end up bitter when life throws you a curveball. My wife and I talk about this all the time...taking the risk of leaving the comforts of what you know best is hard to do. You leave family, friends, neighbors and neighborhoods. One interesting statistic I remember reading somewhere is the fact that most people live and work within 50-miles of where they were born. But what is becoming clear to me is that people have to risk falling in the minority of that statistic if they want to better themselves...and live the life (and career) that they want.
Take it from someone who has left the nest, so to speak. I am one who upset the balance in some of my family members by moving as far away as I did. That statistic above? About 98-percent of my immediate family fall in the majority...
I'll have more tomorrow...including a report on a dinner I had with a former local radio household name. For now, I have to make a call...to see about fixing that unemployment number for George W Bush.
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What's up "Lowdown"? Giving away corporate secrets on a radio message board..."He's refreshing". For once--Be honest and post your real name when hitting the radio boards
"A story in the business section of the Post and Courier today: Tri-county unemployment rate increases"
Nah, they're projecting for me 'DIS!'
Congrats-I hope it works out-You go girl!
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Nah, they're projecting for me 'DIS!'
Congrats-I hope it works out-You go girl!
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