Career plans often fail because people don’t know what they really want. Do you want security? Challenges? Thrill rides?
The hottest technology today is the Amazon Kindle Fire. It is simply a small computer. Its rise was carefully planned. The most significant pieces of the plan included a snazzy look, rugged portability, and simple secure paid download of books, movies and music. Amazon, the creator, has a plan to continue making money forever.
Now is the perfect time for Amazon’s hottest talent to abandon their jobs with the Kindle division. Now is the time for Amazon’s best job-security conscious talent to move in and take over. Why? Because the market will be saturated with Kindles. The Kindle is becoming a commodity. Prices are dropping. Even the music distribution system has stronger competitors like Apple. Kindle is no longer innovative genius. It is now a cash cow. Cash cows are less exciting, but fairly secure for employment.
Kindle and other once hot products like Apple’s iPod, iPad and iPhone are no longer what the bold innovators want to be working on. They need a new challenge. Kindle is now the perfect product for the long term managers. Of these 4 products, only some aspects of the software are cutting edge now. All the rest is in maintenance mode.
Your career plan will be a rousing success if you focus on your personal growth curve. Do you want to innovate and take outrageous chances for outrageous reward? Do you really want technical challenge? Is your goal to make enough money, but have a lot of free time for your skiing?
When you know what you want, you can plan your career successfully. However, what you want will change time and time again. So you need to be prepared to change your career plan as you see changes beginning in yourself. Your personal growth curve will tell you how fast you are getting to where you want to be in your career.
Career plans work. They work when they are reviewed every year or more often. They work when you review your real personal desires at the same time. Career plans absolutely fail when you think you want what someone else has. You have to want what you really want.