Did you know...

As I begin the change in my career path to something more suitable for my personality, I have to wonder how many other people made career changes that were fundamental in the development or booms of American and International cultures. There are well known examples such as Albert Einstein going from a patent clerk to physicist or Gene Simmons from KISS moving from a Spanish Harlem school teacher to rock God, but what about the failures of change? Mariah Carey, I suppose would qualify under that with her movie debut, but that is still in the same entertainment vein and I don't know that counts.

Well, there are some (of which I hope I do not follow suit). Let's take for instance Ross Perot. Ross Perot was an IBM salesperson who decided that after IBM was not listening to his ideas, created EDS. EDS did extremely well and Ross was a bizillionaire. So, in 1992, he ran for President of the United States. With very little political background, and a boat load of money, he made the big push to gain votes and popularity. After making excellent progress and after taking some heat from both the Democratic and Republican parties, he calls it quits. No wait, he is back...or is he? Thus, the political suicide of Ross Perot. He understood business and money, but didn't understand the people and politics.

He is not the only person to make a change like this to see his demise. He is accompanied by money magazine mogul, Steve Forbes and wrestling superstar Jessie "the body" Ventura (who actually served as Governor of Minnesota).

It is not only people that makes severe changes, but companies such as Hewlett Packard.

Did you know...

Hewlett Packard's first product was the automatic urinal flusher?

Just think if we still had Hewlett Packard's making automatic toilet flushers. Instead of printing on your HP printer attached to your Compaq (now owned by HP) computer, I could be standing in front of the urinal singing the theme song to Gilligan's Island while staring at the HP logo.

This brings me to my point (as I almost always have one). This changing career thing is not as easy as it sounds. It is not that I didn't know this, it is that I WANTED it to be easier than it is. The wife (QueenSuchandSuch) and I have to straighten out a few things like housing, food, clothing, transportation, homeowners association fees, taxes, utilities, school, toilet paper, duct tape and a plethora of other items before we can actually make this work. So, as much as I want to make this change sooner rather than later, I also understand the reality of it all.

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