Going to the Country, Don't You Want to Go? or 12 Things My Road Trip Taught Me About Careers

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don't know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter.' -- Lewis Carroll

I love nature; over the fourth of July holiday weekend, I had a chance to get away from the city and spend some time in the rural parts of the Midwest. As per usual, camera in hand, I took these photos as I cruised about the back roads and by ways. As 'they' say, a picture is worth a thousand words; hopefully, you can figure out the 'answers' via the photo and the hint. I will post answers in the comments section, just in case my clues are clear as mud! :)

If you speak before you think at an interview, you may run yourself into one of these:

If you stay in a job you don't like or accept a job you don't want, you may find yourself stuck in one of these: 

Before you make important career (life) decisions, proceed with this:

If you take time to notice, this will reveal itself everywhere you turn -- in people, places, nature and things:

Take the right (or wrong) one of these and you may end up, wind up in a place better (or worse) than you thought:

When one of these confronts you, what is your strategy for moving through, up, on, beyond, in or around this in your job search:   

Every once in a while in your career, you will want to do this and make sure the coast is clear before proceeding:

It is my hope that you will never find yourself up one of these without a paddle:

Whether we like it or not, these need to be dealt with before we move on to the next thing:

Worth paying attention to as you move through your career (or job hunt) regardless of age, experience or education.  

Wherever you go in your career (life), you leave these behind...what do yours look like?

No matter which one of these you are on, you can never know, with certainty, what's around the bend:  

At the recommendation of my client, I am including a 'Bonus Question for Zero Points': Can you name (without doing a Google search) the musical group who sang: 'Going to the Country, Don't You Want to Go'? Correct answer is also included in comments.

Comments

[billiesucher]

Answers:
1. ditch
2. rut
3. caution
4. beauty
5. turns
6. fence
7. stop
8. creek
9. endings
10. warning signs
11. tracks
12. road
Bonus: Canned Heat :)

[Norine Dagliano]

Billie-

You always have the BEST posts! Thank you for your wisdom and insight. Is the answser to the bonus question "Canned Heat'?

[Sital]

well done on the post billie. must have taken you ages to get that written and loaded up with the pics!

[billiesucher]

Norine! How cool that you knew that (Canned Heat) -- also, I noticed that I sort of messed up the title to the song....believe it is correct as "Going Up the Country...." instead of the way I wrote it! You are GOOD at guessing! Thanks also for your thoughtful words! :)

Sital! Um....remember when you wrote all the LI posts that took forever? Yeah, well, let's just say I taught myself a lllllloooonnnnnngggggg lesson yesterday! :) Thanks so much Sital!

[Sital]

Lol!

[bhanusmita]

Nice one!

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[Jason Webb]

Thanks for the article. I am a young finance professional myself who recently launched a fund in Utah and I love to read about others who did the same and made it to the top. Hope to be there someday.
Thanks and Regards/-
Jason Webb

[billiesucher]

You're welcome; best to you in your new venture, Jason Webb.

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