http://blog.briankurth.com Brian Kurth - Career Expert, Author, Speaker & Founder of VocationVacations Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:53:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/36f5067247522f5b4228fd1be7206478?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://blog.briankurth.com Business/CareersSociety & Culture/Personal Journalsinfo@vocationvacations.comnoBrian Kurth - Career Expert, Author, Speaker & Founder of VocationVacations45.51854-122.675506BrianKurthhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrianKurth/~3/iElLLxJpkpc/ http://blog.briankurth.com/2009/11/08/teaching-some-older-dogs-some-new-tricks/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:14:24 +0000 info@vocationvacations.com http://blog.briankurth.com/?p=970 http://blog.briankurth.com/2009/11/08/teaching-some-older-dogs-some-new-tricks/feed/ 0 bkurth7 When I was making my 2-3 hour roundtrip commute back in my Chicago days in 1999, I would daydream about what I would rather do for a living.  I was &#8220;Dilbert&#8221; working as a product manager...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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