"The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision." -- Helen Keller
Reebok was bold enough to ask, "Why shouldn't women have sneakers designed specifically for them?"
Today, people are creating careers that don't fit conventional categories, just as Reebok reinvented its product category nearly 20 years ago. Around my house, the question of what I do for a living is a standing joke. Well, I write, consult to large companies, start small businesses, mentor startups, and give speeches. I prefer "educational entrepreneur" as a job title. And I'm not unique -- I have several friends with patchwork careers just like mine: radio DJ and legal mediator, for example.
Many of us have become sensitive to our own personal rhythms and to the world around us. We combine a market opportunity over there with skills we have over here -- combining what we see with our authentic inner gifts. We let our eyes do the walking, and our hearts do the talking.
"Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others." -- Marianne Williamson, author and lecturer
For more on Reebok, see the ML2 E-Newsletter #29, March 1997 story on former Reebok president Joe Labonté in "The Cowboy and the Astronaut."
Copyright © 2000 Dr. Mark S. Albion. All rights reserved.
by Mark Albion
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