Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Career lessons from 2008's stars

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<img alt="AP via Yahoo! News" title="AP via Yahoo! News" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/shine/work/fey_as_palinap.jpg" align="left" width="399" height="286">What do President-elect Barack Obama, Olympic swimmer Dara Torres, and MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow have in common?<br><br>They gave us good examples of how to advance our careers in the new year. You can read more about it in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-career_do_s_and_don_ts_from_2008-617">&quot;Career Do&#39;s and Don&#39;ts from 2008.&quot;</a><br><br>The article has become a fun annual tradition for me at Yahoo! HotJobs, and I received more examples/lessons than I could use in the article.&nbsp; Here&#39;s a great one from my neighbor Pat Mayfield, who is president of Pat Mayfield Consulting in San Francisco.<br><br>The lesson: &quot;Don&#39;t be at the airport when your ship comes in. When unexpected and unplanned opportunities appear, quickly react and take the detour. Lost opportunities can rarely be recovered.&quot;<br><br>The example, of course, is Tina Fey stepping in to impersonate Gov. Sarah Palin on &quot;Saturday Night Live&quot; after she was tapped to be McCain&#39;s running mate. Those detours from Fey&#39;s &quot;30 Rock&quot; show did more than her Emmys to advance her career this year.<br><br>[Image: AP via Yahoo! News]

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