UP YOUR CAREER
(fourth edition)

Fort Dearborn Press

"A man's reach must exceed his grasp, or, what's a Heaven for?"
                                                                                                       -Browning.

   In his popular book, Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?, John W. Gardner said:

For most people, happiness is not to be found in this vegetative state ( a state in which all one's wishes are satisfied), but in striving toward meaningful goals. The dedicated person has not achieved all his goals. His life is the endless pursuit of goals, some of them unobtainable. He may never have time to surround himself with luxuries. He may often be tense, worried, fatigued. He has little of the leisure one associates with the storybook conception of happiness...

   Gardner affirms excellence as a goal to be pursued by all people. He suggests each individual apply his own unique talents to achieve excellence in the activities selected for both vocational and avocational pursuits. He also suggests that all people need to attend to the goals of society at large.
   Excellence, however, as an idea as fairly abstract. To inspire people striving for excellence, Gardner suggests we need a moving and meaningful ideal such as "personal fulfillment". He says: "This ideal is implicit in our convictions concerning the worth of the individual. It undergirds our belief in equality and opportunity. It is expressed in our conviction that every individual should be able to achieve the best that is in him".
  Dr. Dauw's counseling, guidance work book can help you do just that, and in so doing become a Successful Job Finder and Career Advancer as a result! Here are excepts from Introduction to Up Your Career: How to Use This Book

At first glance, this book may seem appropriate only for younger people. The following faulty assumption is frequently made by otherwise sophisticated people: career guidance applies only to those in some phase of education -- be it high school, college, or graduate school. Our experience, however, has been that it is seriously needed by executives an more mature managers as well.

You, as an active learner, are urged to give yourself a career checkup here and now -- and possibly find someone to discuss it with -- before it is too late!