Comments on: Be Unrealistic — Obama’s Lesson for Career Changers

By: Vfrankz

Vfrankz — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:38:07 +0000

Learn to take some risk. I agree with you ..
I kown a truth that “Love spell will win”
I think It is a truth forever..

By: ss

ss — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:39:41 +0000

By: CodeMunch » Be Unrealistic — Obama’s Trick for Career Changers

CodeMunch » Be Unrealistic — Obama’s Trick for Career Changers — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:50:34 +0000

[...] Fascinating post on EscapeBlog on how President Elect Barack Obama managed his career. [...]

By: Jeff Fritzpee

Jeff Fritzpee — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:29:37 +0000

Ah yes, worked really hard. Somehow “workin’ really hard” seems to jell with our primal ideas about hunting and gathering. Only through some idea of stress and strain do we dole out extra portions.
Truth is you can be hugely successful, get a restful nice sleep each night and have a very comfortable time of it.

By: Pamela Skillings

Pamela Skillings — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:05:24 +0000

I didn’t realize that Barack did a stint in Corporate America! Thanks for sharing the article. How weird it must be that the President-Elect is the guy that you used to sit next to at your first job.

I had read that Michelle walked away from a partner-track law firm career. She is an impressive success story in her own right.

Of course, despite escaping from Corporate America, they will both be dealing with plenty of bureaucracy in their new careers! Let’s just hope that they can cut through all of that red tape and achieve the change the country is hoping for.

By: Cara

Cara — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:05:55 +0000

Not only did Barack escape corporate America, but Michelle did too. She used to work at a mega-law firm.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:49:28 +0000

Actually, Obama did “escape” from Corporate America. We both worked at Business International Corp (now owned by the Economist), our first jobs out of college. I guess during that year he discovered that sitting behind a desk was not for him. There are other articles on this topic, but here’s one: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92337754&sc=emaf