It’s possible to buy insurance for almost anything these days.
Insurance salesmen are peddling life insurance, house and contents insurance, car insurance, boat insurance, health insurance and travel insurance.
Such insurance is meant to protect us from the unforeseen circumstances that occasionally happen in life.
So what do I mean by career insurance?
I’m not talking about income protection insurance in case you get injured at work (although I’m told that’s a good idea).
I’m talking about ensuring that your career is safe in the years ahead. Protecting you from the unknown future that will be impacted by inevitable and inexorable change, technological advances, global competition and other unforeseen pressures.
Is there really such a thing?
Can you really buy insurance that protects you from massive change and from the possibility that your job (or even industry) may not even exist in the future?
I suspect that you can.
It’s found in bookstores.
It’s found on Amazon.
It’s found in your local college or university.
It’s found in seminars and night courses.
If you want insurance against becoming irrelevant and unemployable in the coming decades, years or even months, make sure that you never stop reading, learning and developing your mind.
And there’s no small print or hidden clauses, just discipline and commitment.
If only health insurance was so cheap and accessible!
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May 13, 2013 at 9:56 pm
Parvez
So true… thanx Darren
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May 13, 2013 at 10:20 pm
Darren Poke
Thanks Parvez
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May 14, 2013 at 12:29 am
Jeffrey Kamen Sr.
Took your advice last week, to take action. Started the career I have always wanted. Right after I send this I’m educating myself on a new language and just signed up for courses that I had been putting off for years. I’m right with you on this one. The world will keep going without us. The same thing I tell my kids, if your don’t know more, how can you expect more. Thanks again Darren.
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May 14, 2013 at 8:44 am
Darren Poke
Awesome Jeffrey, thanks for sharing your news with us all.
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May 19, 2013 at 2:55 am
Alice Koko
Never stop learning is the key to NOT lose your job nor grow old.
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May 20, 2013 at 9:36 am
Darren Poke
Thanks Alice
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