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Speaker 1 (00:02):
All right, folks.
Well, I'm back.
I'm Dennis Guzik, the oldjarhead, and I'm here to give
you some great career advice.
Career advice that's guaranteedto help you.
So here we go for this week.
Okay.
So recently, over the 4th ofJuly weekend, I was up in
Buffalo, new York, and that'swhy you didn't get a podcast
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from me last week.
I took the week off.
Maybe I should have let youknow, but anyhow.
So I was up in Buffalo, newYork, and yep, that's where the
title comes from.
It was a short trip, mostlyjust to explore that city, and I
have to say it was worth it.
Buffalo is a pretty cool placewith some pretty neat things to
see, and it has a pretty goodfood scene too.
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So, anyhow, while I was upthere, I visited the Teddy
Roosevelt Inaugural Museum, andif you're ever in Buffalo, I
highly recommend you visit it.
But anyway, here's the storyabout why there was a Teddy
Roosevelt Inaugural Museum inBuffalo, and then I'll try to
relate this story to your career, because, after all, you don't
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listen to my podcast to hear mytravel stories.
You want some career advice, sohere we go.
The year is 1901.
A fellow by the name ofMcKinsley is the President of
the United States and his VicePresident is this fellow named
Teddy Roosevelt.
And things are humming along somuch so that they decided to
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have this big exposition up inBuffalo, new York, that was
supposed to bring together theculture of North America,
Central America and SouthAmerica.
Right, and it was going great,and why in Buffalo, I don't know
, but they did, okay, and it wasa big deal.
So there was this electriclighting was just new and they
built these like temporarybuildings, huge buildings, and
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then they lit them up at nightand people were all like, oh,
that's really cool, and thatsort of thing, right.
So now we get on to the badnews.
Right, while McKinley was thereshaking hands right, the
president out there shakinghands some dude shot him in the
gut.
Okay, the shooter was a nut job, but the point was this was not
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a good day for McKinley, whoended up dying from an infection
caused by the wound.
Okay, so we got the presidenthe shot.
Now, teddy Roosevelt was not inBuffalo, but when word reached
him of McKinley's death, heimmediately set out for Buffalo
and he knew that, as the vicepresident, he was about to step
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into the presidency.
A pretty big deal.
So what did Teddy Roosevelt dowhen he arrived in Buffalo?
Well, he decided to stay at afriend's very large house and
from there the first thing hedid was to pay a visit to Mrs
McKinley, to pay his respectsand just talk to her for a
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little bit, and then he decidedhe would be sworn in at the
house that he was staying in.
So that's why it's now theinaugural museum.
But before he was sworn in, hetold the people around him that
he needed some time alone, timeto think about the enormity of
the job ahead of him and thechallenges he would face.
After a while he told thosearound him a pretty small group
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that he was ready and a judgeswore him in.
And then he became president ofthe United States and he
completed that term that wasoriginally McKinley's, and he
went on to be elected to anotherterm on his own right and he
turned out to be a pretty goodpresident.
Maybe he could even beconsidered America's first
progressive president.
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He set aside large tracts ofland that eventually became
national parks and he attemptedto do some to right some of the
wrongs done to Native Americansand African Americans.
Anyway, it's about time torelate this to you and your
career.
So we all tend to go about ourdays not expecting a great
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change to all of a sudden happento us, and that's a good thing.
If we live with constant greatchanges, then it would quickly
overwhelm us and very littlewould be accomplished.
But unexpected changes dohappen and I think how Teddy
Roosevelt handled it was a goodexample of how you should handle
them, not just in yourprofessional lives, not just in
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your career, but also in yourpersonal life.
First, before they happen, beaware that they can happen.
In the Roosevelt case, he knewhe was next in line.
What may you be next in line forand are you ready?
Second, when they happen,before you jump into them, think
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about what you are about to getinto.
What are some of yourchallenges?
How might you handle them?
Who do you want around you?
Smart people that you can trust?
Who are they?
Finally, when they do occur andyou start, whatever your new
role may be, realize that youare now that new person.
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It's not the old person's jobany longer, it's yours.
Take ownership and execute yourresponsibilities.
Well, there you go, a lessonfrom Buffalo.
Thanks for listening and pleasetell others about my podcast.
And, by the way, I am acontributing author to a new
book where I write about mydaily three concept.
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Check it out.
It's called the Author'sPlaybook and it is available on
Amazon.
And, as always, my book Find aJob that Fits your Life great
book is also available on Amazon.
Thanks for listening.
Bye, thank you, thank you.