Comments on: Intel’s Layoffs and the “I’m Helpless Attitude” http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/09/07/intels-layoffs-and-the-im-helpless-attitude/ Thoughts and Stories of an Entrepreneur on the Web Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:35:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jarin Udom’s Blog » Archives » Intel’s Layoffs and the “I’m Helpless Attitude” http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/09/07/intels-layoffs-and-the-im-helpless-attitude/#comment-4155 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 06:04:38 +0000 http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/09/07/intels-layoffs-and-the-im-helpless-attitude/#comment-4155 [...] Matt Inglot has an interesting post about avoiding the typical cubicle worker mentality: To anyone sitting in a cubicle and bemoaning the inevitable, sweating about your incredible debt or the family you need to support, and desperately complaining about your situation to anyone that will listen, stop now. Breathe. I’ve met people in your situation many times before and it’s getting rather predictable. What happens to a deer stuck in headlights? It gets hit by a truck because they don’t move out of the way. … [...] […] Matt Inglot has an interesting post about avoiding the typical cubicle worker mentality: To anyone sitting in a cubicle and bemoaning the inevitable, sweating about your incredible debt or the family you need to support, and desperately complaining about your situation to anyone that will listen, stop now. Breathe. I’ve met people in your situation many times before and it’s getting rather predictable. What happens to a deer stuck in headlights? It gets hit by a truck because they don’t move out of the way. … […]

]]> by: John Rozewicki http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/09/07/intels-layoffs-and-the-im-helpless-attitude/#comment-4128 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:34:36 +0000 http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/09/07/intels-layoffs-and-the-im-helpless-attitude/#comment-4128 I completely agree with the parts about having multiple sources of income. People don't realize that you need to treat yourself like an investment portfolio. You need a variety of skills, and you need those skills to be applied in a variety of places. This is stability. That concept is one of the big things I was trying to put across when I wrote the pilot article for my blog; "<a href="http://www.notarrogant.com/2006/02/18/how-to-be-a-professional-smart-person/" rel="nofollow">How to: Be A Professional Smart Person</a>." I completely agree with the parts about having multiple sources of income. People don’t realize that you need to treat yourself like an investment portfolio. You need a variety of skills, and you need those skills to be applied in a variety of places. This is stability.

That concept is one of the big things I was trying to put across when I wrote the pilot article for my blog; “How to: Be A Professional Smart Person.”

]]> by: Nolan Eakins http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/09/07/intels-layoffs-and-the-im-helpless-attitude/#comment-4123 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:43:35 +0000 http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/09/07/intels-layoffs-and-the-im-helpless-attitude/#comment-4123 What you said in this post is just smart. Anyone who fails to even try to follow it deserves to be on the street. What you said in this post is just smart. Anyone who fails to even try to follow it deserves to be on the street.

]]> by: directionzero http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/09/07/intels-layoffs-and-the-im-helpless-attitude/#comment-4117 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:14:13 +0000 http://mattinglot.com/blog/2006/09/07/intels-layoffs-and-the-im-helpless-attitude/#comment-4117 Our lives may be short but we experience many changes. There is no such thing as security despite what we'd like to think, and that especially applies to employment. The only direction to look is forward and with that being said, these Intel employees need to take their skills to the next stage of their lives and keep on going. Our lives may be short but we experience many changes. There is no such thing as security despite what we’d like to think, and that especially applies to employment. The only direction to look is forward and with that being said, these Intel employees need to take their skills to the next stage of their lives and keep on going.

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