It can set the stage for better assignments down the line. I was surprised to see very talented people fail to manage important work and business challenges, and decided to develop a program that could help people and organizations to improve their work effectiveness. Studies of successful entrepreneurs suggest that they 1. are self-starters and ambitious 2. If someone has these characteristics, they might do well in a self-employed situation. I'm aspiring to the entrepreneur thing.
Relationships make the world go 'round, a big part of business success.
You can learn these skills through self-help books, coaching or therapy. My job sucks. It's dead end, but I don't know how to do anything else and if I quit this place then no one else in the business will want to hire me. It's generally a good idea to start talking with people you trust and respect so you can begin to hear some positive options for a better future. My mom keeps buggin me that I should do Web sites for a living, but I just want to play around with the downloadible toys and not have to answer to corporate big-wigs.