“Are You Hurt or Injured?” Assessing Your Current Career Situation

Matt Peterson | October 4, 2016

By Matt Peterson The start of this college and professional football season reminded me of a semi-cult football classic, "The Program." In this coming-of-age movie the head coach pushes a college football team to do whatever it takes to win. At one point, a key player goes down with an injury and the coach asks the pivotal question, "Are you hurt or are you injured?" He goes on to explain, "if you're hurt, you can still play. If you're injured, you can't." This film inspired me to make a connection between one's career path decisions and the "hurt or injured" distinction from the m...