I think I would like to have Steve Bracks’ new job, $100 000 a year to work one day a week advising at an accounting firm. Now don’t get me wrong I am not begrudging Mr Bracks his job I would just like one day to be in a similar situation. So it got me thinking, what would I need to do to get myself to that position by the time I was 45 and how could I go about it?

I would need:

1. Contacts with people in power; (At the moment my contacts consist of nurses, teachers and the average joe, so I have the working class roots, however this will need to be enhanced by contact with celebrities, politicians and CEO’s. Action- Perhaps a letter writing campaign supplemented with carefully staged appearances on game shows.)
2.  Influence; (I have huge influence over my little boy and Husband, I feel this is a good training ground that will serve me well as my world expands in due time- refer to above point.)
3. A track record of management on a large scale; (Small scale, this is definitely my area of weakness I need to increase organisational skills although I must say I don’t know how Mr Bracks would go organising bath time and dinner and bed for a fourteen month old Wrigglebot. So perhaps I may be worth about $60 000.)
4. Good PR; (I am such a nice person I don’t think I would have any problem with this)
5. An unshakable confidence (arrogance?) in my worth. (I am a mum, I have no problem with knowing my worth, all I have to do is look at my little Wrigglebot and then I know how much I am needed for much of his physical and emotional needs. All I need now is for the rest of society to also recognise my worth and not only my worth but that of all mothers.)

So I don’t think I am that far off, perhaps I could even get there before 45. I wouldn’t actually need any accounting experience would I?

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