5. Career Change - Keep a Cheat Sheet!

So be prepared for interviews, keep a master CV on file, listing every worthy achievement of your entire professional career, from negotiating a deal with Microsoft to beating a sales projection by 54%. Add every achievement to the master list, so when it's time to find a new job, you can simply cut and paste the most relevant parts into a slimmed down CV, and can develop very specific talking points for the interview. Imagine a photographer or artist who has a portfolio. What you actually show is one thing, but keep track of all your stuff. Your master CV can have some 25 bullets for each job, and you can easily tailor a CV without having to finesse what you did three years ago all over again.