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9 Secrets to Career Success
Are you miserable at your job (or what you are doing) but go
anyway to earn a living? Do you feel you are unable to use
your talents and are doing things that are stressful? Do you
find yourself in a career rut? Wouldn't you rather be in your
ideal income position and "Go to Play" everyday? Most
people spend approximately 35% to over 67% of their
waking hours working. Being unhappy for so much of the
day makes it difficult to enjoy the rest of your waking hours.
Think how your life will turn around when you are actually
enjoying your "work." In your ideal career you will be doing
what you love and be so good at it that you will produce
considerable value which will attract more rewards
(including money) than you need.
Does this sound impossible? Well it isn't. Here are 9
secrets to get the career you will really enjoy.
Secret #1 Focus on you first, before looking at a career
Most people have followed the same trial and error path to
work. They take a job that appears to be the best
"opportunity" and try it out. They adjust to what their bosses
and the company want in hopes of advancement. They
eventually discover that they are stuck in a job or career that
they really don't like. Then they decide to try another job
"opportunity" and the error cycle continues. To get out of this
job rut and get your ideal career you will want to look at your
wants and needs first, to discover what your ideal career
looks like, before you select your next position.
Secret #2 Discover your true passions
All of us have things we are passionate about doing, but
have suppressed them because of a number of reasons.
Even though you do not consciously know your passions
exist, your subconscious "gut" does. You are probably
fulfilling a hidden passion when you do something that
gives you a very good "gut" feeling. Conversely, when your
"gut" tightens up and creates stress, it is probably because
you are doing something at work you are passionate about
NOT doing. Once you consciously discover what you are
passionate about doing and not doing, you will be able to
create a position that allows you to fulfill both. When you
follow your passions, you eliminate your conflicts, you have
more energy, you have more fun, and you become much
better at what you do.
Secret #3 Discover your true desires and priorities
Most of us do not take the time in life to discover our true
desires and priorities. We seem to just go with the flow and
hope that we are heading in the right direction. We tend to
suppress our true desires and priorities for the sake of
others. Yet, the one big reason we feel so frustrated in
working at a job is because the work conflicts with our true
desires and priorities. These conscious conflicts create
guilt, doubt, and eventual stress. Yes, you can balance your
personal, work and family priorities, but only after you dig to
discover what they truly are. You can organize your
occupation around your own personal priorities, which will
allow you to perform much better at work and reap the
additional rewards you deserve. For example, look at how
many home-based businesses have popped up to allow
people to fulfill both family and work priorities without undue
conflicts.
Secret #4 Discover your true values
Everyone has his or her own value system. Unfortunately,
people rarely look into them and more often than not accept
the values imposed by the companies they work for. Just
look at the damage caused to the many employees of
Enron, World Com, Global Crossing and others whose
beliefs did not agree with the misguided values of the
CEO's and higher executives. Were all of the employees
misguided? Certainly not. Most had very honest values but
they were penalized anyway.
Secret #5 Discover your true talents
All of us are blessed with certain talents, yet we rarely stop
to really figure out what they are. You will enjoy working, be
much more productive, and generate more quality results
when you maximize the use of your talents at work. Your
increased productivity and higher quality results will attract
greater rewards for you. Matching your natural talents to your
income position will create greater enjoyment and attract
increased rewards at the same time.
Secret #6 Create or develop your ideal position to fit you
People rarely perform this step because they fall into the rut
of chasing job "opportunities" and the disastrous trial and
error method of choosing their work. Why, because they are
led to believe that creating an income position to suit
themselves is not possible, even while they are frequently
told to do what they want. Remember, it is your work
selection process that is flawed, not you. Once you know
your passions, desires, values and talents, you will be able
to develop and find a number of careers that will allow you to
fulfill all of them at the same time. Now you will be creating
the position to suit you, instead of taking a position and
adjusting to it. Believe it or not, the more you know about
yourself, the easier it will be to create and find your ideal
position.
Secret #7 Go get your ideal position
Now you are ready to get your ideal position. If your ideal
position is an already established job, you will be amazed at
how easily and quickly you will be able to get it. Your
enthusiasm, your confidence, your talents to perform, and
especially your capacity to produce many quality results will
attract any worthwhile employer. They will know you really
want to perform, instead of just applying for a job. If your
position is not a job, but one where you are either a
business owner or an independent contractor, you will
easily and quickly begin the process of building the position
to suit your personal criteria.
Secret #8 Get Help from the right person
People are led to believe that they can easily look within
themselves and discover what is there on their own.
Self-help books and assessment tests claim that reading
the book or taking the tests will reveal all you need to get
your ideal career. Yet, both methods fall very short of actually
getting to the truth. Discovering what you really want, what
your true talents or values are is not a self-help process.
We humans cannot see our face without using a mirror or a
photographic image. Just as you must look into a mirror to
see what you really look like, you must have another person
act as your objective mirror to see what you really want to do
and be in life. Seek out and get someone to be your
objective mirror to discover the truths about yourself, to find
or create your ideal position.
Secret #9 Once you obtain your ideal position, stay there
until it suits you to leave
Many people actually obtain a position that they really love
and it fulfills their wants and needs. Then along comes the
promotion to elevate these very productive and happy
workers, because they are so happy and productive. They
are expected to perform even better and with more
enthusiasm because the new job pays more and has a
higher status. But it doesn't work out that way. The new,
higher position is very different from the one they loved so
much, and performing it is much more difficult which
creates conflicts and stress, especially with the additional
pressure to do more. Once you arrive at your ideal position,
have the courage to remain in that position until your wants
and needs change to drive you to get the new position to
suit your new criteria. The acceptance of promotions to suit
others has ruined far too many happy work relationships.
Take control of your work and accept promotions only if they
increase your ability to fulfill your personal wants and needs.
Provided as an educational service by Bill Dueease of The
Coach Connection, where "connecting great people with
great coaches" is their goal. You may receive a free copy of
the article "9 Secrets to Hiring the Personal Coach Who's
Right For You" by contacting The Coach Connection at
800-887-7214 or 239-415-1777 or
coaches@findyourcoach.com, or at
http://www.findyourcoach.com/0o-career-coach.htm
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