ARE YOU IN LOVE?

Are you in love with your job? “Choose a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” This was true when the wise man Confucius said it hundreds of years ago and it is still true today, in the New Year of the Tiger. 

When you are doing something you love to do, the time just flies. When you have a big problem, it is just a fun puzzle to figure out. If the challenge is big enough to take several days to solve, it doesn’t weigh you down. You just happily find different perspectives, mentally try various solutions and finally choose one to be the answer. You may be preoccupied, but you are gladly and willingly engaged and satisfied. 

Is that you? Is time flying by at work or does it drag by with lead feet? Are you gladly and willingly engaged and satisfied on the job? Or, are you just putting in time? Did you choose your career? Or, did someone choose it for you? Are you doing what you love to do, or what “people” expect you to do? 

Hard questions 

Some of those questions can be very hard questions. They can be especially difficult if the money is very good. Perhaps it is hardest when you have followed a parent into their line of work or into the family business. The weight of the expectation alone can be crushing. Even to think of doing another line of work can be tantamount to a betrayal. 

And, really. Is this the time to be thinking about … quitting a job? I mean, look around. There is a recession going on and jobs are scarce. Shouldn’t you just suck it up and carry on? 

You are the answer

Only you know the answers to these questions. I’m just asking the questions. Let us review a few facts. 

• It is your life, and only you can live your life.
• Life is short.
• Your life is your legacy. What do you want that to be?
• Life is short.

One of the wonderful things about doing a job you love, is you will find you are good at that job. When you enjoy what you do, you do it well. It is just like the old saying, “practice makes perfect.” When you enjoy a job, you do it more often. This builds in practice that you may not even be aware you are doing. So you get even better at that job, which makes it even more enjoyable. Talk about your win-win solutions – this is it!

How do you find your "dream job"? How do you even know what that is? Perhaps you only know what you do not want to do. Maybe you are burned out trying to push round you into a square hole.

Looking At Yourself In A New Way

What do you love doing? What would you like to eliminate from your next job? What inspires you? If you could do anything – money is no object – what would you do? When people ask you who you are, what do you call yourself? What do you want to say you do? What do you want to be when you grow up?

What are your answers to these questions and are you willing to take steps in changing your view of yourself? There is no magic bullet; no magic test that will tell you what is the best job for you. Only you know what will work for YOU.

Dream and DREAM BIG!

I am a career coach because I know what it is like to dread Monday because of being miscast in a job that doesn't fulfill you. I can help you find your passion and a job that is fulfilling. I can help you break free of other people's expectations of what you "should" be doing and help you find what you were born to do.

A dream with a plan is a goal. A goal without a plan is just a dream.

All things are possible,

Elisabeth

Elisabeth Adler-Lund

Executive and Life Coaching

Telephone: 916 • 803•1494

E-mail: eal@EALCoaching.com