IDENTIFYING YOUR IDEAL CAREER
How you determine the ideal job or career for you and the key to success in it once you do. by Brian Tracy.
Your time is your most precious resource. One of your chief aims in life is to invest your time wisely, and that means choosing your work and your career with care.
When you find your ideal career, you will have a continuous desire to learn more about it. People who are not driven to learn more about their fields are people who are in the wrong jobs. And if a person is in the wrong job and not constantly learning and growing in their field, their value and their employability is diminishing with each passing day.
When you find your ideal job, you will be determined to join the top 10 percent of people in your field. You will be willing to pay any price that is necessary to rise to the top. You will be willing to start a little earlier, work a little harder, and stay a little later. You will take additional courses on the evenings and weekends.
You will see technology as an opportunity to do your job better. You will be interested in the various learning programs that you can install on your computer that can help you learn better and faster. You will be hungry for new knowledge in your quest to move upward in your chosen field.
A simple test as to whether or not you are in your ideal job is this: If you are doing the job that is meant for you, that uses your unique talents and abilities, you will automatically admire those who are at the top of your field. You will look up to them and want to be like them. They will be your role models and you will pattern your work and activities after them. You will want to meet them, talk to them, read their books, and listen to their talks. The very best people in your chosen field will become the examples that give you guidance, both spoken and unspoken, on your upward journey.
One thing I tell people over and over again is that they must become very good at doing what they are doing if they want to move up. And if they don’t have the inner desire to be very good at their jobs, it means they are probably in the wrong jobs.
The great tragedy is the number of people who do their job in an average or mediocre fashion with the idea that, when the right job comes along, they will really put their heads down and do a good job. But for some reason, the right job never comes along. They are always passed over for promotion and advancement. They are always the last ones hired and the first ones laid off.
If you’re still not sure about your ideal career, ask the people the closest to you. Ask them, “What do you think I would be the very best at doing with my life?” It is absolutely amazing how people around you, including your spouse, your best friends, and your parents can see clearly what you should be doing when often you cannot see it yourself.
Listen to your intuition. Trust your inner voice. Ask your friends. Do your research. Make every effort to be sure that your job is the right one for you. Then, throw your whole heart into doing it in an excellent fashion. From that point on, your future will open up for you like a sunrise on a spring day.
Now, here are three steps you can take immediately to put these ideas into action.
First, dedicate yourself to learning everything you can about your field. Be a student of your craft. School is never out for the professional.
Second, identify the top people in your field. Talk to them and ask for their advice on how you can be more effective and more successful.
Third, be true to yourself throughout your career. Only work at a job you enjoy, for people you respect and with co-workers you like and admire. If you do, your success is virtually guaranteed!
Very inspiring post. I will keep it in mind.