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October 24, 2010

The Road to Career Bliss

Doug Lawrence

Having a job or a career is one thing. It does put food on the table. Having a job or career that actually fits who you are as a person is the dream that we all want fulfilled, or is it? With the economic downturn that countries have experienced, is it more important to just have a job or a career or one that actually fits you as a person? What's stopping you from getting your dream career? What's preventing you from writing a query letter and sending it to publishers you want to write for? Why don't you send your CV to a company you've wanted to work for since you were little? And if you don't have the qualifications for the career you want, why don't you make positive changes and go back to a college that will allow you to earn this qualification?

Let's say that our dream of a job or career that actually fits who we are as a person comes true. What would the benefits be?

1. You enjoy better health, a longer life, more vitality:

Leading a satisfied, purposeful life is the most effective thing you can do to live a long, long life. People whose work is fulfilling are more resistant to disease and heal more quickly when they do get sick. Why not turn your sick days into vacation days? People die in disproportionate numbers within three years of their retirement because they have nothing to live for.

2. Enhanced personal and professional relationships and are more fun to be around:

Live your life fully and enjoy great relationships. People want to be around those that lift their spirits out of the mundane pace of day-to-day routines. Your enthusiasm will spark those around you, who then become better company themselves. With your working life as a major source of satisfaction and self-esteem you will have a powerful positive effect on the other areas of your life, including your relationships.

3. More success and more productivity:

There is a close relationship between career satisfaction and material success. People that enjoy their work put their heart and soul into their careers. Have you looked at what you can accomplish when you are completely immersed in a task that you enjoy? Have you then looked at your productivity when you are doing something that you have been forced to do? There is a big difference in your productivity and satisfaction levels when it is something that you want to do and enjoy doing.

4. Heightened self-esteem:

Self-esteem is the reputation that you have with yourself. When you look around you, how much do you admire people who grumble about their lives, blame their circumstances, and resign themselves to a life of mediocrity? If your career is not satisfying and your self-esteem is low, you are probably not neurotic. You are just being honest with yourself. You need to create a future you will be proud of and spend your days doing something you love.

5. A better role model for children:

It's all about learned behaviour. In some of my teachings of mental preparation we examine the aspect of learned behaviour. In some of the work that I do with job coaching and life coaching we talk a lot about learned behaviour. In my mentoring work with various people, one can certainly tell how a person was raised or the various work environments they have been in by their learned behaviour. Your children will model themselves after who you are and what you do. If you want to be proud of them, live so you are proud of yourself.

6. Lead a life that counts:

Your career is your best opportunity to make a contribution. It's not the same thing spending your life in a job that is meaningless to you and then trying to make a difference in your spare time. Whether this is working in aged care and providing a better life for others or working in jobs that help provide a better planet or local community for the future. There are many benefits that working a career that fits you can provide. This is a chance for you to give back and to leave a legacy.

7. You look forward to life:

Just as laughter is infectious, so are listlessness, dissatisfaction, and boredom. This will follow you home from work and infect other parts of your life. I know all too well what happens here where a job that is not satisfying has consumed who you are and that is transferred into your home life. It has a dramatic impact on your personal life, family life and your physical and mental health.

8. You have a deeper, richer, more authentic sense of humour:

Humour that wells up from a core of well-being and satisfaction is very different from the cynical jokes of those trapped in a life of resignation. Imagine smiling and snapping your fingers when you are stuck in the morning or evening commute to or from work. Imagine having thoughts of a job well done and embracing the joy of living.

"If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place." (Orison Swett Marden)

References:

1. The Pathfinder – Nicholas Lore – January, 1998.

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