8 Quotes To Inspire Your Dream Career - Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. — Confucius You cant always turn your passions directly to profit, but you can use them as a guide to help you find work that engages you in the same way. Think about when youre doing something you enjoy. Maybe its cooking or carpentry. Its like a time warp. Time flies by. When youre doing something you hate, on the other hand, the clock gets stuck. Time slows down. Your torture is prolonged. Find work that doesnt feel like labor. Your work will feel more like living. Work to become, not to acquire. — Elbert Hubbard For a long time, I stayed at a job that wasnt working for me for one simple reason: money. I couldnt bear to make even $1,000 less per year. Id worked hard to get to that salary and somewhere along the way, I got all wrapped up in that number. I didnt need to make that much to pay my bills. But I didnt want to let it go. Money talks. I get that. And you have to eat. But if you want to do something different, keep your ego out of the action. When I finally gave up the old job, a funny thing happened. I started spending less. A lot less. Not just because I had less to spend, but because I suddenly felt happier with what I already had. I used to spend money because I felt Id earned some pleasure. Now the pleasure comes free of charge. Dreams are extremely important. You cant do it unless you imagine it. — George Lucas If George Lucas hadnt been a dreamer, hed never have made Star Wars. And, of course, the world would be a much darker place. If you can build something in your imagination, youre at least halfway to making it real. So, read things that inspire you. Buy travel magazines. Daydream more. Once youve planted those seeds, they never go away. All they can do is grow. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. — Albert Einstein Life is really one big experiment. Sometimes your theory proves true and you get the outcome you expected. Sometimes it proves wrong. But you learn and you keep tinkering. Finding a dream career isnt an exact science. That means youll probably have to try — and even fail — at a few things before you find paying work that you love. Or you can just stick to the job you know (and hate). Up to you. Your time is limited, so dont waste it living someone elses life. — Steve Jobs Finding fulfilling work is about you. Maybe your mom expects you to be a doctor. Maybe youve spent your entire young life saying youll be an engineer. Maybe youve already trained to be a teacher, only to find you cant stand the work. Heres the truth: the only person who really has to live with the choices you make is you. Your mom will get over it. Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, Whats in it for me? — Brian Tracy The best businesses deliver something of value. Sure, they do it for profit, but if value doesnt remain the focus, business suffers. If you cant deliver something of value — whether to your business or to an employer — your work suffers. And thats bad news for your career. Think of it as career karma. The more you put in, the more you get back. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. — Dalai Lama In college, its easy to get the idea that a career is a straight-shot trajectory straight to the top. In reality, its a lot more... meandering. Sometimes you dont get the jobs or promotions or opportunities you expected. Sometimes you even get laid off. And you almost never get exactly what you thought you wanted. What that means is that you get something else. Something you didnt expect. Dont just toss it aside. Have a look at it. It might be pretty cool. All great changes are preceded by chaos. — Deepak Chopra Change is hard. It hurts a little. Sometimes it hurts a lot. Id like to say that I have lots of peace and wisdom when life is difficult and chaotic; in reality Im a basket case. But I try to remember that the hardest times often lead to the best times. Thats true in work, too. Making sacrifices for the career you want is hard, but sometimes you have to stir up a little chaos to create the change youre looking for. What changes are you hoping to make in your career? What inspires you to work toward a dream job? Your comments are very much appreciated!
Posted on: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:25:04 +0000
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