How To Create And Maintain A Job You Love

How To Create And Maintain A Job You LoveHow To Create And Maintain A Job You Love2When was the last time you felt riveted by your career?Ever?The averageAmerican lifetime includes90,000+ hours of work time. Can you even fathom that? If you arent feeling great about your work like (or lack thereof), its time to deal. Its good news and bad news You are going to have to be the one to fix this problem. After coaching thousands of people, I can confidently tell you, you CANcreate and maintain a job you love.Heres mora good news from the world of coaching1) You create your reality.2) Your main job (in life) is to grow and learn.3) You have more power than you think you do.4) Getting into action will always feel better than wallowing in self pity.5) Things are easier than you think, especially when you are letting powers outside of you HELPBut, when it comes to a job, we get bogged down in so manyexcusesas to why we cant change or upgrade fast. Daily, we counteract the positive principles above that work toward our growth and developmentby believingsillytheories likeIm not smart enough to do thatIm not brave enough to do thatI dont have the self-disciplineIts too hardIve been pigeon-holed or black-balledIm too old, young, experienced, inexperienced, loud, soft, fat, thin (oh, you get the irony right?)I dont have the moneyAnd so on and so forth.None of this is the truth.unterstellung are bad theories and they could all be debunked (thats what coaches do) Therealtruth is1) You haventdeclared yourdreamout loud.What do you really want to be doing with your days? Is it really hard to commit out loud that you want to be a photographer, a chef, a sales executive or a tax accountant or a tech writer?How would you really like your day to look? Have you dared to say out loud that you want to telecommute, you want flexible hours, you want tight guidance or lots of independence?You have to start with saying what your heart really wants. Thats like programming the GPS. It really helps you get where youre going if youve never been there before.And if you are one of those people who swears you have no idea what you want, we can help you, too. You need asolid plan with promisesto figure it out.Some promises for the confused includePromise to write a list of all of the jobs you could binnensee yourself doingPromise to then spend two hours a week researching what those jobs actually entailThis is the only life you get (that we know of).90,000 hours people carpe diem already.2)You havent made a plan that someone else knows about and can hold you to.Once youve dared to say what you want you have to plan how to get it. That means making and keeping promises to research your options, send out your resume, interview people, and be interviewed by people. When youre in a job, you have to account to someone and that makes you way more effective. You need that in this time of transition tooHaving thatsister who youve felt always had the better job or made more money,as y our accountability buddy, is perfect. Shed be sure to check in with you everyday to see how close you are to catching up to her.3)You havent employed a method of self-discipline that will help you silence the ever-prevalent voices of the chicken and brat in your mind that continue to get you off the hook from pursuing your dream.Whats the chicken and the brat you ask? And how do they stop me from getting my dreams? Good QuestionsThe Brat is a voice in your head that sounds something like this Im too tired to research jobs tonight when I get home Its been such a long day. I deserve a breakThe Chicken is the voice in your head that sounds something like this Whats the point of even researching that type of job when so many younger, more attractive, and talented kids are taking all of those jobs? Theyd never hire me anywayThese are the types of thoughts that keep you from getting your dream job (and most other dreams in life).How so? They convince you to break your promises They make y ou too afraid to make that list of possible dream jobs. They convince you not to research that listThe self-discipline that can shut these voices up comes in the form of consequences.You break a promise to yourself, you take the consequence. The consequence shouldnt be painful (mentally, emotionally, or physically). It should be something thats light-hearted but stings enough to get you back on track. For instance, if you only researched 90 minutes instead of two hours one week, you have to research an extra 30 minutes the next week. Or you could owe your partner or your child a 30 min activity of his or her choice.Declare your dreams out loud. Make promises, make yourself accountable to someone, perhaps a coach (click here for a free consult,) and set a consequence. Get those negative thoughts on a leash. Your dream job is waiting.Laurie Gerber is President of Handel Group Life Coaching,a world-renowned coaching company that works with thousands of peopletodesignand realize their d reams across all areas of life. Handels coaches frequently speak to large audiences, teach at places like MIT and Stanford,andwritefor publications and websiteslikeWomens HealthandHuffington Post.Laurie hasappearedon TVshows such asMTVs True Life SpecialIm Getting A Second Chance. Check outHGsupcoming teleseminarsand learn the3-step method to realizing any dream.