“You can get more money, more success, more recognition but you can’t get more time. ”
I hope that being unique and discovering what makes you different from others no longer scares you (see step #20). Knowing what makes you unique is a great start, but the real progress starts coming when you start living up to your greatness and uniqueness. By staying in a job that you hate, you are actually saying NO to being in your dream job. You are saying NO to being in a job that actually enhances your talents, that contributes to fulfilling your life aspirations and doing something worthwhile that you actually want to do.
“Successful people don’t focus on finding more time. That’s impossible. They make decisions on how they invest their time.”
So, how can you use your time to boost your confidence, career and success? Simply, by consciously investing your time into activities, jobs, and ventures that allow you to do what you love, that enhance your potential and that are aligned with your life aspirations. Consequently, that means making a decision if you want to invest your time in a job you hate? Your time is limited and the choice how you use it is only yours.
Step #21 coffee break exercise:
Think about your current job and list down 10 most important tasks that you do as a part of your job.- Look at these tasks again and review:
- how much do you enjoy doing them?
- how much do you engage your unique talents and skills?
- how much do these tasks contribute in fulfilling your life aspirations?
- Share about your discoveries with your buddy. Supporting each other will help you find your dream job and it’s fun to do it together.
*Haven’t got a buddy but need the support with your job search? Feel free to join our FB group and share with us.
Now is your time to live up to your greatness and let people discover your true potential. How do you invest your time? Always happy to read about your discoveries. Feel free to leave a comment below.
Comments
Love the coffee break challenges!
Thank you, Shan. Glad you find then enjoyable 🙂
What great advice. Unfortunately, I have worked in too many places where I was unhappy. I guess I didn’t know any better at the time. I wanted to add that your post reminded of a quote that an ex co-worker shared with me. He said, “I work to live, I don’t live to work.” I think this goes along with what you have shared. It’s so important to be happy with what you do.
Thank you, Julie. This is one of the most challenging steps for myself as well, I guess it is easy to hope that things will improve and I am also a firm believer that we learn something valuable in every job where we are.