Right Now Could Be The Right Time To Change Careers
It’s 8:05am on the first day back to work in 2011. Are you sitting in your cubicle wondering how you go to this point in your life? When you were 9 years old did you dream that you would be doing what you are doing — now that you are 30, 40, 50, or 99 years old? When asked what we wanted to be when we were 9 years old, we may have answered a Pop Star, Astronaut, Pilot, Doctor, Army man/woman, etc. No one - at least no one that I have ever come across - dreamed of being an Actuary, Customer Service Representative, Cashier, or etc. What happened? How did things get off course? Or did life take a better course since many of you have exceeded your dreams?
You gotta work, and it isn’t supposed to be fun. Well, that’s just plain wrong! Life and work are meant to be enjoyed. If you are in a crappy job, then you chose that crappy job at some point in your life. Many fell into “just a job” - that deflating feeling of going through the daily routine of work. At some point the “train got off the tracks”. What can you do about it now??
In the Austin American Statesman Jobs front page article (link) by Mauri Elbel, we talk about what you can do now — in 2011. The first step is to take a step. Whether you buy our program or pick up a great book like “48 Days to the Work You Love” by Dan Miller, “What Color Is Your Parachute” by Dick Bolles, or “Test Drive Your Dream Job” by Brian Kurth; just take one step. If step 1 is to buy a book/program on career change. then take that first step this new year. Make a resolution (it’s not too late!) to explore a new career this year, take a class, or have an informational interview. It doesn’t have to be a huge step. Just take a baby step to finding a new career! You can keep doing to that same old unfulfilling career, or you can listen to wisdom that we’ve known for over 2,500 years: ”Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” - Confucius
[...] We met Tom Cassidy of e2a+ last week while he was on vacation from his home in London. Tom married a Texan, and they were back in Austin to visit family. He contacted us when he happened to see the article in the JobsPlus section of the Austin American Statesman. [...]