How to find a deal like: 7 steps in search of happiness
'24.05.2017'
ForumDaily Woman
“Choose a job you like, and you don’t have to work a single day in your life” - this is what Confucius says guides our constant search for a favorite business or favorite work.
But sometimes life stops at a certain point, and a person understands that what he did before does not bring him either pleasure or satisfaction. And to decide on something new does not work. This problem is faced by both very young people who are just starting their careers, and professionals who have reached the ceiling in any business and do not understand where to go next.
Business journalist Rebecca Bern-Callander offers several simple exercises, tested by successful people who have found the cause of life.
1. Take a piece of paper and write on it answers to three simple questions.
- What topics can I read many books on and not get bored?
- What could I do for 5 years without getting paid for it?
- If I didn't have a lack of finances, what would I devote my life to?
At first these questions will seem difficult to you, but give yourself time to think about the answers to them. In the future, this information may be important.
2. Give up the conviction that the work of a lifetime must bring money
Writer and journalist Hunter S. Thompson once said: “Everything that makes the heart beat faster is already worth your effort.”
Are there things for which you will spend time and effort with pleasure, even if they do not bring you money? There is nothing to worry about making money elsewhere. The main thing is to have time for progress in your favorite business.
3. Make a list of what you could do
It is really easy. For contrast, you can also make a list of those professions that you do not like. Write down the names of those who are your authority or who you envy professionally. Ask yourself about what profession you would like to try to realize yourself, but is it scary yet?
There are wonderful cases when a teacher of elementary classes retrained in the mistress of a small restaurant. Or the sales manager of a boring office found herself in the hairdressing business. Surely, even among your friends there are such cases.
4. Make a list of what you can do well or perfectly.
Even if you do not possess exceptional abilities in any one area, you definitely have a number of skills in different areas. If you group them correctly, it may give you an idea of what your calling is.
For example, a graduate of the faculty of management who knows how to program and has experience in sales can become the head of an IT company. Successful people are not determined by talent alone or any particular ability. The unique combination of skills makes them exceptional and effective.
5. Do not wait for insight
Take half an hour every day to think about things that interest you from a professional point of view. Consider new opportunities and ways. Ask your close friends and family members who they see you. Just do not take their opinion too seriously. Sometimes parents want their child to become a lawyer or a doctor, and the child does not have the ability and interest in one or the other. Ask what your friends are doing, if something interests you - ask for a master class. And suddenly - this is exactly what you wanted to do all your life? Experiment with new kinds of sports, learning foreign languages, get hand-made. Sometimes creativity gives you the opportunity to hear yourself and opens up new boundaries.
6. Remember what you liked to do as a child
Did you like to draw or write stories? Maybe you sculpted out of clay, sewed dresses for dolls or made wooden crafts? If you still have a predilection for something that you did as a child, think about how you can do a lifetime job out of this activity.
Or another option. Imagine that you still have 15-20 years to live. What would you like to do in old age?
7. Practice visualization
Close your eyes. Imagine that you woke up in the morning, had breakfast, got dressed, and went to work. Finish the picture - what your office looks like, what are you doing there, what tasks are you going to solve?
