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Casual Articles - How to Get the Courage to Pursue Your Dream Career
You've seen it before: people who make a hullabaloo about following their dreams and then end up broke, busted and disgusted. If this has made you put your own dreams on hold, here are 5 reasons why most people fail and how to avoid making those same mistakes as you strive to make a living doing what you love.1.They don't carve out their own niche- Many aspiring singers fail for instance, because they're too busy trying to become the next Kelly Clarkson, James Brown or Michael Jackson. Same thing goes for wannabe models, writers
2. What are the benefits of pursuing your passion? What benefits will you lose if you quit your present employment?
3. What if you fail? When you come to the end of your life, would you rather have tried and failed than to have never tried?
4. What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
5. How will you feel about yourself if you pursue this inner calling? What will your feelings of self-worth be if you don’t try?
Steps to Overcome Fear
Also consider the following:
1. Begin moving toward your goal, no matter how slowly. Start it as a hobby,
I'm a great people watcher and I've been observing other people's careers for the past 25 years. OK, maybe I should have spent more time concentrating on my own career and then perhaps I would have been more successful at work myself. But, hey, I'm happy, so what the hell!Based on this long and interesting period of observation, I feel confident in saying that the most important factor when it comes to being successful in the workplace is how much confidence you have. If you're the type of guy who wants to quietly sit in the cor
Ahead of the Pack
You’re ahead of many others who have not discovered their “bliss.” You feel grateful that you discovered your right livelihood, but now you face a dilemma. There are risks. Do you quit your present job or business and plunge ahead into your dream job or business? Will you be able to pay your bills? What will your family and friends think? Is this career practical?
Heart and Mind Conflict
Your heart says, “go for it.” Another part of you is scared and urges caution. Fears you didn’t know you had start appearing. You wonder, “What if I fail?” When you listen to your heart or that part of the mind that says, “go for your dreams,” fears often come up. The self-preservation part of your mind raises concerns. Both parts of yourself are attempting to support you. Both parts need to be heard and considered. Before making your final decision, you may experience intense inner conflict between these parts of your mind.
You may feel like a war or boxing match is going on inside of you. I once experienced this inner turmoil before I resigned from a secure job to begin full-time self-employment. I had a steady salary, excellent benefits, and was less than three years from receiving a retirement pension. Some of my friends and family cautioned me against leaving my job to follow my dreams. I decided that leaving was best for me.
The Choice Is Yours to Make
I am sharing my experience to let you know that I have experienced this dilemma, not to influence you to do it the way I did. The ideal is to start a part-time business and build it before leaving your job, or to go from a job to a job. However, what is right for one may be wrong for another. Only you can decide when to leave your job and whether to do it slowly or quickly. It depends upon your personal makeup, circumstances, and finances.
Questions to Consider
How can you decide whether to pursue your passion? Here are some questions that can help.
1. What will be the costs for you and your loved ones if you don’t pursue your dreams? What are the costs of leaving your current job or business?
2. What are the benefits of pursuing your passion? What benefits will you lose if you quit your present employment?
3. What if you fail? When you come to the end of your life, would you rather have tried and failed than to have never tried?
4. What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
5. How will you feel about yourself if you pursue this inner calling? What will your feelings of self-worth be if you don’t try?
Steps to Overcome Fear
Also consider the following:
1. Begin moving toward your goal, no matter how slowly. Start it as a hobby,
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Heart and Mind Conflict
Your heart says, “go for it.” Another part of you is scared and urges caution. Fears you didn’t know you had start appearing. You wonder, “What if I fail?” When you listen to your heart or that part of the mind that says, “go for your dreams,” fears often come up. The self-preservation part of your mind raises concerns. Both parts of yourself are attempting to support you. Both parts need to be heard and considered. Before making your final decision, you may experience intense inner conflict between these parts of your mind.
You may feel like a war or boxing match is going on inside of you. I once experienced this inner turmoil before I resigned from a secure job to begin full-time self-employment. I had a steady salary, excellent benefits, and was less than three years from receiving a retirement pension. Some of my friends and family cautioned me against leaving my job to follow my dreams. I decided that leaving was best for me.
The Choice Is Yours to Make
I am sharing my experience to let you know that I have experienced this dilemma, not to influence you to do it the way I did. The ideal is to start a part-time business and build it before leaving your job, or to go from a job to a job. However, what is right for one may be wrong for another. Only you can decide when to leave your job and whether to do it slowly or quickly. It depends upon your personal makeup, circumstances, and finances.
Questions to Consider
How can you decide whether to pursue your passion? Here are some questions that can help.
1. What will be the costs for you and your loved ones if you don’t pursue your dreams? What are the costs of leaving your current job or business?
2. What are the benefits of pursuing your passion? What benefits will you lose if you quit your present employment?
3. What if you fail? When you come to the end of your life, would you rather have tried and failed than to have never tried?
4. What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
5. How will you feel about yourself if you pursue this inner calling? What will your feelings of self-worth be if you don’t try?
Steps to Overcome Fear
Also consider the following:
1. Begin moving toward your goal, no matter how slowly. Start it as a hobby,
You might think that something as major as a building fire could put a serious dent in the productivity of any office, to put it mildly. Destruction of property equipment, furniture and files are almost certain. How much in terms of assets would be lost and for how long? What about the company’s mission critical data? Could it ever be replaced? Computers (especially the magnetic disks contained within a modern hard disk drive) are very sensitive to heat and critical data is likely to be irretrievable from a machine that has been melt
You may feel like a war or boxing match is going on inside of you. I once experienced this inner turmoil before I resigned from a secure job to begin full-time self-employment. I had a steady salary, excellent benefits, and was less than three years from receiving a retirement pension. Some of my friends and family cautioned me against leaving my job to follow my dreams. I decided that leaving was best for me.
The Choice Is Yours to Make
I am sharing my experience to let you know that I have experienced this dilemma, not to influence you to do it the way I did. The ideal is to start a part-time business and build it before leaving your job, or to go from a job to a job. However, what is right for one may be wrong for another. Only you can decide when to leave your job and whether to do it slowly or quickly. It depends upon your personal makeup, circumstances, and finances.
Questions to Consider
How can you decide whether to pursue your passion? Here are some questions that can help.
1. What will be the costs for you and your loved ones if you don’t pursue your dreams? What are the costs of leaving your current job or business?
2. What are the benefits of pursuing your passion? What benefits will you lose if you quit your present employment?
3. What if you fail? When you come to the end of your life, would you rather have tried and failed than to have never tried?
4. What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
5. How will you feel about yourself if you pursue this inner calling? What will your feelings of self-worth be if you don’t try?
Steps to Overcome Fear
Also consider the following:
1. Begin moving toward your goal, no matter how slowly. Start it as a hobby,
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Questions to Consider
How can you decide whether to pursue your passion? Here are some questions that can help.
1. What will be the costs for you and your loved ones if you don’t pursue your dreams? What are the costs of leaving your current job or business?
2. What are the benefits of pursuing your passion? What benefits will you lose if you quit your present employment?
3. What if you fail? When you come to the end of your life, would you rather have tried and failed than to have never tried?
4. What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
5. How will you feel about yourself if you pursue this inner calling? What will your feelings of self-worth be if you don’t try?
Steps to Overcome Fear
Also consider the following:
1. Begin moving toward your goal, no matter how slowly. Start it as a hobby,
There is a new concept in branding: online branding. If you want to know exactly what that means, you only have to take the traditional definitions of branding and adapt them to the Web. Then you’ll get a simple definition: online branding makes your visitors believe that you are the only answer to their problems.Every business has a brand; so don’t go around saying “I don’t need a brand”. You have a business, the business has a name, and you’ve created a website, so… welcome: you are in the world of the online brands. It’s nice
2. What are the benefits of pursuing your passion? What benefits will you lose if you quit your present employment?
3. What if you fail? When you come to the end of your life, would you rather have tried and failed than to have never tried?
4. What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
5. How will you feel about yourself if you pursue this inner calling? What will your feelings of self-worth be if you don’t try?
Steps to Overcome Fear
Also consider the following:
1. Begin moving toward your goal, no matter how slowly. Start it as a hobby, or as volunteer work, or part-time employment. Take the first step even if it’s a small one. Emerson told us, “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” Action is powerful! According to Goethe, “Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power in it.”
2. Read the biographies of others who took risks, overcame failures, and succeeded.
3. Place inspiring quotations and pictures in your home and office.
4. Listen to CDS that lift your spirit and motivate you.
5. Reflect deeply on how you want to live the rest of your life.
You were born for a purpose that you are worthy of fulfilling. The world needs your talents and contribution.
I leave you with a powerful quote by Helen Keller that had a positive impact on me when I was battling the fear of following my passion. I hope it will inspire you to pursue your dreams. “The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.”
Copyright 2007. Raymond Gerson
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