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Fulfillment@Work - Love Your Current Job!
Contents:
1. Challenge From The Coach: LOVE YOUR CURRENT JOB!
2. Quotes of the Week
3. Tip of the Week
4. We Recommend . . .
5. Live In Person!
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1. Challenge From The Coach: Love Your Current Job!
It's very easy in today's workplace to get into
patterns of behavior. You complete the same tasks the
same way, work with the same people and generally have
a familiar routine. It is comforting and known. Step
back and look at how you may be held back and restricted
by this routine. Consider what artificial blinders you
may have in place that limit your viewpoint and creativity.
Expand your field of vision and see the possibilities in
your future. Look at your job with the eyes of an outsider
and consider how they would find positives in your current
work. Remember it is possible to live a life without
limits.
You may think that it's easier to leave your job and find
a new one than to stay and make the changes necessary to
love your current job. You've worked at this job and this
workplace for many days and it's become familiar to you.
You look at it with the same perspective everyday and see
only the negative. It seems simpler to leave and find a new
job than to stay, make the commitment, look long and hard at
yourself and your actions and make the needed changes to
create a better, stronger relationship with your job. You
benefit most by this. You become more relaxed, more open
to new ideas, more creative. You complete your work quicker
and at a higher level of quality. You feel better about
yourself and your abilities, your superiors notice your
increased level of performance and reward you accordingly.
You enjoy your work and perform better at it. Your overall
quality of life improves.
This week, I challenge you to change just one thing at
your current job. What skills and abilities do you have
that you can bring into your work? What barriers are
there to your enjoyment of your job and what creative
solutions can you brainstorm to overcome them? What
co-workers can you use as role models or mentors? What
can you do to take better care of yourself at work?
Get creative and spend some time brainstorming ideas!
List all the thoughts that occur to you, no matter how
impractical and far fetched they may sound.
Then, choose one and put it into action. E-mail me and
let me know what you did and what the results were. I
will feature your stories in a future issue of Dreams Work.
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2. Quotes of the Week:
"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion
to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their
chosen field of endeavor."
- - - - Vince Lombardi
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the
same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
- - - - Albert Einstein
"And this road is full of footprints! Companions have
come before. They are your ladder. Use them!"
- - - - Rumi
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3. Tip of the Week:
Write your success stories! Set aside 15 minutes each day
to write at least one paragraph about each success you
have had in your professional career. What problems did
you solve? How did you save money or improve efficiency?
How did you mentor someone? What were you recognized for?
What positive comments did your most recent performance
evaluation have?
Take time to focus on the positive aspects of your job
and see how it helps to change your perspective. And, if
you're hunting for your dream job, these success stories
will help you craft your resume and answer interview
questions.
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4. We Recommend:
Do you want to find stories of inspirational people?
Check out Biography.com: http://www.biography.com and
search from over 25,000 stories of people from the past
and the present. Find out how people overcame obstacles
and found and lived their dream jobs!
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5. Live! In Person:
Finding Your Dream Job
Thursday, July 19, 2000, 6:00-9:00pm.
Alumnae Resources. 120 Montgomery St., Suite 600,
San Francisco.($45 members and $60 nonmembers)
Details and registration: 415-274-4700.
How to Bring Your True Self to Your Job?
Wednesday, August 9, 2000, 6:00-9:00pm.
Alumnae Resources. 120 Montgomery St., Suite 600,
San Francisco.($45 members and $60 nonmembers).
Details and registration: 415-274-4700.
Love Your Work: Make the Job you have the one you've
Always Dreamed of!
Monday, August 14, 2000, 6:00-9:00pm.
Career Action Center. 10420 Bubb Road, Suite #100,
Cupertino, CA, 95014-4150($40 members and $55 nonmembers).
Details and registration: 408-343-2711.
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Contact: joel@dreamjobcoaching.com
(510) 339-3201
Copyright ©1998-2006 Joel Garfinkle, Dream Job Coaching. All rights reserved.
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