9 Secrets to Career Success

Are you miserable at your job (or what you are				much more productive, and generate more quality
doing) but go				results
anyway to earn a living? Do you feel you are unable				when you maximize the use of your talents at work.
to use				Your
your talents and are doing things that are stressful?				increased productivity and higher quality results will
Do you				attract
find yourself in a career rut? Wouldn't you rather be				greater rewards for you. Matching your natural
in your				talents to your
ideal income position and "Go to Play" everyday?				income position will create greater enjoyment and
Most				attract
people spend approximately 35% to over 67% of				increased rewards at the same time.Secret #6
their				Create or develop your ideal position to fit youPeople
waking hours working. Being unhappy for so much				rarely perform this step because they fall into the rut
of the
day makes it difficult to enjoy the rest of your				of chasing job "opportunities" and the disastrous trial
waking hours.				and
Think how your life will turn around when you are				error method of choosing their work. Why, because
actually				they are
enjoying your "work." In your ideal career you will be				led to believe that creating an income position to suit
doing
what you love and be so good at it that you will				themselves is not possible, even while they are
produce				frequently
considerable value which will attract more rewards				told to do what they want. Remember, it is your
(including money) than you need.Does this sound				work
impossible? Well it isn't. Here are 9				selection process that is flawed, not you. Once you
secrets to get the career you will really enjoy.Secret				know
#1 Focus on you first, before looking at a careerMost				your passions, desires, values and talents, you will be
people have followed the same trial and error path to				able
				to develop and find a number of careers that will
work. They take a job that appears to be the best				allow you to
"opportunity" and try it out. They adjust to what				fulfill all of them at the same time. Now you will be
their bosses				creating
and the company want in hopes of advancement.				the position to suit you, instead of taking a position
They				and
eventually discover that they are stuck in a job or				adjusting to it. Believe it or not, the more you know
career that				about
they really don't like. Then they decide to try				yourself, the easier it will be to create and find your
another job				ideal
"opportunity" and the error cycle continues. To get				position.Secret #7 Go get your ideal positionNow
out of this				you are ready to get your ideal position. If your ideal
job rut and get your ideal career you will want to				position is an already established job, you will be
look at your				amazed at
wants and needs first, to discover what your ideal				how easily and quickly you will be able to get it. Your
career
looks like, before you select your next				enthusiasm, your confidence, your talents to
position.Secret #2 Discover your true passionsAll of				perform, and
us have things we are passionate about doing, but				especially your capacity to produce many quality
have suppressed them because of a number of				results will
reasons.				attract any worthwhile employer. They will know
Even though you do not consciously know your				you really
passions				want to perform, instead of just applying for a job.
exist, your subconscious "gut" does. You are				If your
probably				position is not a job, but one where you are either a
fulfilling a hidden passion when you do something
that				business owner or an independent contractor, you
gives you a very good "gut" feeling. Conversely,				will
when your				easily and quickly begin the process of building the
"gut" tightens up and creates stress, it is probably				position
because				to suit your personal criteria.Secret #8 Get Help
you are doing something at work you are				from the right personPeople are led to believe that
passionate about				they can easily look within
NOT doing. Once you consciously discover what you				themselves and discover what is there on their own.
are
passionate about doing and not doing, you will be				Self-help books and assessment tests claim that
able to				reading
create a position that allows you to fulfill both. When				the book or taking the tests will reveal all you need
you				to get
follow your passions, you eliminate your conflicts,				your ideal career. Yet, both methods fall very short
you have				of actually
more energy, you have more fun, and you become				getting to the truth. Discovering what you really
much				want, what
better at what you do.Secret #3 Discover your true				your true talents or values are is not a self-help
desires and prioritiesMost of us do not take the time				process.We humans cannot see our face without
in life to discover our true				using a mirror or a
desires and priorities. We seem to just go with the				photographic image. Just as you must look into a
flow and				mirror to
hope that we are heading in the right direction. We				see what you really look like, you must have
tend to				another person
suppress our true desires and priorities for the sake				act as your objective mirror to see what you really
of				want to do
others. Yet, the one big reason we feel so				and be in life. Seek out and get someone to be your
frustrated in
working at a job is because the work conflicts with				objective mirror to discover the truths about
our true				yourself, to find
desires and priorities. These conscious conflicts				or create your ideal position.Secret #9 Once you
create				obtain your ideal position, stay there
guilt, doubt, and eventual stress. Yes, you can				until it suits you to leaveMany people actually obtain
balance your				a position that they really love
personal, work and family priorities, but only after				and it fulfills their wants and needs. Then along
you dig to				comes the
discover what they truly are. You can organize your				promotion to elevate these very productive and
occupation around your own personal priorities,				happy
which will				workers, because they are so happy and productive.
allow you to perform much better at work and reap				They
the				are expected to perform even better and with
additional rewards you deserve. For example, look at				more
how				enthusiasm because the new job pays more and
many home-based businesses have popped up to				has a
allow				higher status. But it doesn't work out that way. The
people to fulfill both family and work priorities				new,
without undue				higher position is very different from the one they
conflicts.Secret #4 Discover your true				loved so
valuesEveryone has his or her own value system.				much, and performing it is much more difficult which
Unfortunately,				creates conflicts and stress, especially with the
people rarely look into them and more often than				additional
not accept				pressure to do more. Once you arrive at your ideal
the values imposed by the companies they work				position,
for. Just				have the courage to remain in that position until your
look at the damage caused to the many employees				wants
of				and needs change to drive you to get the new
Enron, World Com, Global Crossing and others				position to
whose				suit your new criteria. The acceptance of
beliefs did not agree with the misguided values of				promotions to suit
the				others has ruined far too many happy work
CEO's and higher executives. Were all of the				relationships.
employees				Take control of your work and accept promotions
misguided? Certainly not. Most had very honest				only if they
values but				increase your ability to fulfill your personal wants and
they were penalized anyway.Secret #5 Discover				needs.Provided as an educational service by Bill
your true talentsAll of us are blessed with certain				Dueease of The
talents, yet we rarely stop				Coach Connection, where "connecting great people
to really figure out what they are. You will enjoy				with
working, be				great coaches" is their goal.

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9 Secrets to Career Success