What is it that you want out of your current job? If it’s more money then write it down. If it’s a promotion then write it down. It only matters to you what this is. Other’s might be curious about you and you them, but in the end it really only matters to you.It can be anything, you just need to know and be aware of what it truly is.
Some of you already have a very clear idea about what you want. Do you have this written down somewhere? Do you have a plan to get there?
What we are talking about will get you anywhere you really want to be, but the first step is being very clear with yourself about what you really want.
Example: My son Joseph won 1st place at the national level in Skills USA/CNC machining in 2008.
He went to technical school for three years and secured a great job with better than average pay for a high school student. He was set...or so we thought.
He loved what he was doing, but all the while he also had a little voice whispering about another dream tucked way back inside of himself. His true dream job, which was to be a comic book illustrator,was so remote a vision that he could not even say it to himself, much less say it out loud.
Joe has never taken an art class other than something basic in the 10th grade. He had no professional skill, just a passion for that type of artwork and story,and his own raw talent.
So one day, Joe told me that he was unhappy at his job. Even though he was very successful, he couldn't see himself doing this type of work for the rest of his life.I have always told my children "do what you really want to do and be the best at it." At this point he was still hesitant to admit what he really wanted. I explained that clarity around what we really want can take time to develop. Some of us are lucky and know exactly what we want.We then become free to move to the next step of acquiring it. The rest of us must engage in a daily process of conversing with ourselves to gain understanding and clarity before we can move forward.
Joe knew what he did not want and this is the first step. He began his journey by reading books like Mind Power into the 21st Century, Think and Grow Rich and Jack Canfield's Success Principals. All of these books were accessible to him since they happen to be laying around my house 24/7.
The first thing Joe did was admit out loud what he really truly wanted to do. He said " I want to be a comic book artist." Then came all of the reasons why this probably couldn't happen, like...no formal education in art, no connections, no extra money to pursue this, on and on.
This is what the mind does: It tries to help us by giving us what it thinks we want. Joe now had the task of telling his mind what he truly wanted on a consistent daily basis so it could help him acquire it.
He had to manually change the script that was going on inside of himself.
The first step was to write it down.
He kept this piece of paper in his wallet so he could see it every single day, every time he opened his wallet. He also took it out and looked at it at night and in the morning. His mind stopped giving him reasons why his dream would not work and started suggesting resources to help him.
I can proudly say that Joe is now a professional comic book illustrator with a signed contract for royalties with a great company. He is pursuing his dream and getting paid for it. This process from the beginning, when he started to question himself to the end result of that signed contract took about 7 months.
The time frame doesn't actually matter. Time is relevant to you and only you.
The point is: If you really want something, Decide what it is and write it down, then look at it every single day so your mind can begin to understand what you truly desire.
Then you can begin to watch really interesting things start to happen!
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