Research potential dream jobs to remove some of the fear, risk and uncertainty by:- Interviewing others who are in the field you’re interested in.
- Test driving potential dream jobs at sites such as VocationVacations.com so you can actually try it first before you invest time and money. Do you envision a career as an actress, author, dog trainer, fashion buyer, golf instructor, photographer, store owner, real estate broker, or yoga instructor? The list of possibilities is enormous. What’s your passion?
- Researching training information, salaries, and growth potential of the industry.
- Figuring out your real career goals – do you want a high powered corporate career, do you want to travel the world, or do you want to work from home and be your own boss? Do the research and find others who are doing it successfully. Sue Frederick wrote a very interesting book called I See Your Dream Job: A Career Intuitive Shows You How to Discover What You Were Put on Earth to Do. If you're one of the millions of women of are still searching for your life's purpose; this could be an eye opener.
- Hiring a dream coach can help guide you and make the transition anxiety free. Don't be one of the 95% of people who are not living their dreams. Let a Certified Dream Coach help you be one of the lucky 5%.
- Take a small step; any step in the direction of change. You don’t have to make huge changes all at once.
Do whatever you can to take some of the “unknowns” out of the picture so you can feel confident about making a change. You absolutely cannot make a mistake if you are making a change that you feel good about. Your decision doesn’t affect the rest of your life; you can always make another change if necessary some time down the road.
You don’t want to spend 1/3 of your life in a job that sucks the life out of you. Make the decision to make a change.
Will dream jobs really make you happier?
An important thing to consider is whether your current feelings about your job are related to the job itself or will you bring your dissatisfaction to the next job as well. If you are a truly happy person, you can be just as happy mopping floors as you can as a ballerina or a fashion model. Having said that, most of us aren't truly at this stage of enlightenment yet so we find it easier to change our conditions (our jobs) in order to feel happier and more fulfilled.
If you are currently in a dissatisfying job, the best thing you can do is to make peace with it. Try to find something positive about it every day and you'll be surprised to find that new opportunities will come your way.
Constant complaining and struggling in your current situation will only lead to more things to complain about. So, find something, anything you can find that you enjoy about whatever you’re doing NOW. While you're in that positive frame of mind, take some action to improve your situation.
I've read that approximately 67% of all job search success comes from networking. Don't you think your efforts will be more successful if you are positive and upbeat instead of being in victim mode?
It's not as hard as you might think. It's just a decision - Just CHOOSE to be happy with your current situation and by doing so, you'll find the perfect job soon.
What if you don’t know what you want to be when you grow up?
Making a living doing what you love is easier if you know what your passion is. But what if you don’t know what you love? Would you even recognize your dream jobs if they were offered to you right now?Just think about what you would do this minute if money, family, or barriers of any kind were not an option. Make a list – don’t edit yourself. Just list everything that comes to mind. Research the things on your list that give you that gut feeling of “yes, this could be it”.
LIVE YOUR DREAMS
Ready to get the job of your dreams, but just need a little more help? Marcia Wieder's Dream University is a fantastic resource for getting clear about your dreams and then getting the help to put your dream job into action.
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. ~Gloria Steinem
You deserve better than settling for anything that just pays the bills but leaves you unsatisfied. Most people let fear stop them from achieving their dream jobs. Does that sound like you?