Many years ago I was a secretary at a printing company. I enjoyed my work and the people with whom I worked. One day as I was happily working along, one of the guys came into the office looking tired and worn out. I asked him how he was doing and although I cannot recall everything he said, I remember the main point he made. He said he was unhappy with his work and he wished he had become a doctor instead, but that he hadn't wanted to spend all that time in school. Now he is unhappy.
So are you on the path that you want to be on? Are you setting goals for the things that will take you in the direction you want to go? Don't get stuck doing what you don't want to do for the rest of your life. Do you want to make a change? Then do it. Start setting goals that will bring you closer to the goal you want. It doesn't matter if you are the bread winner in your family and want to change your entire career, or if you are a stay-at-home mom who wants a little business off to the side. Napoleon Hill said: "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve".
But you have to believe and you have to take action. Many people have seen the DVD called "The Secret". The essence of the documentary is that if you just think about what you want, create a "vision board" and wait until the moon and stars align, you will have whatever you want. But it doesn't work that way. You have to go out and work for what you want. So that is why the title today is DO what you want, not THINK what you want, and it has a double meaning. Do what you want with your life, and DO it. Take action and then the moon and stars will align!
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I love your positive outlook on everything. I am improving things around here in my own little way, but your pep talks keep me going too.
Perhaps it's not about "doing" what you want, but "becoming" what you want. Is it possible to be happy in a less than ideal job if we are being the person we want to be? This does require looking deep into ourselves and determining the parts of us that we want to change and then "doing" it. Changing our job or starting to make money will not improve our happiness if we are not happy with who we are. As we feel the need for change perhaps that feeling comes from a need to change something inside, not outside. This life is a continual internal growing period, not an external one. Being what we want to be does not mean having a job that we are happy with. It means becoming the type of person that we want to be regardless of our financial situation in life. Continuously improving our minds and souls will promote longer lasting happiness than any external changes that we make. If we are happy with who we are and who we are becoming then we will find it much easier to "endure to the end" and are less likely to feel it is time for a change. We will be able to get much more enjoyment out of life with internal happiness because we will be focused in the right place and we will find that the external things won't bother us so much.
Actually, I think it's both. Please read my newest post!
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