Get off the Road to Middle Aged Burn Out!

I find people often wait until they are middle
aged and entirely burnt out from doing a job that
they were never created to do, before they start
looking at making some changes.

But not always.

Sometimes I come across a person
who tells me a story that does my heart good.

I was speaking with a young woman the other day
who had taken the initiative early.

She had trained as an auditor and was doing well
in her job, but it didn’t really feel right for her.
She looked around at all of the other auditors
and saw what had become of the ones that
obviously didn’t really enjoy it. The ones that
had been doing the job for years and had just got
“stuck” there, miserable and grumpy!

She suddenly realised that if she didn’t make
some changes, and soon, she would end up just
like them. Grumpy and Miserable!

Now she’s working in recruitment and loving it!

It took courage, but she made the leap and is now
reaping the rewards. She decided that even though
she had spent years and loads of money training to
be an auditor, it would cost her a lot more in her
future happiness if she stuck with it.

Not everyone wants to go from being an auditior
to a recruitment consultant, some may want to go
the other way (Recruitment to Auditor). Its all
about finding what is right for you!

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Do You Think You Deserve To Be Happy?

You know, I think a lot of people don’t think
they deserve to happy. They probably wouldn’t
admit it, but deep down, I’m sure that’s what
they must think.

How else would you explain the fact that so many people end
up being stuck in dead end jobs that they hate?
Why would they put themselves through that day after
day after day, if they truly thought that they
deserved better?

Unless people have a healthy self-esteem and a
sense of their own uniqueness, they aren’t going
to have the ability to do what needs to be done
to get happy!

Maybe there is a little voice inside of them, way
down in their subconscious that is telling them
lies. Telling them they don't deserve any better.

Maybe they have been comparing themselves
unfavourably to other people.

The thing that I have found that goes and awfully
long way towards getting your self-talk sorted into
a more positive dialogue, is finding out who you
really are.

When you realise that you are truly unique, that
you weren’t made exactly the same as anyone else
and begin to explore this reality, it is such an
incredibly freeing experience.

I spent years thinking I wasn’t measuring up,
because I was trying to measure myself up to
someone who was made entirely different to me.

I hope you aren’t doing the same thing.

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Are You Crazy or Passionate?

How often do you meet someone who is passionate
about their job? Not just reasonably happy in
their job, but really passionate about it?

Recently we came across one such person when we
went on a tour of Stirling Castle in Scotland. It
was such a pleasure as the guide exuded
enthusiasm and loved not only sharing his
knowledge of the fantastic castle, but also
finding out about the people in his tour group.

In contrast, we went on a guided ferry trip on
the River Thames in London, and the particular
guide we had was obviously bored stiff with his
job and although he gave lots of information, it
wasn’t as enjoyable for the tourists and I’m
pretty sure it wasn’t enjoyable for him.

It often strikes me that a job doesn’t have to be
particularly prestigious or even pay huge amounts
of money to give people satisfaction. For some
people money is a huge factor, but for others its
more about getting a sense of fulfilment. If its
what you love doing and what you look forward to
doing, then that is what matters.

I find it so sad that something like 90% of
people don’t enjoy their jobs!
That’s a crazy amount of unhappy people every single day.

(By the way, that's my crazy dog in the picture, passionate about

the black sand at the beach)

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