Do you like the job you have?
Or are you daydreaming about your dream job?
I just read, Quitter by Jon Acuff.
It is a book about how to close the gap between your day job & your dream job.
If you have ever felt that you have always wanted to do _____, but are doing _____ instead. This is probably a right book to read to help you do _____ instead of _____.
This book has helpful guidance on how to get to your dream job from your day job.
The basic message of the book is that don't quit your day job just yet, if you have no means to provide for yourself after you quit.
Work on your dream job in your spare time such as before work, after work or on weekends until you can provide for yourself with the income generated from your dream job.
The book also gives you helpful advice on how to fall in like with a job you don't love and why you need to do it, and how to avoid pitfalls of quitting a job prematurely.
You may already be working in your dream job.
Or you may be working in a day job, and daydreaming about your dream job.
There are also helpful questions at the end of the book that help you decide whether you're ready to quit your day job or not, or whether you're already working in your dream job or not.
Jon Acuff shows in this book that it is possible to pursue your dream job while working in a day job.
He has a plenty of personal stories to offer because he's been there, done that, and got the T-shirt.
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Friday, November 30, 2012
The Principle of the Path
Direction, Not Intention, Determines Destination
Where will you end up in 5 years?
Where did you want to end up 5 years ago?
Are you at where you wanted to be 5 years ago?
I'm going to talk about "the Principle of the Path."
The Principle of the Path states that, regardless of where you want to end up or who you want to become, if the path you're taking today does not lead to where you want to end up, you won't end up there.
It is as simple as that.
For example, say, if you wanted to go to Singapore, and took a plane headed to Poland, you won't end up in Singapore.
If you wanted to go buy a new laptop, and went to a fruit & vegetables store, you won't be able to buy a laptop.
If you wanted to go to a music school, and went to a business school instead, you won't go to a music school.
If you wanted to do well at school and become a successful businessman, but now if you're spending all your time watching TV and surfing on the internet, checking emails and Facebook, the chances are the path you're taking at the moment does not lead you to your desired destination, but rather to more of TV watching, internet surfing, and email & Facebook checking.
Your intention might be to become a successful writer, but if you're spending all your precious time doing something else, the chances are your path is not leading you to become a successful writer, but becoming something else other than a successful writer.
It is so simple. Yet, we sometimes naively assume and presume that just daydreaming and thinking about our desired destination would lead us to it somehow.
The truth is that we have to be on the right path and take steps now, no matter how many steps and how long it takes to get us to our destination.
Just as every morning when we get up and get in the car, we have certain directions that we must take to get to work, we must take certain directions in our lives to take us to our desired destination.
Scenario 1:
- Bob lives in Singapore.
- He wanted to go to New York (Intention).
- He took a plane headed to Australia (Direction).
- Result: He ended up somewhere he didn't want to be (Destination).
Scenario 2:
- Bob lives in Singapore.
- He wanted to go to New York (Intention).
- He took a plane headed to New York (Direction)
- Result: He ended up in New York where he wanted to be (Destination).
Intention was the same in both scenarios, yet Bob ended up in different destinations, depending on the directions each plane took.
Therefore,
Direction, Not Intention, Determines Destination.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Joy and Sorrow by Kahlil Gibran
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
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