It's fair to say that we like doing what we enjoy. Since we enjoy it, we can apply ourselves to what it is we are doing. Generally, one will be more consistent, persistent and determined to see something through to fruition, when a correlation exists between the undertaking and pleasure. Fair enough. It is therefore prudent to enjoy more of what we do.

We've all taken on tasks we didn't enjoy. Most of us have, at least once in our lifetime, undertaken employment that was not to our liking. I know I have done it. I knew initially it wasn't my dream job, but I was quite willing to put the hours in due to my ambitions.

After a couple of (long) years, I started to look for another form of occupation. It had taken me two years to realize that this was what I wanted and to want it enough to do something about it. It wasn't just the employer who didn't support me, it was also my choice of occupation that was letting me down.

I really had no drive for what I was doing. This was obvious. The first year I was full of raw energy and climbed up the corporate ladder 3 levels, then I hit a brick wall. I had stopped climbing as I realized the business countered my standards and my personal beliefs. Subsequently, I was treading water for a good year or so before I fully convinced myself that this corporation held no future for me.

Is this period time wasting? Is it a senseless frittering away of valuable and important time in our lives? Both are yes and no answers. Let's start with "yes". Yes, it is if you know you don't like the job and it irks you to simply attend to your daily duties. If you have become complacent enough that you no longer have the guts to chase your dreams and goals, then yes you are wasting your time. If you simply go with the flow of the current business of your employ detesting it, but failing to address and action your emotions, then yes, you are indeed wasting your time and standing still.

After a few years of doing this you may lose interest in your own (professional) interests and your drive may dissipate somewhat. Such action, over a lengthy period of time, may zap your personal interests as you simply become a robot where you can no longer reach the buttons on your back. As a result they are pushed and operated by other people.

On the other hand, it may not be a senseless frittering away of your valuable years. I have illustrated in earlier work of mine showing how important your years are. It goes like this...

"As adults, we may receive 50 years of life to roam about the earth. Assuming we are adult at 20 and pass on at 70, this holds true. Each and every year we experience, after the age of 20 costs us 2% of our priceless adulthood. It is therefore, a highly under valued commodity, which, must be optimized. There are no refunds and there are no second chances."

If you, during your employ, realize that there is no future for you at what you're doing and take appropriate action, then you are reacting to your circumstances positively. Such action may involve additional training in an area of interest to you or starting up a home business part-time. The difference here is that you are learning and reacting based on your interests.

Naturally, if you aren't 100% sure as to what makes you tick, then you will need to experiment with things that are of possible interest to you. If you like it, then you do more of it. If it doesn't rate as highly as you would otherwise like, then go onto other pastures.

Pastures on the other side may not always be as green as we like. Nevertheless, we must have a look and see. If not, then we'll wander over to another patch of grass and see if we like it or not. Doing so gives us an opportunity to grow as people. We expose ourselves to possibilities that may have remained closed off, had we waited in the same pasture for the farmer to deliver what he thought we wanted. New doors are opening. Creativity is awakening as we experience a variety of new options.

It doesn't matter if the pasture we choose is drier than the one we know so well. We simply move on to a new one, assess it and act accordingly. You owe it to yourself to open as many doors as you can. For it is this way you can choose more wisely. You will be widening your understanding and harnessing the strength of your increased knowledge. Knowledge is king.

You may be content with things as they are now, but if you don't have a look on the other side you may never know how much better off you may have been...

Ideas for success.
           Darren Roberts

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