The Top 10 Reasons to Have a Career You Love
Category: Careers (AB39)Originally Submitted on 3/30/99.
1. Work-related functions occupy 50% - 75% of your waking hours (more for workaholics).
Why not have those hours be at least as great as the rest of your day?
2. When you are doing something you love that fits who you are as a whole person, your true self shines through. You literally glow!
3. It would be a shame to let your gifts and talents go to waste.
Everyone has natural gifts and talents. Take the time to learn what yours are and then find ways to share them with the world.
4. If you want to leave a legacy, why not create a career in which to do it?
It can be a great vehicle for leaving something behind in the world.
5. People can and often do earn decent money doing what they love (contrary to popular belief).
You can too!
6. Having a fulfilling career means getting in touch with what is really important to you.
This is one step toward self-actualization, the highest level on Maslow's hierarchy.
7. When you are happy in one area of your life, it has the potential to cross over and affect the others.
Career is a good place to start.
8. People who love their careers are able to live more fully in the present rather than waiting for the day they get to retire.
9. Doing work you enjoy and utilizing your gifts and talents is a form of self-expression.
10. Because you can!
About the Submitter
This piece was originally submitted by Stacey Mayo, Director, Center for Balanced Living, Career and Personal Coach, who can be reached at coach@balancedliving.com, or visited on the web. Stacey Mayo wants you to know: I provide the tools and guidance to empower you to create a career you love. To contact me or subscribe to my free ezine, Living Out Your Dreams, mailto:coach@balancedliving.com.
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