5 Steps To Finding Your Dream Career

I’ve noticed a much higher level of turnover at work lately. People become dissatisfied and seek another job, looking for greener pastures.  Work is definitely brutal these days with an entire management level gone recently and very few new hires at our level.  We all dream of a new job or even a brand spanking new career but few of us take the leap. What does it take to walk off the cliff and fly?

Make sure you are passionate AND have the talent for something. You probably have a basic idea in your head of what your dream career is. And you probably know you aren’t going to be a movie star or pro basketball player.  You have an idea what your talents are. Now think about your passions. What are you talented AND passionate about? Once you figure THAT out you’ve discovered your dream career.

Research what it takes to start your dream career. You can’t just walk into a dream career and start right away.  Take some time to find out if you need training. Will it involve travel? Are you prepared to travel? Or maybe you have to relocate. These are all vital questions to research.

Make a list of what drives you crazy at your current job. In order to avoid falling in the same trap as you are in now, list everything that annoys you. If being stuck in a cubicle all day drives you batty write it down. If you staring at a computer screen all day gives you a nervous tick write that down too.  Will your dream career change these things? If yes….excellent!

Be prepared to sacrifice pay for happiness. Being happy in your new career is more important than the amount of money you will make.  If you think making more money is the key to happiness then you might severely limit your new career choices.  You usually don’t start at the top of your new career. You work your way up. But it should always be a happy journey.

Talk to your family and friends about your dream career. You need the support of your family to change careers. You need the advice of your close friends.  The people closest to you know you best. But in the end the decision is yours. Follow your heart.  Make the leap

…and fly

The Secret To Creating Your Own Website

One of the best ways to boost your career, build a new business or show off your incredible talent is to create your own website.  Feeling like life is passing you by? Want to make a change in the world? Need a place to document your skills for future employers? Build a website. This will be one of the most important life changes you will ever make.

1.  Find and purchase your domain name at Go Daddy. About $10.00 year.

2.  Get your website web hosted.   Web hosting enables your website to be accessed by viewers throughout the world. I use Host Discovery. About $ 120.00 a year.

3. Use a Word Press design.  FREE.

So there it is. Impress your family, friends and co-workers for about $130 dollars a year!

You’ll love it. Guaranteed.

Can The Internet Bring You More Fame And Money? Yes!

I’ve been approached to speak at a conference last week in front of industry leaders and executives. People come from all over North America for these conferences on Supply Chain and IT. How did this happen? A webpage I developed 4 + years ago was noticed and that has led to this speaking opportunity. Here is the web page.

http://www.squidoo.com/erp_supplychainoptimization

Pretty cool huh?

I’ve written before about the power of the internet. Just think of it, your audience is the world!   Creating a business or getting your name out there on the World Wide Web is getting much easier and cheaper every day.  You can buy a domain name from Go Daddy for 10 dollars a year and set up a website with Word Press FOR FREE in 30 minutes.

If you are looking to start a business, share your expertise or just write on the web for fun, it’s that easy.

The Internet is a beautiful tool to and share your view of the world or business knowledge. And this can lead to a wonderful life change.

What are you waiting for?

Give Me 5 Minutes And Chris Rock And I Will Help You Get A Career

Job

Job (role), a regular activity performed in exchange for payment

Career

A person’s “course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)”.

Do you have a job or a career? I have two careers. One is to improve business processes utilizing large scale information technology. The other is to help people make important life changes. I never think of them as jobs.

How do you define what you do? I hope you at the very least have a career.

I love the way Chris Rock defines a Job vs. a career.

It’s hilarious yet oh so true.

If you do not have a career, begin to make a few life changes to create one.

It’s never too late.

Before Life Gets In The Way Start Living

I’m starting up another business aimed at helping companies improve their key business processes. It will have a simple and efficient project tracking tool. It will have a 5 step process to process improvement accompanied by short and effective videos. I will market this Internet business to the world. It WILL be an extraordinary success.

People ask me all the time how I started this website.   People tell me they have self doubts about their ability to write. They tell me that they wouldn’t have anything to say, that hasn’t been written before.

This is all complete bullshit. Take your self doubts and trash them.  You are unique. There is nobody on this planet quite like you.

And seriously. Don’t give a fuck what other people think.

We all want to hear what you have to say. We all want to see what you have to offer.

Be bold. Be courage in action.

It’s now or never.

You aren’t going to live forever.

Never back down.

Who is telling you how to live your life?

5 Lessons I’ve Learned About Blogging

If one of your life changes is to make your mark on the world and be heard, there is no better way than to start a blog.

Blog Often

If you are scared of writing for any reason then go out there and write. Become courage in action. Write every day. Writing once in a while will not get you noticed.  Writing once a week isn’t a blog, it’s a casual hobby. Make yourself go to places you have never gone before. Open your taps. Spill your guts. Dare to tell the world your story.  Do it every day. Yes you heard me right, blog every day.

Be Passionate

Be passionate but about the right topic.  Once you have the right topic, figure out how to stand out in the crowd.  If you pick the wrong topic you have started off with a dud.

Be Genuine

People will immediately smell you as a fake if you aren’t authentic.  If you are telling people you are living the dream then speak from experience. It’s easy to put together a top 5 list. It’s much more rewarding to tell a story from personal experience. Look inside yourself and tell people how you felt. Tell people about your story through emotions. People want the real you, not some blogger giving cutesy advise.

Motivate Yourself

Create a setting and time that inspires you to write. Find out what gets you going. What rocks your world? Establish a routine.  In my case I try to write early evening or weekend mornings. I listen to thunderous rock music as I write. I read back my posts out loud to make sure I have the right tone.  I understand that there are 24 hours in a day. If I am to spend one hour a day writing, I’d better create the ideal setting. And for fucks sake, turn off your Email and Twitter.

Fortune Will Find You

If you follow all of the above, fortune will smile down on you. You’ll get that lucky break. The right person will read your post. You will make new friends and business partners. People will link to you. Luck will find you.

Music while writing this post.

Gimmie Shelter– Rolling Stones.

Creep- Radiohead

321- Scorpions

Burn it to the ground – Nickelback

Start Creating The Best Internet Company

I was just thinking about when I was a teenager and school was out for the summer. Remember that Alice Cooper song? All I had to look forward to was warm summer days playing baseball or football in a sun splashed field. ALL freaking summer. Those were the glory days.

Then I grew up and became a responsible adult with bills to pay, power point presentations and making sure I had a decent place to live.

Now I want to break the rules. I am on the verge of creating another company. A company that will break all the rules. An Internet based company that will turn the business consulting world on its head.  I have no doubt that it will succeed. I believe.

In a few months I may not be playing baseball on a scorching summer day, but I’ll be taking a break by walking on a beautiful beach, anywhere in the world.

Like I’ve said before, the Internet is opening up the world for anyone to start a business. Find your niche and go for it.

My company, my rules baby.  Freedom, creativity, fun and profit.

Start creating the best internet company you can.

What’s stopping you?

If You Own A Computer, You Can Easily Set Up A Business

There has been no better time in the history of mankind to create your very own business. Technology and the Internet have opened the doors wide open for you. Technology is making it easier every freaking day!

People are self publishing their own books, writing blogs, coaching online, consulting online and creating Cd’s of their own music. Everyday people are ripping power and dollars away from corporations and into their very own hands!

Anything you can imagine can be created and sold to the growing hordes of people all over the world surfing the net.

Sure you can wimp out and say, “There is too much competition”   That is pure bullshit.

If you have a passion in life, then get it out there! There are no more excuses.

What is your favorite thing in the world to do?

What are your interests outside of your regular work?

Do you have hobbies?

Begin a business today (or at least begin writing about it online) and get out of your 9 to 5 cubicle nightmare!

Find your true calling.

The Power Of Believing In Yourself

When you decide to believe in yourself mountains begin to move.

Years ago I had a new whippersnapper boss that moved up to become a Director of 400 people after one year at the company. I marched into his office a short time later and asked for a promotion. I demanded one actually. After working for many years at the company I believed in my heart that I deserved a raise in pay. I did not get the raise that day but I did land a sweet new position.

A short time later I quit, took a substantial severance package and started working at one of our clients.. My new company gave me a 24% increase in pay the next year. That’s right.  24%. I believed I deserved a promotion and a raise and received one. That is the power of believing.

Any life changes you want to make begin with believing in yourself and your goal. If any doubt creeps into your mind and you say the words, “I can’t”, your self belief will be broken and you will FAIL. I had no doubt in my mind that I deserved a raise art work.

Do you truly believe that you will lose 50 pounds in a year through changing eating habits and avoiding sweets?

In you core self do you believe you will pay off all your credit cards and stop paying idiotic interest to banks?

Do you truly believe you can begin an internet based business because you have a fabulous product you believe in 100%”?

Any beautiful life change begins with believing in yourself. Once that belief is firmly in place, you will begin to taste your success right away.

Keep your beliefs going and there is no dream that you can’t make come true.

Give Me 5 Minutes And I’ll Show You How To start A Kick Ass Online Business.

I was vacationing in Florida last week and the break from the daily grind gave me time to reflect on my life and my career. I’ve been contemplating launching another business for a few years now and it’s high time I kick my own ass and just do it. Have you?

The business is centered on providing business executives an outstanding online tool for tracking projects and how to effectively improve a business process in 5 easy steps. I have the vision, passion, knowledge and business plan to create this dream. I will pour my heart into it. Do you have a dream that is waiting for you?

I can’t work for a company for the rest of my life. Yes I have My Life Changes, and I love this site but it isn’t nearly enough to live on.  This is my time to take my work experience and sell it to the world. Yes, the entire world.  This is my time to run a world class business exactly how I want to. I will own it, learn from its failures and rejoice in its success.

In time I will be able to work from anywhere in the world, on an iPhone , ipad or laptop. I will have the freedom and control over my career and life like I have always dreamed of. In the morning I will wake up to the soft roll of ocean waves because that is where my new home will be.

So come for the ride and I hope you will learn a thing or two about creating an incredible online business over the next few months. I am going to rock the business world to its core.

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