What is it you truly would love to do for your career or work? What do you do at the moment? Are the two the same thing? If not, why not?

Too often, we do jobs and take up careers for the wrong reasons. It pays well, it has high status attached to it, our parents wanted us to do it, It is all we can do, etc etc.

But consider how much of your life, you spend at work? Do you really want to waste it on something you hate doing, or is it a daily chore that gives you no satisfaction whatsoever.

Sometimes it is important to examine what you do for work and ask yourself is it something you really want to do. Is it your dream job? Are you doing it for the right reasons? Maybe your dream vocation is out there, you just havn't thought of it, or been too scared to make the jump.

There is a famous story about a New Zealand boy in this position.He wanted to be a cricketer, for the simple reasons that his cousins were. Every Christmas, birthday etc, all the family would meet and his two cousins would bring out the cricket trophy's they won. He felt envious and left out and was determined to become a famous cricketer. There was only one obstacle, he didn't have the talent, no matter how hard he tried or practised.

After many years growing up trying this, he had a conversation with his mum who suggested that he was trying to be a cricketer for the wrong reasons, and that he should try to be something that he really wanted to do. He tried singing, still no success, so he thought about acting. Acting had appealed to him when he was young, so he would try that.

History will state that Russel Crowe made a good fist of his chosen career as actor, winning an oscar for the role in Gladiator.

Sometimes, your perfect vocation is just around the corner, you just need to know where to look.
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