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The best advice I ever acted upon. I can hear these words bounce around my head so clearly. They were the words of my Grandad who sadly passed away a few days ago.
When I was very unhappy in my career years ago, he repeatedly said this to me. I eventually acted on his advice. The problem I had though is I kept ‘getting out’ and landing in to another miserable line of work!
I quickly learned that the common trial and error approach is a poor choice when it’s your career. It’s way too costly in terms of time, money, energy and your own mental state. It distorts your worldview too. It’s typical ‘working harder, not smarter’.
But my Grandad didn’t mean just ‘get out’ did he? He meant ‘get out and get in to your ideal career’. I eventually realised that, so I made it my mission to do so.
8 years on and I still love my work. I keep myself on track. It’s a great reason for me to get out of bed in the morning. And I’m proud that I learned how to keep myself happy. I guess you might be wondering how you can put yourself in a similar position?
Well like Newton said, ‘I stand on the shoulders of giants’, I’ve stood on my Grandad’s shoulders and built on his advice. Unfortunately he didn’t know this before passing away, but his message and what it meant to me personally inspired me to help others in the same way. So I have drawn upon all of my learning and experience about thinking, planning, working smarter and decision making and I’ve created an informal step by step process to lead you in to your ideal career. Not some fluffy pipe dream career, but a realistic career that aligns your strengths, your experience, your talents, passions and pride with a sustainable paying market.
The process I’ve created helps you break the whole decision down into smaller parts, and work through it methodically. I help you make connections along the way with others who are in the same boat as you and who may help. I help you generate plenty of relevant ideas that will no doubt surprise and inspire you. And I help you narrow your ideas down to a short list. And finally I help you take your top ideas and check thoroughly if there is a sustainable paying market for them. You can’t always just make money doing what you love. You need to align what you love doing with the needs and wants of your customers.
My Grandad’s message started this, and I’ve tied it up in to a whole ‘how to’ ecourse which I’ve called ‘The Great Career Escape’ to reflect my Grandad’s original words. And I’m offering this for free to the first 20 people who convince me that they’re unhappy in their work and are serious about working through a process like this. It takes time and effort to think and plan, so I’m not offering these places to dabblers. Your place isn’t guaranteed, you’re going to need to convince me by dropping a short note about yourself. If you’re serious or know someone who is, I invite you to get in touch.
Details are here: www.thegreatcareersecape.com
P.S. I just received an email from my sister. She said that our Grandad gave her the best advice she ever heard in life:
‘Don’t take life too seriously… don’t worry too much. It’s not worth it.’
Well done Grandad, that’s 2 pearls of wisdom from a wise old man. Maybe it’s just his Grandchildren thinking the world of him, but perhaps too he’s got a point.
