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Secrets to Reinventing Yourself at Work: Seeking Contentment on the Job
Got Goals?
Remember: Keeping these preferences in mind will make it easier to make and then stick to your long and short-term goals.
Stick To Your Values
I hope you will agree that we all have values that dictate our career, lifestyle, and family life. For better or worse, they are our filter for processing everything that comes at us, whether we’re at work or at home. They are the perennial moral compass that helps us make important decisions.
When we really know deep down what our values are, we make decisions more clearly and consistently, and then hopefully, we’re going to make the right ones.
Therefore, we cannot really be truly happy unless our decisions and goals are consistent with our core values.
An example in my case was when I was an in-house copywriter for a health and financial information publisher. This firm had clients that came to my boss to hire our company to do I.R.’s. These are financial direct mail letters that heavily promote a penny stock so it skyrockets its price.
Then once it hits a specific higher price, insiders dump the stock. They make out like bandits and the little guy gets hammered. They are aptly called “pump and dumps”.
Sure, there is small print on the advertisement that relinquishes the publisher from any culpability in the very likely event you lose your investment (and you will).
In case you’re wondering, legally, my boss was NOT held accountable. Morally, it’s a different story.
Because I believe in karma, I refused to promote that product because of my values!
Once again with gusto, class. It all boils down to balance. This goes back to having the little devil on one shoulder and the little angel on the other. Both are trying to persuade you.
Yes, we change as we get older, and with it, our values can also change during our journey. So, every once in a while you need to reacquaint yourselves with them, especially as they relate to your current working environment. The plain truth is…
If you find your work is not compatible with your values, it’s time to make a change.
So ask yourself right now: Is your work life/career compatible with your values? Maybe you’ve always dreamed of working for environmental causes, but you took a job, heaven forbid, with Big Oil, for instance. You’re devoted to your family.
But your corporation’s culture values ten hour days and 90 hour work weeks. I think you kno where I’m going with this. No job is perfect. No environment is perfect. But remember what YOU are all about. The job and your career may pay really well, but if your values are not compatible with other areas of your life, well then…Houston, We Got a Problem!
(Obi Wan Kenobi) “Listen to Your Inner Voice, Luke.” No, NOT that one! Not “The Voice” that says you are going to fail at everything you try, that you’re not good enough, and that you’re better off NOT rocking the proverbial boat at your job. (Please get MY father’s voice out of your head, now!)
No, my reinventor, I am talking about the other inner voice. The positive one that tells you everything is going to be all right and that you can reach any goals you set for yourself. (Ahhh! Cue up angelic-like music.)
Just Set Big Goals
No tiny, little, easy to obtain goals will do it. You’ve got to set big goals. I call them Monster Goals. No pain, no gain. Listen, if we set goals that are too easy to obtain, we don’t challenge ourselves and thus break out of our comfort zones. We end up setting goals that only improve our lives instead of transforming them.
The way I see it, you wouldn’t be reading this book if you didn’t want a dramatic change, right?
Rebooting your career means making a major shift in your working life. The truth is, you can’t do that without setting some major, monster goals.
So how do we accomplish that? Well, a good monster goal should be specific and measurable. Specific Monster goals are not vague; they’re ultra specific.
For instance…
Goal: “I will lose weight”
Nahhh, too vague! Try this goal on for size: “I will lose 70 pounds and get my own reality show detailing my success!”
Ahhh, you see? Much better. You’ve given yourself a specific amount of weight to lose. Although the dream of getting your own reality show might be out of your grasp.
Wait, on second thought, the way Hollywood works these days, you might just get one! Meanwhile, this is a good start. But how do we make this goal really powerful? Read on.
Measurable If your goal isn’t measurable in some way, you’ll reach your deadline with only the vaguest sense that you actually completed it. Let’s revisit our weight loss goal above and make it measurable:
“Come hell or high water, I will lose 40 pounds by December 31st, (fill in the year)!” Wouldn’t you be more likely to meet a goal like this, than some vague goal with no time limit? Specificity is better… specificity gets the heart pumping and the adrenaline flowing.
Years earlier, my big goal was to learn persuasive copywriting, so I could earn a six figure income — by a specific date! I focused like a laser on THAT goal. Nothing was going to stop me from reaching it. And I did it a lot sooner—than later! (We pause as author pats himself on the back.)
Brainstorm Some Goals
Now that you know what elements make a good goal, start a list. Go crazy. Don’t censure anything that comes to mind (for now). Remember, at this point in the game, no goal is too outrageous. Want to be President of the company?
Great! Write it down. Want to make six figures in sales commissions this year? Put it on the list, baby!
Hey! You make a shopping list when you go to a grocer, right? Then do the same thing with your life! Put it down… once reached, check it off. (Oh, and don’t forget to pick up eggs.) Spend some time on this list, and really come up with a big list of goals. Use broad categories like Personal, Work, Relationships, and Financial.
Come up with goals for each heading. Keep working at it until you’ve hit all the major areas and issues in your life. Also, make sure you come up with short, medium, and long-term goals. To do this, ask yourself, “Self, where would you like to be in a year?”
It’s The Journey… NOT the Destination (Bull! It’s the destination, and you know it!)
Reinvention Guy’s Take-Away Tip: For medium-term goals, ask yourself where you want to be about three years from now. For long-term goals, ask yourself where you want to be in five years. Got Goals?
Is there a method to this madness? Yes, doing this will help you create deadlines for each of your major goals and let you evaluate them further down the road. Once you’ve finished your list, measure your prospective goals against your lifelong interests.
Do these ideas match areas in which you enjoy spending your time? If one of your goals is to become a star salesperson, but you hate selling, then common sense dictates that being in sales is not for you.
Next, measure your ideas against your strengths
• Is this an area that you have shown an aptitude for?
• If not, do you feel you could develop the skills you would need?
• Can you see yourself succeeding at this and being happy? If so, go for it.
Now, it’s time to decide how your current working environment would affect these ideas. Is your employer the right culture for you? Will they allow you to accomplish these objectives? If not, what type of culture do you need to be successful?
Now, look at your values. Are these new goals in line with them? No matter how you try, you will not get very far with goals that are in opposition to your values.
One more time with gusto: When your values are in line with your goals, you create a synergy that will propel you farther than you thought you could make it on your own.
In no time, you will be living a life that you’ll love, one that you mapped out from day one. This will give you an overall feeling of pride and accomplishment. You’ll breathe a deep sigh of relief and say to yourself, “Life is good at the top.”
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