| If you want to find work that is meaningful, fulfilling and | | | | will walk you through one of the exercises I use with |
| exciting then it is time to reawaken your ability to | | | | my life coaching clients. |
| dream. Most of us used to dream big at one time or | | | | Think about what your ideal job would look like. Where |
| another. We dreamed of being a movie star, sports | | | | would you work? Inside? At home? Outside? What |
| hero, a princess or the richest person on the planet. | | | | kind of people would you be working with? Would you |
| Then we begin hearing things like, "Be practical." "You | | | | be working alone? What would you be doing? How |
| have to be realistic!" "You'll never make any money | | | | much would you make? (This is where many people |
| doing that!" This for many of us, is the beginning of the | | | | jump back to the safety of "realism". I don't want to |
| end of dreaming. | | | | see you writing, "Oh, I just want to make enough to get |
| One of the major roadblocks to dreaming is the fear | | | | by." Stop! What do you really want in financial reward? |
| of disappointment. "What if I go for my dream and it | | | | Let's play big!) What will you be accomplishing? Which |
| isn't what I want?" or even worse "What if I go for my | | | | of your passions will you be using? What kind of |
| dreams and fail?" Many times we avoid taking action | | | | recognition will you receive? |
| towards our true passions because it is SO important | | | | I can hear some of you saying, "How am I supposed |
| to us that if we fail it would just be too painful. Really | | | | to do this exercise when I have no idea what career I |
| though, what is too painful? Would you prefer to live | | | | would be passionate about?" My answer is to just |
| life in a dull, boring way covering up your dreams so | | | | guess. Write down what you do know about your |
| that you'll be "safe" from possible failure or would it be | | | | ideal work. Leave the rest open. It is important to |
| more fun to dream wildly, with abandon and follow | | | | explore what you know you are attracted to and see |
| your desires? One of my favorite quotes is by Robert | | | | where it will lead. Martha Beck in her book, "The Joy |
| Fritz, "If you limit your choices only to what seems | | | | Diet" tells a wonderful story of a client's journey |
| possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from | | | | towards his passion. Alan hated his job and wanted a |
| what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise." | | | | career change. The problem was he was so burned |
| Is that what you want? A life of compromise? | | | | out he felt passionless. The only thing that interested |
| In the path towards your dreams you WILL have | | | | him were cars. He thought maybe he wanted to hang |
| obstacles, perceived failures and fear but the payoff | | | | out around race cars. So he begin to go to the race |
| will be a feeling of meaning in your life. The reward will | | | | track on the weekends. As he was watching the cars |
| be a renewed excitement, passion and the internal | | | | he realized it wasn't satisfying enough. He wanted to |
| rightness that only comes from having the bravery to | | | | touch the cars. When he allowed himself to run his |
| follow your heart. | | | | hands over the smooth metal it dawned on him. It |
| Are you ready to unleash your wonderful imagination | | | | wasn't the cars he loved, it was the shaped metal! |
| and let the dreaming begin? I hope so! As a Life | | | | Alan now owns his own design business making |
| Coach working with hundreds of people I have found | | | | beautiful, original furniture and in his spare time he |
| that the only way to get clear on the career change | | | | creates metal sculptures . Where will your desires lead |
| you REALLY want is to allow yourself to dream wildly. | | | | you? I dare you to find out! |
| So let's get started! Have paper and pen handy and I | | | | |