[From my current blog over at brantthompson.com]
Today I am going to offer a little encouragement for those of you who are discouraged in your worklife.
Not only offer just a little encouragement…but today I have some practical advice for you to change your situation.
In one of my recent blog posts (found here) I wrote about the 2 types of ‘unsatisfied worker’. I wagered that 90%
of everyone who reads my blog are unsatisfied in some way with their
job. [Spend 30 seconds scanning that post, then come back.]
Think that’s an exaggerated percentage? I don’t. I work very long
hours and working with the public, run into many people every single
day. I talk to them, ask them about their jobs, and a large number of
them are not happy and have NO job satisfaction.
For those of you who are working your dream job and your office is
filled with rainbows and bunnies, I solute you. This material is not for
you. For the rest of us who are not there yet, we need some guidance.
Looking at the 2 categories of the unsatisfied worker, this post addresses the latter of the two: The one who dislikes their job altogether and it’s time to get out!
If you are simply fed-up, and there is no hope to bettering your
situation at work, it’s time to do something about it. And I can help
you.
I have developed a 17-day plan packed with
practical, step-by-step information to help you transition from a job
you hate, to one that provides a better level of job satisfaction. I’m
not talking about a pie-in-the-sky idea. No, I’m giving you a detailed
track, a place to set your sights.
It’s all yours for simply signing up for my weekly newsletter. Enter your email below, and you’ll be sent directly to “17 Days to a Better Job”.
[Then, please check your inbox and look for the confirmation
email…you’ll need to click on the link in that email to confirm your
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The only thing I ask of you in return is this: Please forward this
information to as many people as you can…people who are suffering thru
their jobs.
Hope is a powerful thing. I want to help provide a little hope today.
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Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday, November 16, 2015
Indecision
Faced with a decision today? If so, read on, you will find some encouragement!
[taken from brantthompson.com, so click on over to find some other good content!]
To be stuck in the middle, between decisions, can be killer. There’s nothing worse–it seems–than not being on a planned track.
You want to find that perfect, planned track…the road you were meant to be on.
Are you facing a decision in your life… worklife or otherwise? There are more people than you might realize who are.
Decisions can be viewed like this: You are standing in a train station. There are many trains leaving in all different directions. Once you board one of those trains, you cannot turn around. You have to be armed with as much information as possible about the destination before you get there, before stepping onto the train. Such is the path of life.
We can look back at all the forks-in-the-road in our life now with clarity. After all, hindsight is 20/20. But wouldn’t it be nice to be able to have the same view on our future decisions? Unfortunately, it doesn’t work this way.
So what to do? The next best thing, which is look at all the given options, analyze best as possible, and then make the decision. Don’t over-analyze.
Study what is available to you on this end of “the fork”, talk to people who have been in your shoes, then go.
Don’t be stuck in a position of indecision for weeks, months, and yes–even years. Ever heard of paralysis by analysis? Don’t wind up there.
(By the way…to not decide is to make a decision anyway. So choose already.)
Let’s make this an awesome Monday!
Brant
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[taken from brantthompson.com, so click on over to find some other good content!]
Indecision
You want to find that perfect, planned track…the road you were meant to be on.
Are you facing a decision in your life… worklife or otherwise? There are more people than you might realize who are.
Decisions can be viewed like this: You are standing in a train station. There are many trains leaving in all different directions. Once you board one of those trains, you cannot turn around. You have to be armed with as much information as possible about the destination before you get there, before stepping onto the train. Such is the path of life.
We can look back at all the forks-in-the-road in our life now with clarity. After all, hindsight is 20/20. But wouldn’t it be nice to be able to have the same view on our future decisions? Unfortunately, it doesn’t work this way.
So what to do? The next best thing, which is look at all the given options, analyze best as possible, and then make the decision. Don’t over-analyze.
Study what is available to you on this end of “the fork”, talk to people who have been in your shoes, then go.
Don’t be stuck in a position of indecision for weeks, months, and yes–even years. Ever heard of paralysis by analysis? Don’t wind up there.
(By the way…to not decide is to make a decision anyway. So choose already.)
Let’s make this an awesome Monday!
Brant
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Monday, November 9, 2015
Why Am I Here?
[Note: This is my most current post over at brantthompson.com, my active blog. Feel free to check it out and make sure you get on the new mailing list so you don't miss anything.]
There is a reason why you are here. “Here” meaning where you are in your worklife at this moment.
[I hesitate to say professional life, because some people misinterpret a professional to be only someone in a business suit. To say worklife covers us all.]
Remember that when you walk into work today, there is indeed a reason you are there. Knowing that you are in the midst of a plan already in action helps to motivate. No, you are not just randomly wandering. Be encouraged.
When I look back at where I was professionally 10 years ago, I can safely say that the good Lord was preparing me for what I am doing right now. At that point, I owned my own business and I was gaining a mountain of experience. I go back further (back in the late 90s) and still remember valuable lessons I learned from working with an electrical contractor.
I could go on. The point I’m making is this… Don’t think that you have failed (or are even wasting your time) if you are in a dead-end position, or one that simply provides little-to-no job satisfaction. Knowing that you are there at this moment in time to absorb as much knowledge and experience possible will motivate you. You are being prepared for a much greater task down the road.
Think of this. At the very least, you are in the process of eliminating what you don’t want to do for the rest of your life. Simply despise where you are at? You have identified one more company or industry you will not go to work for ever again.
Remember how many times Edison ‘failed’ when inventing the light bulb? He has been quoted: “I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
Think about it.
Enjoy where you are at today, you are there for a reason.
Thanks for reading. Let’s have an awesome Monday!
Brant
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Why Am I Here?
[I hesitate to say professional life, because some people misinterpret a professional to be only someone in a business suit. To say worklife covers us all.]
Remember that when you walk into work today, there is indeed a reason you are there. Knowing that you are in the midst of a plan already in action helps to motivate. No, you are not just randomly wandering. Be encouraged.
When I look back at where I was professionally 10 years ago, I can safely say that the good Lord was preparing me for what I am doing right now. At that point, I owned my own business and I was gaining a mountain of experience. I go back further (back in the late 90s) and still remember valuable lessons I learned from working with an electrical contractor.
I could go on. The point I’m making is this… Don’t think that you have failed (or are even wasting your time) if you are in a dead-end position, or one that simply provides little-to-no job satisfaction. Knowing that you are there at this moment in time to absorb as much knowledge and experience possible will motivate you. You are being prepared for a much greater task down the road.
Think of this. At the very least, you are in the process of eliminating what you don’t want to do for the rest of your life. Simply despise where you are at? You have identified one more company or industry you will not go to work for ever again.
Remember how many times Edison ‘failed’ when inventing the light bulb? He has been quoted: “I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
Think about it.
Enjoy where you are at today, you are there for a reason.
Thanks for reading. Let’s have an awesome Monday!
Brant
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brantthompson.com
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