Imagine that your job and your industry disappeared overnight. Imagine that you had to make brand new career choices. If you were starting over again today, with your special combination of talents and skills, what would you choose to do that is different from what you are doing now?
How did Some Well Known People Find their best career?
Elizabeth Gilbert, who wrote: “Eat, Pray, Love,” wrote: “I never had to search for my destiny; I only had to obey it. What am I here for? I’m here to be a writer. No doubt about it.”
Al Franken, U.S. Senator for Minnesota, who used to be a comedy writer and actor said: “By the time I decided to run for Senate, I’d already transformed my career – from being a comedy writer and performer to writing political books and hosting a daily public affairs radio show. So the decision was more a natural transition than a dramatic break from my past. My parents cared deeply about politics and impressed upon us its power to improve people’s lives.”
Joy Behar, Co-host of The View and Host of the Joy Behar Show says: “I was a funny kid, a natural performer. When I was 10 the Fuller Brush salesman would come to sell brooms and mops, and I’d make him hysterical. But I lost my confidence somewhere in the hideous teen years and pursed other things. I ended up becoming a high school English teacher; I was nearly 40 before I realized I was always the funny one at parties. I started doing a little stand up, and things took off. So I believe that people should do what they loved to do when they were 10 – the age before you start caring what other think.”
Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer said: “I graduated from university and practiced law, and I enjoyed it. But I knew my voice was special – even as a child, everybody asked to hear me sing, and I was happy to oblige. That’s how my destiny revealed itself. I came to believe that if you have a gift, you have an obligation to share it with others, it’s as simple as that.”
Gayle Etcheverry, the artist who makes a living selling her art, and runs GodBlessHumanity.com recently sent out an email that I received and she wrote: “For when you do what you love and you love what you do - you are a much happier person. And when you are a happy person, it rubs off on others. Kind of a sneaky way to promote peace in the world but it works - happiness is contagious and that’s a very good thing.” ~
Find your dream career.
Take a risk -- go where you've never gone and do what you've never done, because both are necessary to have what you've never had and be who you've never been.
