My work as a sales trainer taught me how to inspire people to change. My work at dot-coms helped me understand the possibilities of the digital media. How did they lead you here to take this next step? Show how they’re helping you work toward your new purpose.įor example, my work at CBS News helped me to tell stories. When you talk to someone about what you want to do, share how your past experiences make you uniquely qualified to do it. They provided you with marketable skills that you can use in new ways to support your new work. However, that tempts us to throw out our current identity and all of our past experiences that led us to this point in our lives. When we start thinking of the work we’ve always wanted to do, we unknowingly think of it as a new identity. I want to help people give themselves permission to create that untold story by helping them design their lifestyle around the work they’ve always wanted to do. I believe everyone has a great untold story that deserves to be told.
So what’s my motivation for the work I want to do? Communicating your motivation is the way to communicate your passion.
People will be more engaged and even more inclined to offer you help if they believe your intentions are authentic. Your reason for making a change in your work.
You will leave a more memorable impression and you might even inspire the other person to do the work they’ve always wanted to do! Rule #2: Share Your MotivationĪs soon as you tell someone about the work you’ve always wanted to do, immediately tell them about your motivation for doing it.Ĭommunicate your “why.” Your purpose. They’ll start asking you questions which will give you feedback and perspectives about how you can make your work possible. Your conversation will be more engaging because other people will sense your excitement. When you talk about the work you’ve always wanted to do, you’ll naturally sound more excited than talking about the work that, while it currently pays the bills, makes you feel unfulfilled. The possibility of the work becomes more real to you. When you verbalize it publicly, the change you want starts taking on a life of its own. If you know what you really want to do for work, tell people (even if you haven’t taken your first step down that path).ĭon’t hold back, go for it! Focus on where you want your life to go, not what you are doing right now. Here are some “rules” for telling your career story. I believe telling your story is the most important of the Life Skills That Matter because it is the moment when you commit to the change you want to make in your life. You need to start telling the story of your career you’ve always wanted to tell. If you want to transform your lifestyle to work on your terms, you need to own your true identity. The first step is having the courage to tell your (true) career story. I want you to be comfortable with who you are. Unfortunately, this leaves us feeling guilty and anxious inside because we denied our true selves. We crave social acceptance so much we’d rather hide our true identity. Most people choose the first option because it’s safer. You can either:Ī) Tell them what they want to hear, which is what you currently do for work (even if it’s making you miserable).ī) Tell them what you really want to do for work (even if you aren’t doing anything about it yet). When someone else asks you, “What do you do?” you have a choice. What’s the work you’ve always wanted to do, but don’t tell anyone about?
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