Category: Career
Issue: Many of us want to quit when the going gets tough or when we are not earning as much as we would like to. Many of us want to change careers thinking that grass may be greener on the other side. At times the grass may be greener, so it is important to cautiously discern when it is time to switch careers. Most other times, we need to persist because we may be very close to a breakthrough. As Russell Conwell famously said, we may be standing within our own acres of diamonds.
Solution: Spend 30 minutes to an hour daily with a legal pad and dissect your work. Take 3-6 minutes to answer each question.
- How good am I at what I’m presently doing?
- Can I call myself a first-class professional at my work?
- How would my work stand up against the work of others in my field?
- Do I know all I can about my industry or profession?
- How can the customer/client be given a better break?
- How can I increase my service/improve my product?
- There are rare and very marketable diamonds lurking all around me. Have I been looking for them? Have I examined every facet of my work and of the industry or profession in which it has its life?
- There are better ways to do what I’m presently doing. What are they?
- How will my work be performed 20 years from now?
- Everything in the world is in a state of evolution and improvement. How can I do now what will eventually be done anyway?
Conclusion: When it feels hard and you want to change your work, do not run away from your troubles. Overcome them by not escaping but triumphing over them. Prospect your own acres of diamonds and discover the opportunities that exist in your life now. There is abundance in every line of work. We just have to take time to think our issues through.
Source: Nightingale Conant
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