Your dream job is waiting for you!

I watched a video recently where the host was advising people to find a real job. He went on to say people should not follow their passion or dreams, and to find a real job that pays the bills… I FIRMLY disagree!

He used the example of entertainment jobs, which have a fantasy aspect to them.

Sure all of us might have wanted to be a rockstar at some point in our lives, I know I did! I’m still kicking myself about not putting together a girl group before the Spice Girls.

Here’s the thing… wanting to be a rockstar is what shaped part of who I am today.

There is a rockstar living inside a lot of us, and it may be our desire to been seen and heard by as many as possible.

How far you take being a rockstar, may determine whether you are truly destined to be a rockstar or not.

This is where my 5 Dream Job Checkpoints come into play, which I’ll get into shortly.

Next, the host assumes by following your dreams or passion you will not be able to pay your bills, which is another reason I firmly disagree with him.

If you really think about your dream job right now, it most likely comes with a paycheck and if you’re truly thinking about your dream job, it most likely comes with a much bigger paycheck than you’re receiving right now.

Of course there are some exceptions here, and I’d love to talk to you about this if you truly feel there isn’t a big paycheck connected to your dream job.

Because if this job or work is truly your dream and passion, there is a way to earn substantial income around it if the job or work is important to you, and I’d love to talk to you more about how this can be done.

Let’s start with my 5 Dream Job Checkpoints to support you knowing quickly and whole-heartedly if you are on track to landing the job of your dream and making your next big move!

1: DESIRE / VISION

"Vision is declaring the existence of something in the future that is unprecedented, unpredictable and does not exist yet" - Michael Strasner, Mastering Leadership

It all begins with your desire. Your vision.

The desire to do what are you meant to be doing every day of your life.

When you are truly in love with your job or your personal brand you are creating, you feel fulfilled and joyful.

Yet there are too many people who do not feel this way.

Desire and vision are the starting point, because this where you flush out and acknowledge all of the parts of who you are.

You aren’t just one thing, and there might be a rockstar living inside you.

You already know this, because it’s what makes you unique… you are unlike anyone on this earth… even if you have an identical twin, you 2 are not the same person.

When we explore each passion we feel, we notice how some have short shelf lives, we realize we don’t have the drive or stamina to turn some of them into a sustainable livelihood, which may mean they get to be hobbies.

Some may feel too challenging to create momentum around. This may feel like failure or incompetency, and it really isn’t at all. It may mean it’s not the most fulfilling and rewarding path for you at this time.

So you let go and move on knowing you acknowledged that part of you that is passionate.

Then there are the 1 or 2 that keep you up at night and call you. The 1 or 2 we're great at or know we will be great at soon. The passion people tell us to pursue, the passion that lights us up.

These are the areas I love working on with my clients… the passion that lights you up, AND letting go of what is not a definite YES for you.

One of my clients loves to dance, yet she does not have the rigor or desire to train as intensely as it would take for me to become a professional dancer. I wanted to become a sports agent, yet I did not have the rigor or desire to go to law school.

Then there's letting go of what you’re not in love with, letting go of what is not fulfilling you. One of my clients was an incredible COO yet being in operations did not make her happy.

I call this - letting go of pushing the boulder uphill, and being OK with knowing you honored your passion, or honored your passion and determined upfront, this may not be the fulfilling way to go.

This mindset creates the space to take the pressure off, release judgment and expectations, and instead explore and honor other parts of your desire and vision… how liberating is that?

Your passion and your ability have nothing to do with each other, yet I do believe in acknowledging your passion and that it is worth seeing if there is a viable way to turn it into your dream job.

This process creates the space to get clear on your vision, where or how far you want take your passion.

As we move through the next 4 checkpoints, you will begin to get clear on how passionate you are about potential job or opportunities that are aligned with your vision, and how committed you are to landing your dream job with the pay you desire.

These checkpoints will save you time, energy and resources when it comes to landing your dream job.

2: COMMITMENT

This is the BIGGEST checkpoint out of the 5!

Commitment is huge… even hearing the word commitment, usually stirs things up in a lot of people.

Commitment means you’re in… ALL IN.

This is the area where people get stuck.

People like to have options, a way out, or an excuse.

Commitment includes the unwavering willingness to get uncomfortable and take a risk to be happy and fulfilled.

When it comes to landing your dream job, commitment is the 2nd checkpoint because this is HOW you’ll know if your desire and vision are real, meaning you'll if you're following the best one at this point in your life, and whether or not you’ll land the job because you're willing to take a risk.

Such a time saver! The next 3 checkpoints are only useful if you are committed to yourself and your dream job.

This is the point where you make a powerful decision.

Let’s say right now you are the top salesperson in your company, yet you know you want to run the department and create a new training and development program for the team. Your commitment to your vision means you are already building the training and development program, which will be part of your pitch or interview to run the entire department.

Your commitment has you planting seeds with everyone involved in the decision making process. Your commitment has you supporting the person who is currently running the department showcasing how much you care, demonstrating your results in this new way, and your commitment has you looking for opportunities internally and externally that match your vision of running a sales department with a new training program.

• What commitment doesn’t look like is waiting for the ‘job’ to become available
• What commitment doesn’t look like is taking no for an answer
• What commitment doesn’t look like is not letting anyone know your desire or vision - no hiding

This is where I was in December 2015.

It was time for me to make a decision to deeply commit to my private coaching practice and invest in my Masters’ Program.

It wasn’t until I invested the first $5,000 into the training and certification, and fully committed to becoming a sought-after, master coach, sharing what I love to do with as many people out there looking to land their dream job, live with purpose, and with companies committed to creating thriving cultures and an unlimited supply of dream jobs.

This is exactly what I am meant to be doing every day! I committed to this!

Before December 2015, I was coaching here and there, not really creating a business and not really creating a ripple effect of results for my clients or myself because I wasn’t 100% committed.

This is why your commitment takes a big decision. This decision might be…

• Simply putting your name in the hat for your dream job
• Going back to get your Masters or PhD
• Taking a certification course
• Applying for jobs that scare the heck out of you
• Pitching a project or job that doesn’t exist yet
• Switching industries
• Taking the leap of faith to start your own business
• Taking a job or internship that pays nothing to start, which is another way of investing in yourself, such as working for a start-up. I’ve seen so many people win big by investing their time in a start-up, where they took a significantly lower or non-paid position to have a seat at the table of a brand new company they were passionate about.

The bigger or deeper the commitment you make, the quicker you’ll know if you’re on the right track.

If you don’t make this kind of commitment, you might have also answered the dream job question… this may not be your dream job, and you get to let go it, and go back to the first checkpoint – desire / vision, and continue that type of mindset work.

It is such a time and energy saver to pivot at this point, rather than sitting in the same old job month-after-month, year-after-year, spinning on something you are not committed to taking a risk to pursue.

If you are truly pursuing the job of your dreams, making this type of commitment or investment in yourself will not be challenging, it might be scary, yet it will not be challenging.

You most likely already know what this commitment or investment is at this point.

Are you ready to lock-in and go for it?

If not, go back to the first checkpoint. If yes, continue.

3: COURAGE

Your commitment does need to be backed up with courage.

Commitment can be terrifying.

It can feel risky.

The results and pay off from your commitment can turn your desire and vision into you being in your dream job. Here’s the good news… we all have courage… all of us.

Everyone is born with courage.

How you act on it is key on this journey. It’s pretty easy to say you’ll do something, or think about doing something, yet to actually do it takes COURAGE!

"Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts" - Winston Churchill

On this journey of pursuing your dream job, when we get to this checkpoint, I ask my clients...

Are you ready to declare what you're committed to creating and understand there are always highs and lows along the way?

This was a huge checkpoint for me in 2016.

I did a lot of mindset work on my beliefs and habits to develop sustainable courage to declare who I am, what I love to do unapologetically, and be completely visible and vulnerable along the way.

This is still terrifying to a degree, yet worth it because I am successful and fulfilled doing what I love and I am meant to be doing this every day!

Courage is a belief.

The belief in knowing you are worth it!

You deserve to be happy, fulfilled, and doing what you are meant to be doing every day.

Courage is your strength. It is your doorway to possibilities and will support you shifting out of limiting beliefs along this journey.

There will be failure, set backs, and rejection along the way - remember, the highs and lows.

Courage creates the space for you to know neither the highs or lows are permanent, nor do they ultimately define who you are.

4: CONSISTENCY

Now that you are committed to your desire and vision with courage, next is consistency.

Some of my clients, before working with me, believed once they ‘make it’ through the first 3 checkpoints, everything will be gravy and smooth sailing.

It can be...with CONSISTENCY.

Here's the question I ask my clients when beginning this checkpoint:

Are you committed to practicing what you are learning about yourself and your dream job journey? Practice consistently… not doing something once or twice, but consistently?

This is how my clients land their dream job AND enjoy the journey.

Consistency is actually one of the cornerstones of mindset work and transformation because it is one of way to create and support habit and behavior change.

This journey is not about education, it is about becoming the person who lands the job of their dreams and makes their next big move. It is how you consistently make choices and what you decide things mean in every moment on this journey.

It’s easy give up or bask in short term results.

Giving up and focusing only on the short term results might leave you wondering why things are the same, why you’re still in the same job next month, next year, or for the next 5 years, making the same pay and not being 100% fulfilled.

Simple example of this is dieting.

One of the reasons dieting doesn’t really work is because it’s inconsistent. You do it for a few weeks, experience results, and then you quit. Then a few months later the results go away, you diet again for a few weeks, experience results and then you quit.

When you consistently make small, achievable upgrades along your journey, based on what you’re learning and how you’re evolving, you start to experience your desired results in a sustainable way, and then the results do not go away.

Consistency can include:

• Updating your resume 2 - 4 times per year, no matter what – adding accomplishments, new skills, completed projects, etc
• Attending networking events consistently every month. This keeps you in the game, top of mind, rather than sitting on the sideline waiting for your turn to play, or find out the game is over and you missed an opportunity. This is also extremely valuable for those of you looking to become a thought leader in your industry or strengthen your stance as a thought leader. Your leadership and thoughts can't hide at home or in your office
• Looking outside of the box when it comes to your job search. Go beyond LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and company websites. Consistently creating more possibilities. This practice alone fuels inspiration because you will most likely find something you didn’t even know existed that may even be better than the dream job you had in mind
• ·Practicing how you shift your mindset and see what triggers you around your dream job to align yourself with your self worth and value

Accountability is one of the best ways to stay consistent and practice.

• How are you holding yourself accountable along your journey?
• How are you holding your commitment accountable along your journey?
• Who is supporting you and believing in your dream job?

When you are operating with consistency, your desire, commitment and courage are paying off big time and are leveraged into bigger opportunities that will have you fulfilled and financially free beyond your imagination.

5: CONFIDENCE

Here’s the thing… when you are playing full out with the other 4 checkpoints, confidence naturally arrives.

When you are living and breathing your commitment to your dream job, and doing what you are meant to be doing everyday, you can’t help but be confident.

Your confidence develops from the consistent commitment you make to yourself by having courage to become who you are meant to be while letting go of doubts and fears, and it all starts with your desire and your vision.

Confidence is further developed when you align your beliefs and habits with your true self, deepest desires and your vision.

People who are confident believe in themselves and they believe in what they’re up to in the world.

Confidence is the fifth and final checkpoint because once you are confidently moving through your dream job journey, making powerful decisions without second guessing yourself or anything, you are well within your professional purpose because you have connected the dots and created the path and results.

Confidence is queen.

Confidence is king because it begins with your beliefs and fuels your actions.

Confident people take action… even when they don’t know how to do something because they are confident they will figure it out and if they don’t, they are confident they are not a failure, and request support.

Confident people simply know what they are doing in the moment isn’t working and they can try something different, rather than choosing to see themselves as a failure.

Confident people do not give up.

Confident people know when it is time to shift and pivot.

Everyone is born with confidence.

Some people have covered up or hidden their confidence for a variety of reasons, yet I am here to let you know, you have it, you have a ton of it, and it is up to you to uncover it, bring it out of hiding and let it serve you landing your dream job!

I’m curious, if you are stuck or still waiting for your dream job...

What’s one thing you can do THIS WEEK to ignite your desire, vision, commitment, courage, consistency and confidence to pursue your dream job?

If you're ready to take your dream job journey even further, join me for my one-hour, complimentary Dream Job Masterclass, where I will share the top 2 game changes that will land your dream job and unlock more potential in your existing job this year!

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