Are you frustrated?

Written by Tony Pitwood


Are you frustrated?

and discouraged? and just plain disappointed?

You wanted to start your own home business to earn extra money, and to give yourself a better life-style -- and work-style . . .

But things didn’t work outrepparttar way you envisaged -- you weren’t able to set it up, and just sit back and watchrepparttar 123664 orders (and money) roll in.

What went wrong?

Nothing!

What you sowed, you reaped.

The most important ingredient in any recipe is time!

When you plant flowers or vegetables, you preparerepparttar 123665 soil (by digging furiously and by fertilizing diligently). Then you plantrepparttar 123666 seeds, water them and . . . .

wait!

You do not expectrepparttar 123667 plants to spring up overnight!

"But I was promised a cash-crop!" you wail.

A CAREER WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF IT?

Written by RAY ROCK


A CAREER WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF IT?

That isrepparttar million-dollar question and one you should think about and consider very carefully. Whether you have just left one ofrepparttar 123663 educational facilities to start your working career, or decided to change your career. There is a very important question that you must ask yourself and that question is. 'What do I get out of a career?'

It is only a small question when you read it but it covers a multitude of factors. There are many important factors that you must take into consideration concerning your career. Every one of these factors must be judged on their own merit. No one is more important thanrepparttar 123664 next and none of these factors can be, dismissed.

Do you realise that eighty per cent ofrepparttar 123665 work force is working in careers that will not give themrepparttar 123666 job satisfaction they are seeking. Unfortunately it is a fact of life that every single day ofrepparttar 123667 week, thousands of people all overrepparttar 123668 world resign from their jobs, only to try somewhere else, and sorepparttar 123669 cycle and frustration starts all over again.

Unless you find an occupation that you love and are enthusiastic about, you are on a never-ending treadmill going nowhere, only becoming increasingly disillusioned. Which can have a knock on effect, not only in your working environment but also in your social life as well? To have a full and rewarding life you must find a career that isrepparttar 123670 right one for you.

So what are these important factors?

The first and obvious benefit for yourself isrepparttar 123671 wage you collect atrepparttar 123672 end of each week or month. However, should that be your main and only consideration?

The answer to that question is a big and resounding NO!

There is a very good and logical reason forrepparttar 123673 above statement and that is. You may find a career that pay's you very well, but AT WHAT COST TO YOURSELF. It is no good having a career that has a great salary, if getting that salary exacts too high a price from you. That high price can come in a number of ways, butrepparttar 123674 main two are stress and long hours.

STRESS!

Only recently has stress been recognised as a disease by doctors and employers.

This alone accounts for millions of lost working hours every year. Stress brought on in any form does not appear like a cold or flu. It is more devious than that and creeps up on you mainly without you knowing it. Stress can come out in various ways like making you bad tempered. You cannot sleep properly so you are continually tired; you go off your food so do not have a balanced diet.

LONG HOURS!

Is very similar to stress,repparttar 123675 only difference is you are continuously tired. The other major factor is because you are always tired your powers of concentration are at there lowest.

To earn a good salary means having no money worries, and so you will be able to afford a good standard of living. We would all like a big fat paycheque atrepparttar 123676 end of each week or month. However, asrepparttar 123677 old saying goes 'money is not everything'. It is no good having a big salary if you are too ill or tired to enjoyrepparttar 123678 benefits.

So where do you begin to findrepparttar 123679 career that isrepparttar 123680 right one for you?

A TIP.

When doingrepparttar 123681 following exercise do not force yourself to come up withrepparttar 123682 answers. Let them come to you naturally, do not force yourself to think. Do not worry if it takes you a day or two to get your list completed and finalised. However, be sure to write down any answers that do come to you. At this stage do not worry about qualifications or anything else, but under no circumstances let anybody influence you when you are doing this exercise.

Your first step is to find somewhere where you are comfortable. Sitting propped up on your bed for instance. Then take some deep breaths to relax and clear your mind. Once you feel totally relaxed, take a sheet of paper and write in your neatest handwriting, atrepparttar 123683 top ofrepparttar 123684 page, MY CAREER.

Underneath that write: -

ENVIRONMENT.

Write down where you would be happiest working. Break it down, for instance would you like to work outdoors, or indoors. Then break it down further, think where you would like to be for eight hours a day, a factory, a shop, or on a farm. For instance if you likerepparttar 123685 outdoor life, working in an office or factory will drive you nuts.

Next sub heading is: -

DUTIES.

Write down what you would like your duties to be, i.e. looking after animals, meeting people, tendingrepparttar 123686 sick (a nurse for instance). Travelling, helpingrepparttar 123687 public,repparttar 123688 armed services,repparttar 123689 emergency services. It may turn out that you would like a combination of more than one thing. For instance travelling and meeting people as a holiday representative.

Next sub heading is: -

HOURS.

Think of what hours you would like to work, do you prefer working nine to five, office hours. Would you prefer to work a shift pattern. However, bear in mind that this shift pattern covers all seven days with your days off rotating. Therefore, working weekend is definitely part ofrepparttar 123690 equation, so think of your social life. Some companies may let you work at home providing you dorepparttar 123691 work inrepparttar 123692 allotted time scale. You may want to be self-employed and workrepparttar 123693 hours to suit yourself.

Next sub heading is: -

DRESS CODE.

Think of what type of clothes you feel most comfortable in. Do you like to dress smartly; therefore, your tendency would be towards an office career of some description. Do you likerepparttar 123694 idea of wearing a uniform as in sayrepparttar 123695 police, fire brigade, security officer or nurse? Onrepparttar 123696 other hand, you may prefer to be in casual cloths like jeans and a tee shirt.

Next sub heading is: -

AMBITIONS.

Think ofrepparttar 123697 position you would like to achieve in your career. For instance would you like to get torepparttar 123698 very top of your profession, or would you be happier at a lower level. Do you have ambitions of owning your own company some day? Do not worry about what qualifications you will need at this point. I will come to that later. The important thing for you right now is to establish how far you want to go in your career, nothing else. For argument sake if you would like to work indoors helping people, you may be thinking of a career as a nurse. OK so you are going to be a nurse, what type of nurse. Theatre nurses, a ward sister, a matron, do not limit your aspirations under any circumstances.

Next sub heading is: -

YOUR MIND

This is a very important topic and one you should give your full attention. While you where at school or college your mind has been programmed to seek out knowledge. It is imperative that this seeking of knowledge is carried forward into your career, for two very good reasons.

1) Rememberrepparttar 123699 one hundred and ten percent concentration I spoke about earlier when discussing long hours. Well to keep that concentration going, your mind must be interested inrepparttar 123700 work you are doing. If it is not, then it will start to wonder because you are bored. 2)If you have nothing to stimulate your mind, it will very quickly get into passive mode. What do I mean by passive mode? Well you will carry out your duties using just enough of your brain to do so. The rest of your brain will promptly go to sleep. This is an accident waiting to happen.

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