How to find their own vocation in the last 7 days

A few months ago I decided to start your online project in the field of job search and career consulting. After a while I noticed that among the standard questions of my clients "write effective resume"," How to behave during the interview, "I often hear a very different, more profound inquiry," How understand what I like to do? "and" how to start doing what the soul, and bind it to work? ".

It turned out that my customers are between the ages of 25 and 35 are not experiencing satisfaction from the presence of a prestigious job with a good salary, and impose very different requirements for the operation and employer. For them, it is important that they liked the activity, working conditions (More and more people want a free schedule and work remotely), and they prefer to realize a deeper meaning of their activities and know what benefits it will bring.

Naturally, with such high expectations of these people are doomed to constant dissatisfaction with his work. Not having a clear idea about their own interests, or do not find it possible to combine them with the work, "shifting papers "from 9 to 18, in the office, instead of saving the world, they get less and less fun work. Grieving, they cherish the dream to drop everything and go into heat, there to indulge in search of himself and of his vocation, hoping to find the magic recipe for a harmonious cocktail of pleasure, meaning and operation.

In my view, such a trip would only be a change of scenery. Will the answer found? Maybe. Only, it seems to me, it is not necessary for it to go far. I am convinced that each of us in his heart knows his vocation. Just someone opens it in four years, and someone says 80. But no matter how much you may be years, finding a vocation - it is always an exciting journey and not in tropical countries! And yet this painstaking piece of work that requires courage, creativity and perseverance. After all, to prepare their exclusive culinary masterpiece, not enough to find a good recipe. We'll have to first learn how to cook it, and then repeatedly to experiment to find the ideal proportions and its own unique ingredients.

For their customers, I decided to study in detail the scope of the calling search, collect the maximum and choose the best. Only in the last three months of a deep dive I had accumulated more than 100 exercises, but because I just opened the door to this fascinating world. Some exercises are the tips and help to determine the calling, others allow you to transform it into a new job or result in harmony with the existing. I am pleased to share with you my findings!

For those who are willing to go to independent travel, it was a versatile route to seven days. Naturally, the terms of each individual will. Perhaps someone will find the answer on the first day, and someone will need to take a break after each job for thoughtful reflection. But timing is not the most important thing, especially if the trip exciting. Are you ready? Go!

The first day. Take a look into the future and pofantaziruet

Our imagination - is not only a wealth of information about ourselves and our goals, but also a powerful source of motivation for their implementation. To make it easier to fantasize, let's play a game. Imagine that you have a sort of a century-lucky dreamer. Not only that survived in the mind and health to such serious name-day, so even your life been lucky, and you have achieved fantastic success in everything he undertook. Healthy, safe, live in abundance, a word, thrive. Your family and friends gathered to congratulate you and with you to celebrate this momentous occasion. Or maybe not only friends, but also to reporters, the media, celebrities ...

Presented? And now remember all my happy life, full of interesting and exciting events. What did you do? What they were doing? Where, in what circumstances? Who was with you? What do you feel? Describe your style of life, all that for you, it was important all spheres of life. Preferably on paper or in a text editor.

Then read your text aloud better by paying attention to your feelings and the sound of his voice. Do you really want to make these fantasies become a reality? Are you ready to try?

To get where you want to be over 100 years old, you need to start the way in this direction right now.

Second day. Allow yourself to everything and dream

Very often, our vocation is hidden somewhere between the realm of our interests, desires and innermost sphere of a few deeply hidden and forgotten childhood dreams. We are so afraid of this Pandora's box that we hide it away in the closet of his memory, then to hurry to push him all that I wanted, but not celebrated, it was planned, but has not come true. And then forget.

To lift the veil and to take another step towards your calling, you'll need to get that box, dust off and thoroughly shake up everything that you pushed him. Remember all your dreams, desires, interests and everything you ever wanted to try and write. To complete the picture, add it to the list of incredible. Do not limit your imagination: the more you write the items, even the most absurd, the better. Let them be 100 or more, but not less than 20.

By the way, this exercise has an interesting side effect. Keep a list and check it after a while. Some of your wishes come true by themselves, without your participation. To materialize all need to take some action, but that's another story.

When we were little, every one of us knew its purpose. If you forget, you dreamed about as a child, ask relatives.

Day Three. Make your perfect deal

Imagine that you are a star! You are so professional, popular and in demand that "Hedhantery" chasing you, ready to do anything to get you. You offer to sign a contract with the perfect salary, which you are allowed to choose, what you do, in what area and under what conditions. Yes, here you are a lucky man!

You, of course, guessed that each of us actually have such an opportunity? If not - share with you a secret. The modern world offers a choice of a wide variety of occupations and sectors of activity, all types of work schedules and other conditions. Unfortunately, very often many people do not know what they want or do not want to make an effort to achieve the desired. Or for some reason do not find opportunities to sit down and seriously think about this question.

So allow yourself now puzzled by it, and choose the perfect job. Let's think more broadly, because we are the authors of their scope and limitations. Let your list is 100 points, or at least not less than 20. By the way, this exercise is useful prodelyvat from time to time as your preferences may change and it is important to adjust your ideal contract, the work continues to inspire you.

It should not only make your perfect deal, but watch it from time to time. Our preferences may change, and it is important to make timely adjustments to our work continues to inspire us.

Day four. What would you like to give to others?

All of us social creatures. We live in a society and can not exist independently by themselves. Therefore it is always disturbing me when I hear that someone wants to do something exclusively for themselves. He wants to have fun in the process, to achieve self-realization through the favorite activities and get satisfaction from achieving results. All these desires are fine, but unanswered questions "Why?", "What are you?", "What's your point?".

It seems to me such a self-centered attitude is inherently defective and flawed with respect to the one in which the motif of "give" is present. Activities can deliver complete satisfaction only if you share something with others, serve them. And transform your favorite hobby into a job only in the event that you find a way to benefit others through your work.

The combination of the responses to the questions "Why?" And "What do I want to give to others?" Will give the same meaning, without which the full satisfaction of the work impossible.

Fifth day. What you exactly like it and really enjoy

Until that day, we have focused on your dreams, interests, desires, and what would you like to do. You are not limited by anything except their own fantasies and created limitations. Your dreams, interests and desires are agents for your work by vocationBut contain the risk. If most of them have remained in a fantasy world and you did not try to sell them, you can not be sure that this is exactly what you like and brings pleasure. However, these lists are very important for the disclosure of vocation. Leave them for a while.

Now we are back from the field of fantasy to the real world. Your personal experience - is another important source of information on the way to your vocation. Carefully sorting through all your efforts to do something, and your degree of pleasure from the process, you can also discover clues that will lead you to a vocation.

Remember that you really like to do and what you exactly enjoyable - in past places of work, while studying, during any other activity in which you are engaged. Remember, the key difference from a list that you have made on the second day is the fact that you have tried it and know exactly what you get pleasure from it. As usual, aim for 100 points, and let them be not less than 20.

Be sure that you really like and brings pleasure, can only try out what you dreamed. Look for your calling in your experience and more experiment with your fantasies and interests.

Sixth day. Your talents, abilities, skills, and their reflection in the other

Each of us has a lot of talent, regardless of whether we develop them or not. Think about what you are good at, what you have achieved heights and achievements? You probably have something you know how to do better than others. You do not know about this? Remember, with any requests you usually address. Do not you remember? Then the risk and ask! Ring up your family and friends and ask them what they would have lost if I had not been familiar with you. Be prepared for unexpected answers. Are you sure you will learn a lot! :)

Your talents and abilities will prompt you in the right direction to the vocation. You do not know what you are strong - ask the others!

The seventh day. Role, skills, vocation

Seventh day - a day of analysis and answers to questions. Read each list, and analyze it. Notice the items that:

• repeated several times;
• you seem to be the most valuable and important right now;
• cause you a special response and thrill.

Select about 10 items from each list (number of items - lax parameter). Distribute points in four groups:

• Field of activity (medicine, the arts, sports, and so on).
• The essence of the activity (what to do, what to do).
• Terms and conditions (where, how, with whom, how long).
• Qualities and skills (as well as I know how to do).

Record all the items on a blank sheet of A4 or a new word processing document. Add a description of the ideal lifestyle of the first day and the answers to the question "What do I want to give to others" of the fourth.

Analyze get a description and answer the questions: "What am I really I do with the world, when I do it? "," What do I really I give the world, when I do this? "," What is my true roleWhen I do it? "," What is my exclusive gift, What my mastery and vocationWhen I do it? ". Do not hurry, these issues require serious consideration. Answers to these and allow you to find yourself.

want to associate your calling with work? Abstracts and look at the result obtained, as it were from the outside, as if they did not write it, you and the other person. Write job options that would be suitable to such request. Show others and ask them to call the appropriate options for your work. If you're brave enough, publish in the networks. The greater the number of people with different professional erudition you show, the more variety of work options get. It is advisable to get a list of 20-30 different professions options. Choose from these one or two or three that you like the most.

Rate reality. As far as what you are doing now, up close and in tune with your request. Think strategy. A radical change? Smooth transition? Work at the same job, but a vocation to make a hobby and develop in parallel in an interesting way? Write an outline. Take the first step. Check experimentally.

It will take several months or years. Scary? Be afraid, but do. These few months or years, will sooner or later pass, and you either try or not. Hurry up, because no one knows when it is his centenary. Remember, happiness - this is not the final destination, it is the journey itself. Even for a few seconds closer to your ideal life - this is the result.