Your Career- Day 21- Abundance — Transcript

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1. 0:06Hello and welcome to day 21 of
2. 0:08Lifebook's 30-day challenge. So great to
3. 0:11have you here with me today as we start
4. 0:13to explore one of the most important
5. 0:14Lifebook categories of all, your career.
6. 0:18You know, we live in an age of
7. 0:20unprecedented opportunity.
8. 0:23When it comes to career, we have a wider
9. 0:25range of choice than ever before in
10. 0:27human history.
11. 0:28There are hundreds of professions that
12. 0:29didn't even exist a few decades ago.
13. 0:32You can choose just about any career you
14. 0:34want, and let me tell you something, it
15. 0:36didn't used to be that way throughout
16. 0:38most of human history. You can literally
17. 0:41pick a career that you like, and then
18. 0:42you can learn about it and get good at
19. 0:45it, and trade the fruits of your labor
20. 0:47for the fruits of labor of others.
21. 0:49That's pretty amazing. It hasn't always
22. 0:51been that way.
23. 0:52So what's the result of all this
24. 0:55wonderful opportunity?
25. 0:57Information overload. I mean, most of us
26. 1:00are just completely overwhelmed. There
27. 1:02are too many choices. It's bewildering
28. 1:04and confusing.
29. 1:06With all the possibilities, how do we
30. 1:08possibly choose?
31. 1:11Well, the answer is very, very
32. 1:14carefully.
33. 1:16I know an accountant who hates his job,
34. 1:18can't stand going to work every day,
35. 1:20feels like his life is passing him by.
36. 1:23He's pretty good at what he does, but I
37. 1:25don't like to work with him cuz he's a
38. 1:26downer. He's not happy. He's not
39. 1:28fulfilled. So why would I want to work
40. 1:30with someone like that?
41. 1:31His career is a chore for him, and it
42. 1:34shows.
43. 1:35Guess what? He chose wrong.
44. 1:39On the other hand, I know another
45. 1:41accountant who's absolutely in her
46. 1:43bliss. She's one of the happiest people
47. 1:45I know. She lives for that stuff,
48. 1:47spreadsheets and math. I mean, digging
49. 1:49into a tax return for her is like eating
50. 1:51a hot fudge sundae. She absolutely loves
51. 1:53it. I call her up and ask her how she's
52. 1:55doing, and she says, "If I were doing
53. 1:57any better, I wouldn't be able to stand
54. 1:59myself."
55. 2:00I love working with her cuz she's happy.
56. 2:03She loves what she does, and it shows.
57. 2:05She chose right.
58. 2:08But, you know, that's not always the
59. 2:09case. It doesn't always work that way,
60. 2:11right? A more common story is, you know,
61. 2:13someone starts off young, full of
62. 2:15dreams, full of ambitions, meets someone
63. 2:18you love, get married, have a kid, take
64. 2:21a job to pay the rent. Might not be an
65. 2:23exciting job, you know, you don't
66. 2:25especially love it, but you got to do
67. 2:27what it takes to pay the bills. And we
68. 2:29all do.
69. 2:30And that begins the process of what
70. 2:32becomes limited options.
71. 2:35A year or two goes by, you have another
72. 2:37kid, you buy a small house, you get a
73. 2:40couple of cars, and now you're in deep.
74. 2:44You don't have a fulfilling job. You
75. 2:46don't have job satisfaction, but that's
76. 2:47not the point. Your survival is at
77. 2:50stake.
78. 2:51You put the kids in daycare, your spouse
79. 2:53gets a job because you need that second
80. 2:55income. And then you wake up halfway
81. 2:57through your life, and you say, "What
82. 2:59the hell happened to me? It wasn't
83. 3:01supposed to be this way. I used to have
84. 3:03a dream for what I wanted to become, you
85. 3:05know, for what I was going to do, for
86. 3:06what I was passionate about, and now I
87. 3:09know it's not going to happen for me.
88. 3:11There's no hope now of finding work that
89. 3:13I love. There's no use even thinking
90. 3:15about becoming self-actualized or
91. 3:18getting wealthy. I'm in too deep. I am
92. 3:21stuck now."
93. 3:23That's literally the way it usually
94. 3:25happens. That story is all too common.
95. 3:28Maybe that's your story.
96. 3:29And if it is, that's okay because you're
97. 3:32here to do something about it.
98. 3:35I want to share a clip from the classic
99. 3:38Lifebook program now that'll shed some
100. 3:40light on how to navigate this critical
101. 3:43category of our lives. Take a look.
102. 4:09Choosing the ideal career can be a very
103. 4:12complicated matter.
104. 4:13But there are a few common sense things
105. 4:16that we can consider.
106. 4:18Your career is how you spend most of
107. 4:20your time. Most of your waking hours get
108. 4:23invested here. Your career is what you
109. 4:25do.
110. 4:26Now, no one wants to spend the hours of
111. 4:29their life doing something they don't
112. 4:31like. So, it makes good sense to pick
113. 4:33something you like. Something you enjoy.
114. 4:36It's just a smart, common sense thing to
115. 4:38do.
116. 4:41It also makes sense to pick something
117. 4:43you're good at or could be good at.
118. 4:46Because it doesn't make any sense to
119. 4:48spend your life doing something that you
120. 4:50don't have the aptitude to do well. That
121. 4:52would be frustrating. You don't want to
122. 4:54work and work and work and not get
123. 4:56better.
124. 4:57If you pick something you're natural at,
125. 5:00you'll get better and better over time.
126. 5:01And that's a good thing.
127. 5:03You might have to experiment to find out
128. 5:05what that is. You might have to try a
129. 5:06few different things.
130. 5:08But when it's all said and done,
131. 5:09hopefully, you'll find something you can
132. 5:12do well.
133. 5:15The next consideration is financial
134. 5:17abundance.
135. 5:19The vast majority of us want careers
136. 5:21that make us the most money possible.
137. 5:23Not all of us. Not every career directly
138. 5:26involves creating wealth. Being a
139. 5:28stay-at-home parent, for instance, is a
140. 5:29fantastic, amazing, very important
141. 5:33career running the household.
142. 5:34To do it right, you've got to be a
143. 5:36chauffeur, a psychologist, a nurse, a
144. 5:39housekeeper, a teacher, and more.
145. 5:42But that career doesn't earn money
146. 5:44directly. It's a support position.
147. 5:47A missionary, a volunteer, a charity
148. 5:51worker. These careers don't directly
149. 5:54produce income.
150. 5:55And if that's the path you've chosen,
151. 5:57that's fantastic.
152. 6:00But most of us want a career that
153. 6:02maximizes our potential to create
154. 6:04wealth.
155. 6:06So, the question is, how do you do that?
156. 6:09Well, as we discussed in the money
157. 6:10category, the answer is contribute to
158. 6:13others at the highest level of which
159. 6:16we're capable. The greater our
160. 6:17contribution, the greater our financial
161. 6:20rewards.
162. 6:24When I think about my premise for my
163. 6:26career, it's pretty simple.
164. 6:29I believe that a successful, fulfilling,
165. 6:31rewarding career comes down to three
166. 6:33things.
167. 6:34First,
168. 6:35I must choose something I love.
169. 6:39Second,
170. 6:40I must get good at it.
171. 6:42And third,
172. 6:44I must make a significant contribution
173. 6:46to others if I want to create financial
174. 6:48abundance.
175. 6:50This is the recipe for a fulfilling
176. 6:52career. This is the recipe for financial
177. 6:55success.
178. 6:57Let's take a brief look at each of these
179. 6:59three things.
180. 7:01The first step is to find work you love.
181. 7:05Discover what's inside of you that's the
182. 7:06best and highest possible use.
183. 7:10Find your unique talent, then develop
184. 7:13it.
185. 7:14Now, this takes work. It takes practice.
186. 7:17It doesn't just fall out of the sky and
187. 7:19into your life.
188. 7:21But if you can discover what you could
189. 7:22be great at,
190. 7:24and then apply yourself, that's the
191. 7:26beginning of your dream career.
192. 7:30Loving your work just gives you a huge
193. 7:32advantage. You want to do it. You want
194. 7:35to get out of bed every morning and go
195. 7:37to work. You bring passion, joy,
196. 7:40enthusiasm to your work. That creates
197. 7:43energy.
198. 7:45When you have passion for your work,
199. 7:46every day is exciting. Every day is a
200. 7:48joy. Every day is a blessing.
201. 7:51You automatically bring a new level of
202. 7:53thinking to your work.
203. 7:55When you love what you do, success tends
204. 7:57to come naturally.
205. 8:01The second step is to get really good at
206. 8:04what you do.
207. 8:05Develop competence. Develop expertise.
208. 8:09If you're competent, if you're an expert
209. 8:11at your job, that means you can deliver
210. 8:14the goods.
211. 8:15If you're good at what you do, people
212. 8:17will seek you out. They'll want to deal
213. 8:19with you. You'll be more successful.
214. 8:23Being good at what you do gives you
215. 8:25self-esteem. You feel good about
216. 8:27yourself, which makes you want to do
217. 8:29even better.
218. 8:30I think that everyone has the potential
219. 8:32to have a fulfilling career because
220. 8:34everyone has the potential to be good at
221. 8:36something. We all have the capacity to
222. 8:39develop a valuable, unique talent or
223. 8:42ability, don't we?
224. 8:44Find your talent, then develop it.
225. 8:48The third part is this.
226. 8:50That talent serves a need somewhere for
227. 8:54someone.
228. 8:55You must find a way to contribute.
229. 8:58Find the need and fill it.
230. 9:00When you can match your talent to the
231. 9:02needs of others, that's the way to
232. 9:04create wealth.
233. 9:05If you make yourself valuable to people,
234. 9:07they're going to pay you for what you
235. 9:09do.
236. 9:11Ask yourself, "How can I use my talent
237. 9:13to help? What can I contribute?"
238. 9:16People with their minds set on, "What's
239. 9:18in it for me? What am I going to get out
240. 9:20of this? What are you going to do for
241. 9:21me?"
242. 9:23They're going to have it rough. They're
243. 9:24missing the point. They just don't
244. 9:27understand the recipe for a life of
245. 9:30abundance in all 12 categories.
246. 9:33The question to ask is this.
247. 9:35"How can I use my talent to help others?
248. 9:40People who are wealthy have discovered
249. 9:42and developed their talents and figured
250. 9:45out how to match those talents to the
251. 9:47needs of others.
252. 9:49That's my premise. That's what I believe
253. 9:51about career.
254. 9:52Choose right. Choose something you love.
255. 9:56Choose something you're good at. Choose
256. 9:58something that contributes to others. If
257. 10:00you do this,
258. 10:02I believe that abundance will flow in
259. 10:04your life.
260. 10:10Lifebook is about creating your ideal
261. 10:13life.
262. 10:14First on paper and then moving toward it
263. 10:17every day.
264. 10:18It's an iterative process.
265. 10:20If you aren't where you want to be in
266. 10:22your career right now, you don't
267. 10:23necessarily need to take an axe to your
268. 10:25life and chop it all down immediately.
269. 10:28You know, you don't need to put a ton of
270. 10:29pressure on yourself to make huge
271. 10:31changes tomorrow. You can definitely
272. 10:34approach it more gently than that if you
273. 10:35want to.
274. 10:37Just getting in touch with what you want
275. 10:39is the foundation that begins the
276. 10:41Lifebook process.
277. 10:43And sometimes that takes courage.
278. 10:45Because most of us are so covered up
279. 10:48with what happened in our lives that we
280. 10:50don't even really remember what we want
281. 10:52anymore if we ever knew in the first
282. 10:54place.
283. 10:55Doesn't hurt anything to take a look at
284. 10:58what you really want. You don't
285. 11:00necessarily have to tear your life
286. 11:02apart.
287. 11:03But then again, maybe you do. I don't
288. 11:05know. That's up to you to decide.
289. 11:08Before I leave you today, I just want to
290. 11:10ask you a question that is going to get
291. 11:12you thinking about tomorrow's career
292. 11:14exercise.
293. 11:15How did you choose the career that
294. 11:18you're in right now?
295. 11:20Did you consciously sit down and think
296. 11:23through all the pros and cons and
297. 11:25decide, this is what I have the
298. 11:27potential to be good at. This is how I
299. 11:29love spending my time. This is how I can
300. 11:31make the most money,
301. 11:33this is what I want to do for the rest
302. 11:35of my life.
303. 11:36Or did it kind of happen by accident?
304. 11:39Did it sort of evolve over time?
305. 11:42Did your parents push you into it? Did
306. 11:44you choose it for the money?
307. 11:46Don't let fate make this decision for
308. 11:49you. Don't let your parents make it.
309. 11:51Don't let your teachers make it. Don't
310. 11:53let anyone else decide this for you.
311. 11:56Don't even let money be the most
312. 11:57important thing. Happiness is the most
313. 11:59important thing. You want to do this
314. 12:01consciously.
315. 12:03You may want to choose a career out of
316. 12:04genuine interest, one that gives you joy
317. 12:08and fulfillment and excitement and above
318. 12:10all happiness.
319. 12:12Because usually that's where financial
320. 12:15abundance is going to be found anyway.
321. 12:17It's been said that if you're doing work
322. 12:20that you truly love, you'll never work a
323. 12:22day in your life.
324. 12:24There's nothing better than doing work
325. 12:26you love.
326. 12:28Just getting connected with what you
327. 12:29love is so important.
328. 12:31Even if it's not what you're doing
329. 12:33full-time right now. You know, just
330. 12:34knowing what makes you feel excited or
331. 12:36makes you feel fulfilled and passionate
332. 12:39can begin the process of positive
333. 12:41change.
334. 12:43Just being aware of the goal of earning
335. 12:45a living doing what you love can be
336. 12:48very, very powerful.
337. 12:51Now look, I'm not suggesting that
338. 12:53everyone can find work that's just so
339. 12:54fantastic that they jump out of bed
340. 12:56every single morning with a huge smile
341. 12:58on their face and race out the door to
342. 13:00make a million dollars by noon by saving
343. 13:03the world. That's probably not
344. 13:04realistic.
345. 13:05But if you're at least connected to what
346. 13:07you really, really enjoy doing, if you
347. 13:10know what that is, you're going to start
348. 13:11to look for ways to do it.
349. 13:13You'll constantly be scanning the
350. 13:15environment for ways to contribute by
351. 13:18using your talent.
352. 13:20You might start to experiment with it,
353. 13:21maybe on weekends or on evenings after
354. 13:24you get home from your day job.
355. 13:26You'll look for a way to eventually
356. 13:27convert it to doing it full time.
357. 13:31Thoughts become things. Remember that.
358. 13:34You may wake up one day and find
359. 13:36yourself in your dream career.
360. 13:39Wherever you are right now, whatever you
361. 13:42decide to do,
362. 13:43find out what you're good at and what
363. 13:45you love.
364. 13:47Connect with the best that's inside of
365. 13:49you.
366. 13:50Really nurture your gifts and get good
367. 13:52at your talents.
368. 13:54Tomorrow, we're going to go deeper into
369. 13:56this foundational category of your life.
370. 13:59Until then, have a great day and I'll
371. 14:01see you tomorrow as we explore your
372. 14:04career together.