Searching For Your Life's Work?

The first step starts with identify the type of work you would be great at. By discovering your unique combination of life paths and life calling, you can define specifically the field of work you are looking for, and the career paths that pay you to do it.

Once you know the work you can excel at, you are ready to drill down and discover the specific professions and trades you are drawn to. Usually you have several good options after you do some basic research into what your normal day would be like doing each.

With a good idea of the profession and trades you are interested in, it is time to discover the best job titles for you. Knowing your life calling helps you quickly pinpoint the ones that are a good match. And a little research helps you confirm you are interested in the places, people, tools and problems that each job focuses on.

Once you have done the work to identify the work field, profession and job titles that are right for you ... it is time to identify the best industries and companies for you ... the ones that are the best match for your values, lifestyle and long term career and life plans. Although it may seem daunting ... if you know what you are looking for it is easy to tell which industries and company cultures are the best fit.

Now it is an easy task to describe and start looking for your dream job. When you know what you are looking for, clues and signs start to point the way. Here is where dreams and reality meet ... and often several options will emerge as dream jobs. This can be one job you hold over a lifetime that evolves with you or a series of great jobs that define a dream career.

Having found your life's work and your dream job ... it is time to put together a plan to become the dream candidate for it ... so you are the only person your future boss wants to hire.

With a clear plan to excel at your dream job, it is time to start preparing for your life's work. Here is where schooling, work experience and a lot of hard work come together to help you acquire the skills, knowledge, background, insights, and judgment needed for your life's work.

With the perfect background of preparation that highlights you as the dream candidate, it is time to go get hired for your life's work. Doing the research into current industry and company problems, issues, need and opportunities means you are ready to interview the best companies to see who is the best match and start negotiating benefits and responsibilities.

Getting your dream job is just the beginning. Now it is time to get focused on succeeding at your new job, especially the critical first 90 days that sets management and coworker expectations for a lifetime. Then working hard and working smart to excel and climb the mountain of success. You want to become the hidden treasure every boss dreams of ... and make your boss glad every single day that he or she hired you.

If you have the skills of Life Path 8, you may dream of building your own business based on your specific work talents. So, the focus shifts to gaining the industry experience, skills, insights, expertise, track record of success, visibility and client list you need to succeed at launching your own enterprise.