Chapter One
SUIT YOURSELF
The Secret of Career Satisfaction
It's important to find the right job. Despite the universal fantasies of winning
the lottery, buying expensive cars and homes, and doing fascinating work with
interesting people in exotic places, the sober reality is that most of us have
to work, hard, for a long time. If you spend forty to fifty years — not an
unlikely scenario — working at jobs you'd rather not be doing, you are in truth
throwing away a large part of your life. This is unnecessary and sad, especially
since a career you can love is within your reach.
What Is the Ideal Job, Anyway?
The right job enhances your life. It is personally fulfilling because it
nourishes the most important aspects of your personality. It suits the way you
like to do things and reflects who you are. It lets you use your innate
strengths in ways that come naturally to you, and it doesn't force you to do
things you don't do well (at least, not often!).
How can you tell if you're in the right job? Here ... read full excerpt from Do What You Are ebook
