Finding your Dream Job
You leave your job and step into the void… This feels like the roadrunner stepping off a cliff – you are unsure whether you have the momentum to cross to the other side. First you are fearful that you won’t find anything out there. Then you discover so many possibilities that you are not sure which one to follow. And that is when you realize that you better calibrate your internal compass so that you know how to find and recognize your dream job and venture.
Jim Collins came up with a model that I find extremely useful. It is composed of 3 aspects that need to overlap in order to find your sweet spot which is where you are at your best and most fulfilled.
1. Motivation – what are you truly passionate about?
2. Killer Skill – what are you best at in the world (this is different from what you would like to be best at)? What is your ultimate core competency?
3. Environment – what drives your economic engine or the environment within which you operate? The environment is external to you and defines the norms & rules of your surroundings.
Most of us want to have a real impact on those that surround us. To what degree you impact the world and whether you are fulfilled (happy, jazzed, adrenaline rush) by the work you do is directly related to whether you have found your niche.
I look forward to sharing my internal compass and dream job in a future blog.
Good Luck on your Journey!
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Benzi:
Good stuff my friend. Keep up the good work. I think you forgot “meaning” in the category “what are you passionate about.” Have you ever asked yourself WHY you are passionate about those things? Are you just good at them and love the appreciation you get from your environment when you do those things? Is it just feeding your ego? Shai Agassi is passionate about building the infrastructure and the software that operates electric cars. Why? Because he wants to make the world a better place.
And once you have answered the question about why you are passionate about these things. Go one step further ask again WHY? Are you passionate about all these things because you want to strengthen the Israeli economy? Or because you want to create jobs and provide people with professional growth opportunities? Or because you love to coach people? And once you have the answer to that, ask again WHY?
Be honest with yourself, no BS answers, dig deep and deeper and deeper and once you have spent a lot of time trying to come up with the answer to the last Why question and you got it – the ultimate answer – let me know what is and I will let you know what mine is in return.