Comments on: Target Your Dream Job in an Hour http://www.keithferrazzi.com/goal-setting/target-your-dream-job-in-an-hour-by-making-5-simple-lists/ Business is Human. Relationships Power Growth. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:06:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Challenge Post: The Allure of a Challenge - The Causemopolitan http://www.keithferrazzi.com/goal-setting/target-your-dream-job-in-an-hour-by-making-5-simple-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-7937 Challenge Post: The Allure of a Challenge - The Causemopolitan Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:37:29 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4058#comment-7937 [...] Target your dream job in an hour by completing this simple exercise by Keith [...] [...] Target your dream job in an hour by completing this simple exercise by Keith [...]

]]> By: Natalie http://www.keithferrazzi.com/goal-setting/target-your-dream-job-in-an-hour-by-making-5-simple-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5722 Natalie Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:30:14 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4058#comment-5722 Hi Keith Glad I came back to visit your site - or more rather that StumbleUpon took me to you as this was super timely. Just last night I wrote this blog post bit.ly/9nblNf on doing a SWOT analysis on yourself, your strengths/ weaknesses/opportunities and threats. Like your 5 simple steps above it's a great way to just analyse who you are, what gives you energy, what makes you feel alive and what you enjoy doing and then relate that to what you want to do with your life. More importantly taking an hour for yourself is always going to be beneficial. Thanks for sharing Natalie Hi Keith

Glad I came back to visit your site - or more rather that StumbleUpon took me to you as this was super timely. Just last night I wrote this blog post bit.ly/9nblNf on doing a SWOT analysis on yourself, your strengths/ weaknesses/opportunities and threats.

Like your 5 simple steps above it's a great way to just analyse who you are, what gives you energy, what makes you feel alive and what you enjoy doing and then relate that to what you want to do with your life.

More importantly taking an hour for yourself is always going to be beneficial.

Thanks for sharing

Natalie

]]> By: Still looking for your dream job? Keith Ferrazzi helps you find it « Newvine Growing — exploring evolution, revolution and living life intentionally http://www.keithferrazzi.com/goal-setting/target-your-dream-job-in-an-hour-by-making-5-simple-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5644 Still looking for your dream job? Keith Ferrazzi helps you find it « Newvine Growing — exploring evolution, revolution and living life intentionally Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:49:09 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4058#comment-5644 [...] his post, Ferrazzi writes: The idea here is to brainstorm – don’t limit yourself by what you feel is “possible.”  [...] [...] his post, Ferrazzi writes: The idea here is to brainstorm – don’t limit yourself by what you feel is “possible.”  [...]

]]> By: Jeremy Stunt http://www.keithferrazzi.com/goal-setting/target-your-dream-job-in-an-hour-by-making-5-simple-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5442 Jeremy Stunt Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:44:29 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4058#comment-5442 Superb advice Keith - thanks for broadcasting it! I went through a similar exercise a couple of years ago - part of my escape from my mid-life crisis... I asked myself three questions: 1. In my work, what do I enjoy most? 2. What am I good at? 3. How do I make a living from this? At the time I didn't enjoy much of what I was responsible for (operations, finance, IT, legal, compliance, HR, etc, etc). I found the tasks dull and everyday I was becoming more of an expert in technical issues that I had no interest in pursuing. Listing what I didn't like about my job was easy and I had to work hard on my lateral thinking before I finally clicked on what I enjoy most - the more abstract concept of "helping people deal with issues". The answer to the second question was easy once I'd answered the first question: I have always had a long line of people coming to me for help - especially in areas outside my domains of technical expertise - so I reckoned I must be doing something right. The last question took me weeks to answer. Eventually I discovered there was this thing called executive coaching and after much research I figured out how you can make a decent living out of it. Two years later I have set up my own executive coaching business. The exercise took me a whole lot more than one hour to complete but it did start with an hour in front of a piece of paper and the knowledge that I really shouldn't limit myself by what I felt was "possible". For me this was the critical piece: the mindset that "I know that I don't know what I don't know". My advice: don't shut your mind to anything; you may have some odd ideas but that's ok - don't ignore them. The fact that it took me weeks to answer my third question was also ok for me. This was about me figuring out how I want to spend the rest of my life so it was ok to take my time to get it right. Of course, now as a coach, I know that I could have been coached to the answers much more quickly! I wish the very best of luck to all readers with this! Superb advice Keith - thanks for broadcasting it! I went through a similar exercise a couple of years ago - part of my escape from my mid-life crisis...

I asked myself three questions:

1. In my work, what do I enjoy most?
2. What am I good at?
3. How do I make a living from this?

At the time I didn't enjoy much of what I was responsible for (operations, finance, IT, legal, compliance, HR, etc, etc). I found the tasks dull and everyday I was becoming more of an expert in technical issues that I had no interest in pursuing. Listing what I didn't like about my job was easy and I had to work hard on my lateral thinking before I finally clicked on what I enjoy most - the more abstract concept of "helping people deal with issues".

The answer to the second question was easy once I'd answered the first question: I have always had a long line of people coming to me for help - especially in areas outside my domains of technical expertise - so I reckoned I must be doing something right.

The last question took me weeks to answer. Eventually I discovered there was this thing called executive coaching and after much research I figured out how you can make a decent living out of it. Two years later I have set up my own executive coaching business.

The exercise took me a whole lot more than one hour to complete but it did start with an hour in front of a piece of paper and the knowledge that I really shouldn't limit myself by what I felt was "possible". For me this was the critical piece: the mindset that "I know that I don't know what I don't know". My advice: don't shut your mind to anything; you may have some odd ideas but that's ok - don't ignore them.

The fact that it took me weeks to answer my third question was also ok for me. This was about me figuring out how I want to spend the rest of my life so it was ok to take my time to get it right. Of course, now as a coach, I know that I could have been coached to the answers much more quickly!

I wish the very best of luck to all readers with this!

]]> By: Zoradivine http://www.keithferrazzi.com/goal-setting/target-your-dream-job-in-an-hour-by-making-5-simple-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5437 Zoradivine Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:23:56 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4058#comment-5437 Unbelievable! I've been agonizing for over a year about what to do with myself, now that I have finished my PhD. Nothing felt right, I was confused and couldn't find my direction. I just did your five list exercise, and yes, it took about an hour. It was moving right along and then list nr. five was a BAM! Plain as day where I want to go and what I want to do. Thank you so much! No more shooting off arrows into the dark. I know what I need to do. Unbelievable! I've been agonizing for over a year about what to do with myself, now that I have finished my PhD. Nothing felt right, I was confused and couldn't find my direction. I just did your five list exercise, and yes, it took about an hour. It was moving right along and then list nr. five was a BAM! Plain as day where I want to go and what I want to do.
Thank you so much! No more shooting off arrows into the dark. I know what I need to do.

]]> By: Karima http://www.keithferrazzi.com/goal-setting/target-your-dream-job-in-an-hour-by-making-5-simple-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5436 Karima Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:14:00 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4058#comment-5436 Keith - I love the way you have broken down these 5 very important steps. I have done similar exercises in the past but not to this degree (I can appreciate the emphasis on "brainstorming" and "not limiting yourself"). I have found that in doing such exercises, I have a tendency to limit what I think I can and cannot do. I look forward to taking an hour out of my day to work on this and I will share my results with you. I will also purchase the Land Your Dream Job in 2010 packet. As always great work! Keith - I love the way you have broken down these 5 very important steps. I have done similar exercises in the past but not to this degree (I can appreciate the emphasis on "brainstorming" and "not limiting yourself"). I have found that in doing such exercises, I have a tendency to limit what I think I can and cannot do. I look forward to taking an hour out of my day to work on this and I will share my results with you. I will also purchase the Land Your Dream Job in 2010 packet. As always great work!

]]> By: Keith http://www.keithferrazzi.com/goal-setting/target-your-dream-job-in-an-hour-by-making-5-simple-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5435 Keith Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:18:44 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4058#comment-5435 Thanks Patrick. I'm glad to hear you're already in the list-making habit. Anyone else - questions, comments, results? Thanks Patrick. I'm glad to hear you're already in the list-making habit.

Anyone else - questions, comments, results?

]]> By: Patrick Klingaman http://www.keithferrazzi.com/goal-setting/target-your-dream-job-in-an-hour-by-making-5-simple-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-5433 Patrick Klingaman Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:02:29 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4058#comment-5433 Great post on the power of introspective list-making in directing us toward the work we love. I've gained insight by looking back through the years to list all the things I love to do and the things I do well (overlap = my "motivated abilities"), but I see where your five-list approach can provide added depth and more detailed direction. Thanks for sharing. Great post on the power of introspective list-making in directing us toward the work we love. I've gained insight by looking back through the years to list all the things I love to do and the things I do well (overlap = my "motivated abilities"), but I see where your five-list approach can provide added depth and more detailed direction. Thanks for sharing.

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