3 Difficult Questions

The economic crisis has done one thing positive in the last two years – allow us to reflect on what we do, how we do, and why we do certain things. Of late I am meeting more folks who are at a crossroad with respect to their career predicament, many are unfulfilled in what they do, and more so in a downturn where one has to take on more workload with greater pressure and less pay. Alas many are simply going through the motion because it is better to glue one’s bum to a chair with crazy glue (read have a job) than to deliberate the ponderous task of what is it that we really would like to do and allow us to make a decent living, if circumstances allow us?

I invite you to answer the following 3 questions silently or aloud (however it suits you), but honestly, in your spare moments. I recently went thru this exercise with a friend, and it was much harder than either one of us expected. And after you figure out the answers, you will know tangentially at least, what direction you need to take to marry your passion and your skills to achieve your own IEFF. The path to it may be a circuitous one but that is what makes it a worthwhile journey.   Now it will be tough if you have no answer to any of the following questions!!  Give it a try, you may be surprised!

1) What are the top 3 things YOU are passionate about (i.e. things that you would do everyday if you had to get up for it)?

2) What are the 3 talents or skills that YOU think you have?

3) What are the 3 talents or skills that OTHER people think you have?