12 Questions for Career Mindfulness: #12 What if you finally get to do what you always wanted?
What if you finally got what you always wanted? Perhaps the real question is, “What do you want to do?”
I know that I like building things. I like working wherever I want, whenever I want. Even if I had unlimited resources, I’d still be building things. Would I want to create a company with employees? No. I’ve seen a founder go out of business, because of one employee making a fatal mistake. This founder was on the brink of being acquired. He was so close to achieving his ultimate exit strategy. Unfortunately, the founder’s dreams went up in smoke. This threat terrifies me, so I don’t see myself starting a company by employing workers. If it’s my company, then I’m only comfortable hiring contractors, or working with smart friends who have a stake in the business.
What would you do if you got what you always wanted? Is it early retirement? Would you create a company? Would you work with friends or family? Would you start a non-profit, so you could help underserved populations? Would you create scholarship or fellowships for future students, who are like you?
This last question of The 12 Questions for Career Mindfulness series helps you discover your vision, mission, and core values. If we’re not working by our values, we feel angry, unfulfilled, or empty. After reflecting on your work life, I hope you’ll be able to discover what you really want to do, pursuing a work that reflects your mission, vision, and values.
The 12 Questions for Career Mindfulness Summary
Discover mindfulness, so you can observe your thoughts and actions in the present moment in a non-judging way. By pondering the “what ifs” or remembering our old jobs, we can get insight into who we have become or have not become. These questions aren’t easy. When we practice mindfulness, we grow as individuals. The 12 Questions for Career Mindfulness series is intended to help you with your self awareness in your career by asking yourself:
- How was the first day of your last job? How was day of your first job?
- If you wrote a memo to yourself on attitude adjustment, what would it read?
- What things did you do or love as a child that explains how your work today?
- Write about a phone call that changed everything.
- Write about the book that changed everything.
- If you could ask a former boss a question you wanted to ask, what would that question be?
- Have you experienced a painful loyalty?
- What happened on a work day that was different?
- How did it all go wrong so fast?
- What if you didn’t get that job?
- What is the elephant in the room?
- What if you finally did what you always wanted to do?
For previous entries in this series, click here.
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