December 8, 2005
Channel Your Passion
That knot or sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach that you feel on Sunday night as you look ahead to another week at work and the dread that envelopes you as you perform the mundane tasks that fill your days at the office are the career equivalent of flashing red lights. They are sure signs that you haven’t discovered and channeled your passion – that you haven’t taken the steps necessary to move toward your goals and achieve your dreams.
When you assume responsibility for your career, you will move into the driver’s seat and take control of your destiny. When you overcome the fears that keep your career stuck in neutral, you can accelerate toward your goals. When you clearly understand the impact of your decisions and actions, you have a roadmap to success. Ultimately, you become driven by an unstoppable force that is, in essence, Career Intensity.
Once you have made the commitment to value creation through the process of continuous improvement, you are on your way to becoming an intense, driven person who will stop at nothing until you are living your dream. At this point, you must carefully exorcise the self-doubt that will drive your career into a ditch.
You will achieve all of your goals. It will happen. Whenever a doubt creeps into your mind, you need to banish it as if it were the enemy. Doubt is the enemy of success. As long as you have the ability to draw breath you have the ability to achieve your goals. You are smart enough and you have as much ability to become successful as anyone else.
To reinforce this thinking, get a rubber band and put it around your wrist. Any type of rubber band will do. Now, when you find yourself daydreaming about your goals or your future success and a doubt creeps into your thoughts, snap the rubber band. When you feel the sting, tell yourself that self-doubt can only hurt your progress and that, as you move forward, there is no room for it in your life. Immediately think about a positive action you can take to make your daydream a reality. The trick is to associate pain with the negative thought and replace it immediately will a positive image. Practice this exercise for a week, or until you find yourself immediately replacing negative thoughts and self-doubt with possibilities.
Your mind has the ability to create any world that you can imagine. Perspective is simply the way you see things, and not necessarily the way they really are. The first step in developing Career Intensity lies in taking control of your own mind by controlling your thoughts. It’s your responsibility.
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Have you taken the Myers-Briggs, if so what are you? if not than heres a link to a four question version. http://haleonline.com/psychtest/
By your style I am going to guess maybe you are an ESTP. Tell me if I am right Thanks love the blog
Comment by John Doe — December 8, 2005 @ 14:15
I actually an ENFP.
Comment by Dave Lorenzo — December 8, 2005 @ 14:22
wait i am an idiot i should have guessed that because you are a motivator and inspirator. I am an ENFP myself. Thats really weird. I guessed ESTP because of your belief as far as controlling your mind but ENFP’s are just as likely to be advocates for such beliefs. I am definitley an advocate, as we ENFP’s like to incorporate every instance to our view of the world as a cosmic whole.(don’t know if that makes sense) Boy you answers posts quickly thats fantastic. I plan on checking this site frequently. I look forward to corresponding with you
Comment by John Doe — December 8, 2005 @ 19:40
Thanks, Mr. Doe. I do the best I can. How did you become a fan of the MBTI?
Comment by Dave Lorenzo — December 8, 2005 @ 19:42
My sister took the four question shortened version for me and emailed me the results she guessed me right. i was fascinated by the accuracy and then I made my friends take it and was happy every time it happen to nail their personality. I am a bit obsessed with it, in that i ask almost everyone i meet if they have ever taken it.(hence the initiator of this dialogue) Sometimes I think i should carry the condensed version from the website above in my wallet and administer it at bars. I have memorized many of the types. I could charge! Alittle extra cash from fascinating drunks. I have found that knowing other peoples type lets me understand why people act the way they do and when they may seem to be acting illogical to me i can pinpoint the internal conflict that has made them go astray. Makes me more understanding and a better communicator. Its really helpful with understanding my girl friend ESFj. then again understanding girls is a whole other issue than understanding personality. An art that i don’t even think god could assist me with. And a topic that would be more appropriate in a relationship intensity blog. Does the typical ENFP tendency to start many and not finish any thing effect you as prominintley as it does I. It seems as though you have found your passion and that keeps you focused
Comment by John Doe — December 9, 2005 @ 09:55
Yes.
I have a number of big ideas and it always is a challenge to see them through to fruition. I compensate for that by surrounding myself with great, detail oriented people who can help me make my ideas a reality.
Interesting fact: Bill Clinton was an ENFP.
Comment by Dave Lorenzo — December 9, 2005 @ 10:00