How To Get The Job You Really
Really Want - Your Desires And Needs - Motivation?
1.
What motivates you?
Profound isn't it? Sure as eggs are eggs, if you
answer this one truthfully, and are prepared to accept the answer,
you will not only change your job or career, but probably your whole
life for the better.
Linked very much to this, and in a broader sense, with what
motivates you in mind, now ask what do I really want? I mean
really want, your
most deep seated desires,
not just wishes. You will find that these true desires will be very
much in tune with what it is that really motivates you.
At this point
I ought to distinguish between mere wishes and true desires. An
example of a wish might be, "I wish I was ten years younger", or "I
wish I could climb Everest for my 70th birthday". These are not
fully integrated desires. They
might make you feel good
for a day or two, but they will not drive you on to achievement
like a true desire or need will.
There is no secret with a desire, it is something
so strong that you will move heaven and earth to get it. People
with fully integrated desires work long hours, make huge sacrifices,
they don't really care how others perceive them, but, they
WIN. They do this because they believe passionately, they sell
their case persuasively, make allies of key people, and they WIN.
So.....what do you want? Still a difficult
question? O.K, let's make it a little bit easier.
Still got that pen and paper? Take the question (you
should know it by now!) "What Do You Want?" and write down
the first TWENTY answers you would give. This may take a little
while to do, up to a couple of hours to come up with your final
list.
Initially your answers will probably be all over the
shop. " I want more time to myself", "I want a new BMW". Some
wishes, some more realistic. Some may be idealistic, for example
"I want to contribute something to the world". Now, take out all of
the wishes and look at the items that are left. Ask yourself the
following;-
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What do the items left "say"
or "mean" to you?
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What do you mean by
them? For example, if you say you want more money, what for? Is
it for a car? A holiday? A new house? Truly analyse what's the
real reason that you have written what you have - keep
asking why until you can't ask any further.
Really get inside each point and understand in as
much detail as possible why you have come to that want. Play mind
games with the answers, visualize situations you might find yourself
in, have a bit of fun with the idea. Then write down what you see,
what you feel. Once you have finished with point number one, go on
to number two and do the same.
Once this course of action has been completed for all
the points, leave the papers for a day or two
and DON'T even think about them again!
Before you finish, have a quick look at the wishes.
O.K, we all want to win the lottery, but in reality the odds are 14
million to one against, so the chances are, well, 14 million to
one! So don't bank on it! Instead ask why you want more money?
The answers will provide significant input into your
desires. Let me explain, perhaps winning all that money would put an
end to all those financial worries. You know, too much month at the
end of the money. Maybe it's that dream you've held for the last
five years to have a couple of weeks at Sandals. Maybe, you just
need a break from the treadmill. If you look at your wishes in this
light, you will gain significant insight into your reasons, and
therefore benefit greatly when finalising your desires or needs.
Alright, enough on desires and needs for the time
being. Soul searching question number two.....coming up.
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