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BE YOUR OWN BOSS
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Know your role in each new venture you take on. Many of us, the
work at home crowd, are the take charge, do it yourself types,
which can get us into a lot of trouble. If you are your own boss
it's important that you know what is expected of you, and what is
expected of your co-workers so that you don't end up overloaded
and burned out. It's easy to let things get out of hand if you
aren't clear on what your part in each business project is. I 
know it will get a bit tedious at times, and you may even run
into an argument or two along the way, but all of those little
bumps in the road will end up creating a well-oiled machine in
the end. Clarification, and even over-clarification of each
person's roles and responsibilities is an important part of 
running your own business. You may also be surprised to find
out that people you once thought to be hard-working, valuable
assets to your business, are actually just freeloading and 
riding the coattails of your success.


FEATURED ARTICLE
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Building A Career Of Choice
by John Hoover

Let's face it, most career choices are not choices at all, 
but people held hostage by paychecks.  Most of us fall into 
a job; followed by a paycheck, and then become immobilized 
into taking any pro-active moves toward something we really 
love doing.  How much sense does this make?  We don't marry 
on these terms. We don't select friends on these terms.  But 
we do spend eight, ten, twelve hours a day in work we have no 
passion for and a future we aren't particularly interested in 
cultivating.  Perhaps now is the time to change all that.

It doesn't matter whether you are looking for employment or 
self-employment the guidelines for locating your career purpose 
are the same.  It takes a bit of courage and self-evaluation, 
all of which can be difficult but will also free you to find 
your true career of choice.

Passion and Practicality
To be an adult you must be practical.  That is what we are 
taught.  To be practical we must do what makes sense to those 
around us, rather than what feels right within us.  Trouble is, 
that might make some of those around us happy, but it makes us 
miserable.  And that is not practical.  Passion is that burst 
of internal thrill that propels you effortlessly toward the 
work of realization.  Passion coupled with belief, hope, and 
faith and can do more than move mountains; it can give your 
life purpose.

So set aside the practicality of those around you and begin 
looking at what really makes your own clock tick.  Make a list 
of those things that you do in your off hours that make you 
smile.  Look into your heart at the yearnings that have gone 
unmet.  For all those activities is a means for creating a 
career.  

Consider this, if all of us in the wrong jobs played musical 
chairs, we might all find ourselves in the right jobs.  The 
accountant who hates numbers but loves helping people with 
their problems switches careers with the therapist who falls 
asleep during his sessions but loves to balance his checkbook.  
What if we were all doing what we were passionate about?  Would 
our courageous move toward passion make a better world?  That 
seems pretty practical.

Talent And Experience

Our talents are most often coupled with our passion simply 
because we rarely improve on areas that we have no interest.  
Experience does not have to be quantified in the number of paid 
hours.  That is the hostage paycheck mentality.  Life is more 
balanced than your checkbook, so depend on it to understand 
your real experience in the areas you want to pursue as a career.
In other words align your talents with your life experience.

Do you volunteer at a homeless shelter?  Do you belong to the 
society of Antique Collecting?  Have you achieved weight loss 
and now want to teach others?  These are life experiences that 
may not be quantified by pay, but are worth their weight in gold.


People Power

The primary power for moving toward your career of choice lies 
in locating others who will support you in making this goal a 
reality.  Networking is absolutely vital to progress.  Join 
professional organizations within your interest.  Locate 
headhunters and recruiters that can put you in the right place 
at the right time.  Surround yourself with powerful individuals 
that will pave the way and before you know it, you will be 
working in your career of choice.  

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John Hoover is CEO of JobLynx located at www.JobLynx.com, the 
number one portal site for connecting individuals with dream 
jobs.  The JobLynx network of more than 12,000 powerful 
headhunters and recruiters will put you in the right place at 
the right time to make your career of choice a reality.  Visit 
us now.   

 
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