This is my story.
One of hundreds on career blogs and job websites that tell how people
beat the odds and found a dream job, without education, experience,
or contacts. Not everyone can do it. It isn’t easy. But If you are
ready to ‘step up’ and go after your goals then you can.
Table of Contents:
1. Stop Wasting
Time
When we are young
it is fun to go to parties, shop, and spend our evenings watching
movies. My question to you is, ‘What have you gained from that
investment?’ Yes, everything you do is an investment in your
future.
Start a journal.
Write down every hour you spend trying to succeed at work, and every
hour you are ‘just waiting for the day to end.’ Write down every
hour you spend learning how to do your job better. Keep a record of
the time you spend in leisure. Now, keep track of the time spent
taking care of yourself whether grooming, eating, in relationships,
or eating.
It’s amazing
how much of our lives are wasted.
2. Take a Risk.
If you want to
play it safe then you will miss all your opportunities. The job may
not be down the road. Good jobs may not let you have weekends off for
partying with friends. You will probably be working Christmas.
Look at it this
way. Your main opportunity to build wealth will only last until you
are 40. You are running out of time. Take that job. You can always
slow down after you land your dream job.
3. Go Where The
Jobs Were
There are jobs in
every industry where the ‘comfortable’ people won’t work. These
jobs pay more and are more willing to ‘train on the job.’ This
job may be a smaller business in your current town that cannot afford
to hire a university graduate. Or, it may be a job in the oil fields.
4. Don’t Fear
Failure
All successful
people have failed several times. Don’t fear going off track, or
landing the wrong job. Learn what you can. Do something that will
look awesome on your resume. Then, move on. I must have failed
several times before I succeeded.
Then, the area I
succeeded in was a fluke. It was in the management field where I was
interning to pad my resume. It turned out that I had the skills they
needed.
5. Don’t Waste
Time Learning
Most people who
want to be managers run out and start buying books on managing. As
you read those books you will find niche’s that you can specialize
in. If you want to get that six figure job then you need two things.
First, you need
to be able to generate more income than your paycheck. If you want to
be paid $100 000 then you need to make the company $125 000. Not only
that, you need to be able to prove that you can earn that much money.
The best way is
to specialize. I specialized in solving problems. I studied
management theories, problem solving strategies, and project
management. I studied how to sell, negotiate, and market myself.
If you can take these 5 points and learn how to invest in them then you will be one step closer to having your dream job.
