"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."
I have this written on my white board in my room where I see it every single day. Sometimes it's a little tough to try to keep your head up and your eyes on the goal. Far too often it's too easy to say "why bother - nothing has happened with the last 30 job applications/3 interviews/whatever that I've completed, why should this one be any different?" Yet that simple phrase up there points out the obvious - yes, 100, 1,000, or more may be total misses, but you will never know if 1,001 is the one that is perfect if you don't try for it.
Yes, there may be many failures and things that don't come through - but "definiteness of purpose is the key to success." If what I'm pursuing is what I want - and it is - then eventually I WILL find that one. It will work out, that match will be made and I will move forward. And I'll be far happier doing so because I know I'll be pursuing what I want to do, it's a marketable career, and I can take all that energy, combine it with experience and work ethic, and become an amazing employee and develop a great career that I can be proud of.
This little pep talk is a pretty frequent thing I've been having to do lately - there are some days where it's just TOUGH. Although I've made changes to ease my financial situation with where I'm at, this is the first full month that these changes are in place,and I'm still playing catch up. Working too much, no fun time, no money to enjoy fun time, just being worn out and then adding in the many downs of changing careers in a tough economy and there are days it would be easier to be depressed.
But I refuse to give in to that. In my head, self pep talks seem "silly" but I am finding that a reminder of WHY I'm doing what I'm doing, what the long term benefits will be, and a reminder that the best things in life don't come easy makes it a lot easier to get up in the morning and get motivated. I still have days where I'm just plain old tired and don't want to put my energy into work - but I'm getting better about it, and putting some energy back into the jobs I currently have, tired or not. If nothing else, I need to prove to myself that I am worthy of the position(s) I want, and getting lazy where I'm at doesn't do that. Pretty sure my coworkers/boss have noticed the positive difference the past couple weeks as well.
On another note I had an interview on Monday that seemed to go fairly well - and it's a position I would LOVE to have. It's one of those positions where I would not only have a great career move/opportunity, it would be an amazing place to grow, and it's an organization and mission that I can fully support and see the direct benefit of my work. I know they interviewed a number of very good people - but this is one really want, one where I really feel like the benefits would be very mutual.
But, just in case, I'm continuing to take shots - cause you just never know which one will finally hit the mark :)
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