{"id":875,"date":"2010-09-07T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T15:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dierschow.com\/wordpress\/?p=875"},"modified":"2012-06-01T15:03:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T22:03:31","slug":"when-youre-feeling-trapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dierschow.com\/wordpress\/newsletter\/when-youre-feeling-trapped","title":{"rendered":"When you’re feeling trapped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nI was talking with a friend a few days ago who was despairing that \t\this career options were extremely limited by his age, his education, and \t\this current status in life. He has a useful job, but struggles to \t\tenvision that he would ever be able to move into anything else.<\/p>\n

I have two words to help break out of this situation: passion<\/strong> and time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

PASSION<\/strong>: I’ve seen a great many people who are able \t\tto make changes that they make a primary focus. Perhaps it starts out as \t\ta side area of interest, a hobby. As you gain expertise, you might have \t\ta spark of inspiration about even making it a future career.<\/p>\n

It’s this passion which helps you to overcome the natural challenges \t\tand obstacles that you’ll encounter. Perhaps you’ll need to go back to \t\tschool, something that can be challenging when you’re holding down a \t\tfull-time job. I have a relative who is establishing her new life in the \t\tmedical field, and have been impressed at her dedication and focus while \t\tworking and raising a family. It’s because she’s staying focused on that \t\tnew objective, despite all the struggles she’s had in her life.<\/p>\n

You can do things to build and maintain your own passion – I’d say \t\tthat the INTERNAL factors are actually the most important. Don’t wait \t\tfor others to notice and nurture your energy. Build a vision. Keep that \t\tvision in front of you every day.<\/p>\n

TIME<\/strong>: Although it might seem that time is working \t\tagainst you, we tend to over-estimate that. OK, it might take five or \t\tten years to get where you’d like to be.<\/p>\n

Where are you going to be in five or ten years if you don’t get \t\tstarted now?<\/p>\n

Think of skill- and position-building like interest that you’d make \t\ton your savings:<\/p>\n

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  • Day by day, the interest is imperceptible.<\/li>\n
  • Over time, the gains grow quite large and substantial.<\/li>\n
  • If you don’t make the investments in the first place, you’ll \t\t\tnever reap ANY rewards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Once you have a direction you’re headed, that vision, then make daily \t\tprogress toward it. It doesn’t matter how much, just keep moving. Over \t\ttime, you’ll start seeing substantial return from your investment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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An important resource<\/h2>\n

Sometimes I struggle with all the e-mail newsletter subscriptions I \t\ttry to follow. That constant flood of daily information can obscure the \t\tmore important tasks that I should be working on.<\/p>\n

I’ve found a couple of tools which help manage this:<\/p>\n

E-mail folders<\/strong>: I “park” newsletters into other \t\tfolders that I’ll read when I have time, like when watching TV. Since \t\tthey’re rarely time-critical, it’s quite OK to set them aside for \t\treading later. I’ve actually created six folders where I put various \t\ttopics, using rules in Outlook to automatically put messages aside.<\/p>\n

RSS feeds<\/strong>: A great many newsletters and blogs have \t\tan RSS feed, which is useful for monitoring the new information when I’m \t\table to get around to it. Like the e-mail folders, they’re out of my \t\tview until I want to spend the time reading them. There’s many great \t\tfree RSS readers out there – they’ll save you time and energy.<\/p>\n

The primary thing to remember about newsletters and blogs is that \t\tthey’re optional. If you can’t get to them, don’t feel guilty about \t\tdeleting them when you get behind. And periodically review your \t\tsubscriptions and unsubscribe from those which are now less relevant.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Carl Dierschow is a Certified Leadership Coach and \t\tauthor of the career management guide, Mondays Stink! 23 Secrets to \t\tRediscover Delight and Fulfillment in Your Work<\/em>. He is a career \t\tcoach for those going through interesting transitions, and works with \t\tleaders who are creating amazing teams. Find out more at \t\twww.Dierschow.com<\/a> and \t\twww.PossibilitiesPartnership.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in individual career coaching, group coaching, \t\tor other resources which might help you with difficult choices, please \t\tcontact Carl at carl@dierschow.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Connect with Carl on Facebook<\/a> and LinkedIn<\/a> to get timely updates and connections to a broader range of \t\tprofessionals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

To \t\tsubscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter, send an e-mail to \t\t newsletter@Dierschow.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9 2010 Possibilities Partnership LLC<\/td>\n

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