A Guide to Being Proactive in Your Lifestyle Choices. Part Two.
A Guide to Being Proactive in Your Lifestyle Choices. Part Two.
This is part two of a Guide To Being Proactive In Your Lifestyle Choices. So, what are the things to consider if you are looking to be more proactive with a ownership of your own business? Well, you should consider as many options as possible, but don’t broaden things too far beyond your capabilities. Building a career may involve other things beyond working for a company, for instance, self employment or consultancy work. Think about where your expertise lays and what opportunities are available for you out there.
Are you working to earn more money? Or perhaps you are motivated by other things such as work satisfaction, building a happy home or being healthy. The chances are you want more than one of these things. If this is so, you need to figure out how to get your work life balance right.
Even if work is just something you ‘do’, you probably spend a fair amount of time doing it, so therefore, consider how work fits into your lifestyle. To what extent does your job mirror your core values, match your skills and provide you with the opportunity for growth. Do you feel challenged enough by what you do? Where do you see yourself in five years time? All good questions, and all need a patient and honest approach to answering.
You may, for instance, feel like you are coasting along at work at the moment. Perhaps your strongest skills are so closely matched to your work that you find it too easy. If you want to move out of your comfort zone, consider a move to an area that is unfamiliar to your level of expertise. Too many of the decisions we make in a work context happen without much in the way of conscious thought.
If you are working for a company, or already running your own company, think for a moment about how you ended up in that role. What made you choose that particular line of work; was it because at the time it was ‘just a job?’
Since so much of our decision making gets made due to circumstance, it is nice to think in a way that involves us taking active decision making. The quicker you begin to take stock of the way you make decisions; the quicker you begin taking control of your life.
Guest Blogger: Anthony Churchill
