Welcome to a brand spankin new series that I will be writing about this month. Over the last 6 months, I have gotten a lot of questions around HOW to move forward? Or “WHAT am I doing wrong, no matter what I do I just can’t seem to reach my goals?” Some of the most important topics I would like to discuss will be centered around YOU!
If you want to either make an impact on the World or change your life in ANY area, it’s vital that you change not only your thinking but your MINDSET. This is key and my mottos: CHANGE YOUR MINDSET, CHANGE YOUR LIFE. It’s that simple but it’s easy to say and can be a little more difficult to do because it takes constant work. Some of what we discuss will be a work in progress and won’t be something you fix in one day. But the fun part is that the more you work on yourself, the better your habits will be and the stronger you’ll become. Ready? Let’s go! Today’s topic is regarding your professional life titled: Where I Am Today Does Not Equal My Tomorrow. Now hold on! I know you may be sitting there thinking “This doesn’t apply to me. I’m fine in the professional department”. Really? Here me out for a minute. We are taught that what we “do” and what our profession is, is DIRECTLY TIED TO OUR SELF WORTH. I polled a couple of my friends and gave them two examples and below are the scenarios and their answers. Example #1: Angela is a mogul who owns her own Company, they are in the high tech IT industry and offer cutting edge products to Companies like Google. How would you picture her? The answers I got were: She is wealthy, smart, leading a team of Engineers in a glass office, possibly travelling on a private plane? She would have it all worked out right? Look good, tough, smart and going places. Example #2: Mary is working at Walmart as a greeter part time in the mornings. She is 65 years old and retired and shows up every day on time. What would you think about Mary? The answers for Mary were: Since she is older, she needs the income so she is working at a job like Walmart because she could not get work anywhere else. She may not have many skills and makes very little income (minimum wage). She works part time because she cannot work a whole day without getting tired. Before you read any further, what did you actually think about both scenarios? Be honest with yourself. Here are the REAL RESULTS: In Example #1: Angela is really struggling. On the outside she looks put together, but she recently put on 30 pounds under the stress of her Company not performing as well as others think they are doing. She does have Google as a client, but Google recently told her that if she does not produce a new product soon, she will not be considered for future endeavors. Angela is falling apart financially physically and emotionally. She has sky high bills and she is on the verge of a nervous breakdown because she doesn’t have the man power to give Google what they want. By Contrast in Example #2: Mary is doing very well for herself. She worked all her life as a Nurse and through overtime, stockpiled away a lot of money for her retirement. She only works at Walmart because she did not want a stressful job, and she works part time because she doesn’t need any more than gas money. In truth she has all the money she needs, she just likes to be with people. Quite a different viewpoint than what you originally thought right? Here’s the main takeaway I want you to remember: WE ARE NOT OUR JOBS and DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT’S COVER. If you are doing a menial job today, making minimum wage or less than you want to, the good news is that there is nowhere to go but up. Even if you are making great money but hate your job, it’s time to rethink where you are and what your truly here to do. Your instincts are right, there is more and you were put on this Earth to be HAPPY and to live your LIFE PURPOSE. In the next installment in our series, I will be giving you real life strategies on how you can move from here to there, from being unhappy professionally à to living your life’s mission and LOVING what you do. In the meantime, please remember that YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU DO – especially if you hate what you are doing. There is light at the end of the tunnel and I believe you can have what you want and be whoever you want to be which includes be a happy human.
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Have you been struggling professionally trying to figure out exactly what it is you are truly here to do? Are you multi-passionate and have more than a few things you would like to do, and you can’t decide which profession would be best for you? Or have you tried a few professions on for size and nothing has worked out quite the way you wanted it too? I would like to walk you through a scenario to see if this resonates with you: There once was a girl who was multi-faceted and had many passions in life, but there was just one passion that she’d had since that never left her. It was horses. She was put on a horse when she was 5 and caught the bug immediately for the gorgeous animals that carried her on their backs. Throughout her young life, she rode sporadically and at 15, she asked for a horse when she was going through a difficult time at school. Her parents bought her a horse and that horse took her away from the fights at school and focused her energy into something pure – looking after her horse. Her father still recalls coming into the barn where she would be talking to the horse as if it were human. What her father didn’t see was that the horse was talking back to her and she UNDERSTOOD what the horse was saying. She took a prestigious job and knew immediately that it was not a fit for her, she was there because her mother wanted her to be what she was – working in the 9-5 in a subservient position. She rebelled and started her journey of trying to find what would work for her. She tried everything she could think of to be successful professionally. The problem was that she knew she was different and didn’t fit in. When she got the opportunity to start her own business – she was scared and tried things she THOUGHT would be popular, but she didn’t excel in those areas. She was Avoiding Showing the World What She Was Really Good at - Horse Communication. She had a unique gift that horses could speak to her, sending her words and images. But she was scared, because she didn’t know how to market herself and more importantly – if she put HER REAL SELF out there – she would be vulnerable and if she failed – then what? Then she thought – nothing else has worked, it’s time to try JUST BEING ME. For the first time ever, she is putting herself out into the World just as she is. She is letting others know what she can do, her love of animals and being open to see where it takes her. She is 100% sure it will work because someone recently told her “The first time I met you, you told me you were an Empath. You ARE an Empath that is WHO YOU ARE, not WHAT you do”. There is a distinct difference between WHO you truly are and WHAT you do. What you do is something you can stop, put down and change, who you are is your soul blueprint and can’t be changed! It is the essence of the one and only you. It takes bravery to put yourself out there, but it’s necessary for people to see the real you. Not following what others do, and showing your uniqueness. Your tribe will find you and love you for you - NOT following the pack. That means you’re a true leader. Now it’s your turn. If you’ve been hiding your gifts and talents, it’s time to show us what you’ve got. You are unique, there is only one of you and this World needs what you have, and we need your gifts because by showing who you are, you are also helping others in ways you can’t image. What are you waiting for? You got this and I believe in you! Is it time to try a new way? Sometimes just when we think things are going great, life throws us curve balls. Even worse we can get put in difficult situations that we may not have chosen. It's these times when you WILL feel helpless, alone and possibly misunderstood (or not understood at all). This is what I call a "Come to Jesus Meeting" which means that one way or the other, you will be taking a different path then the one you are on now - it's time to wake up! It's all about how to be brave now - not in the future. This is when it's really easy to repeat the same old pattern that has gotten you virtually nowhere OR... You can face your fears and think about WHY things have gone south. You can take the time to reach for the stars and try something NEW. Because the ONLY way to get to a better place is to do something different, probably something you have NEVER done before. It's probably the thing that SCARES you the most. This can be scary but instead of looking at life's challenges as "bad things", what if you flipped them around and looked at them as opportunities. Opportunities for you to find your way, realize what your good at, stop making excuses and not articulate what you really want out of life. Because that helps no one and holds you back from true happiness. Trust me, I know alot about this subject and this is when you need to dig deep and face what you fear to put it to rest and finally move forward. Instead of just repeating the same old pattern and taking the easy way out (which is not to try), why not spread your wings, believe in yourself and FLY!!! Which, by the way, you were meant to do all along. Here are some steps to help you figure out what you can do differently:
I am here to help you be BRAVE, to hold your hand when your scared and to push you when I know that you are capable of breaking through to be the best you that you can be. I also know most people need that push because without it, you may never reach your full potential. I have a few open spots to help you remove whatever is blocking you from success and to get you take those brave next steps. Reach out to me so we can chat to see how I can best help you. Until then, Be Brave! Julie Every day, you and I are bombarded by information - so much so, that many of us are on information overload. We are constantly looking at our phones, seeing news on the TV along with the constant chatter, can become a dull roar as your brain tries to filter out what you need to know, and what you don’t. According to Business Insider - The latest statistics from Apple say that the average iPhone user unlocks their phone 80 times per day!!! The Android users were confirmed to unlock and use their phone 76 times per day. All of this may leave us with a disconnect from our heart's desires. To say that many of us are addicted to our phones is an understatement. But what’s more concerning to me is not the USE of the phone, but what we are actually addicted to which is what’s BEHIND the phone which is - you guessed it - information. Information of any kind including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and all the other social media that keeps our eyes and ears glued to our phones. The daily consumption of all of this information has a price and the price is twofold:
I am a big-hearted person, so much so that I am basing my whole career on what my heart is telling me to do - even if it may seem illogical. If you are like me, you may have been going along through life, mildly discontented with your work but keeping up appearances and then WHAM! Something happens that makes you stop everything. It could be a death in the family, a loss of a pet or loss of a job - whatever it is, it’s a loss and not a loss you can ignore. I recently had a couple of losses, not just one (yes, they can come more than one at a time) and that is when I was FORCED to do the unthinkable - STOP. Just stop and think about where I was going, what I was doing and was I really happy. That’s when I realized that I had lost touch with the most important part of me, my heart. I had lost what made me happy and I had settled for convenience and comfort, because going after what truly made me happy was going to be hard. They say that all things happen for a reason and instead of dwelling on the losses, I choose to believe that this was something that was meant to happen at this season in my life, and that there is a definite reason that I changed direction. If you have ever woken up and realized that you hate where you live, you can’t stand your job or boss and you aren’t doing what you really want to do in life - it’s time to STOP and make a change. So many of us have gotten so very far away from where we TRULY WANT TO BE and what we TRULY WANT TO DO. It’s time to turn the ship around (you know - the one that you command called your life) and start steering it towards a place you will be happy. I for one, am sailing my ship into totally unfamiliar winds, but I know that I am following my heart and intuition both of which are connected to my soul so how can I go wrong? The answer is, I can’t and neither can you. All you have to do is think about what you truly want in your life, they could be things like:
Anything is possible, you can make changes to every single part of your life or just one slice of it. The only goal is that you are happy. You don’t want to be that person on your death bed wishing you had done something different when you have the chance right now to make those kind of changes to your life. All you need to do is LISTEN AND FOLLOW YOUR HEART. |
AuthorMy name is Julie Saillant and I am an Equestrian who uses my intuitive Empathic insight to help others embrace their own gifts so they can find their life purpose. Archives
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