Fantasizing ABOUT a Job

Fantasizing about LEAVING a job is quite different than fantasizing ABOUT a job; and let's not confuse a "Fantasy" job with the "Ideal" job either (yeah we have a lot going on here don't we). Let's talk about this.

If asked, what is your ideal job you could say for example, 'working with the NFL' or 'the front office of a Major League baseball team'. If asked about your fantasy job on the other hand, you might say 'Quarterbacking the New England Patriots' or 'waking up tomorrow morning as Eric Clapton'; the first being near impossible, the second clearly impossible.

Over the years 100's of people who were asked about their "ideal" had responded with their "fantasy" instead. You know what? For many of these folks their fantasy became their reality, in a manner of speaking. Now to be fair, if you ask me if the attorney who said she wanted to be 'professional football fan for a living' become one I'd say 'no'; nevertheless, from her comment and the results of some deep-level questioning that followed - "unveiling & validating" - I learned a great deal about her: motivations, style, values, core competencies; her likes, dislikes and job satisfaction factors, and more; and thus the job and environment that would suit her best. This became the focus and direction of her Job Search Campaign.

Let's try it with you - What's your fantasy job?

If you could wave a magic wand and have the job of your dreams (you can let your feet rise off the ground now and get your head in the clouds to answer) ... what would it be?

Let's see what I can do that might help you. Let's see what OTHERS reading this might ALSO suggest that might help, AND ... if you who are reading this happen to be someone who is LIVING THAT FANTASY heck ... share it with us; for that's what community is all about, right?

So, what's the challenge ... What's YOUR fantasy job?


Rob