Some Quick Strategies of Identifying My Favourite Subjects or Interests. Taken from What Color is Your Parachute? By Richard Nelson Bolles
What are your favourite hobbies or interests (Computers? Gardening? Spanish? Law? Physics? Department stores? Hospitals? Etc. etc.?) Start a list.
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What do you love to talk about? Ask yourself: If you were stuck on a desert island with a person who only had the capacity to speak on a few subjects, what would you pray those subjects were? ….. If you were at a get-together, talking with someone who was covering two of your favourite subjects at once, which way would you hope the conversation would go? Toward which subject? ….. If you could talk about something with some world expert, all day long, day after day, what would that subject or field of interest be? Add any ideas that these questions spark in you, to your list.
What magazine articles do you love to read? I mean, what subjects? You get really interested when you see a magazine article that deals with … what subject? Add any ideas to your list.
What newspaper articles do you love to read? You get really interest when you see a newspaper special report that deals with … what subject? Add any ideas, here, to your list.
If you’re browsing in a bookstore, what sections of the bookstore do you tend to gravitate towards? What subjects there do you find really fascinating? Add any ideas, here, to your list.
What sites on the Internet (if you have Internet access) do you tend to gravitate towards? What subjects do these sites deal with? Do any of these really fascinate you? Add any ideas, here, to your list.
If you watch TV, and it’s a ‘game show’, which categories would you pick? If it’s an educational program, what kinds of subjects do you stop and watch? Add them to your list.
When you look at a catalogue of courses that you could take in your town or city (or on TV), which subjects really interest you? Add any ideas, here, to your list.
If you could write a book and it wasn’t about your own life or somebody else’s, what would be the subject of the book? Add it to your list.
There are moments, in most of our lives, when we are so engrossed in a task, that we lose all track of time. (Someone has to remind us that it’s time for supper, or whatever.) If this evr happens top you, what task, what subject, so absorbs your attention that you lose all track of time? Add it to your list.
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Now you know yourself a whole lot better. You’ve been able to identify a heap of traits and skills and interests that I bet you haven’t thought about in depth for ages.
It’s really worthwhile coming back and doing this every 6 to 12 months, as this will help to keep you aligned with the things that turn you on; and as you grow and move into a space of joy, what is very important to you today, may have changed to something else you would like to bring into your life in a year’s time.
With this information start looking at the subjects, interests and things that you love doing. Things that you would do if you were not looking to be paid for! Then start looking at whether there is a career opportunity around this. Let your mind run. Has anyone else started doing this? Is there a company doing this? Do you need to up skill? Start planning! Can you do this on the side? Would you look at a business? Could you join someone else?
Revisit those skills you looked at earlier. Using those skills would you be able to add value to your present company? In doing so, would you feel more present – more satisfied with your position? Using those skills – can you see a new career path for yourself?
Pull it all together now. Brainstorm it. Have you been able to identify something that you absolutely love doing? Is there some passion you have, that you could start looking at as a full time occupation? How about starting it as a part-time job? If you really can’t see yourself getting into that – for one reason or another – will you be able to spend more time with it as a hobby? Just getting away from it all and spending time with yourself and a hobby allows you to return to your everyday chores enlivened, enriched, calmer and more joyful. Carry that joy with you on a daily basis, and you will find that your circumstances start to change and so will the people around you.
Should you require help on any of this – I would strongly suggest that you look at visiting a coach - someone who will assist you to pull it all together. There is a brilliant lady that I know called Christelle Bure, who really understands business from the basic entry levels, right up to top management, as she has been one of those people who has progressed along that path. She uses NeuroSemantics as her coaching modality, and the essence of that is to assist people to find and live “their best lives”. I love her coaching because she will not try and fix anything in your life, but so cleverly gets you to find your own best life, and then she motivates you to get moving on that path. You can find her on cj@pbsi.co.za, or leave a message for her on the website www.pbsi.co.za, or phone her on 011-793 3530.
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