Thursday 26 July 2007

Byproducts of discovering your greatness

There are seven byproducts of discovering your greatness:
1. Optimum job fit. This is the place where we get the greatest amount of result from the least amount of effort. Our swing is so comfortable that sometimes it creates no sense of stress or tension at all. It is the overlap between our internal motivated wirings and the critical requirements of a job ? regardless of what it might be. While there is no perfect job where 100% of the requirements and our wiring overlap, some jobs fit better than others.
2. Immunity against boredom and burnout. Boredom is when we find ourselves having too much internally wired skill left over at the end of the day. When a job doesn?t call us to use our whole skill set, we begin to dream of new adventures, whether hobbies or professions. This begins to absorb the efforts that could be placed into our job. The other unintended consequence of a lack of greatness is burnout. Burnout is when we are asked to do many things in a job, but we possess no internal wiring, motivation or skills to perform the task. Certainly, every job has its ?taking out the trash? elements. However, if someone employed as an accountant doesn?t have the wiring to work with numbers or focus on a single assignment, it is easy to see the burnout he might have during the month of April.
3. Job settledness. Many people live life with the theory that the grass is always greener on the other side. They are constantly peering over the fence post, dreaming and wishing for a job other than the one they have. While at times it may be okay to hope for bigger and better things, most of the time it simply results in job restlessness. By finding your greatness, you end up settling into a job that fits.
4. Confidence and self assurance. Make no doubt about it, we hold our head higher?we work with a firmer step?we have a twinkle in our eye when we are in the process of greatness. An individual who has never discovered his greatness will always struggle with a lack of confidence and low self assurance.
5. Courage to make tough decisions. When you are in your zone, it is easier to make the hard calls. You possess a sense of relaxed subtleness about the impact a hard decision might have on others. You keep an eye toward the future and hold a certain awareness that things will be okay.
6. Best sustainable results. Anyone can create results one time. The question is, can you repeat and sustain those results? Best sustainable results will always pour forth from someone who has discovered his greatness.
7. Intrinsic passion, perseverance and creativity. A person who has discovered his greatness is fueled from the inside out. He has a power pack attached to his soul that drives him out of the everyday routine to truly participate in life.

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