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One Year to Live

by Joel Garfinkle, Dream Job Coaching

If you knew the exact date when your life would end, what would you do differently? More specifically, if you had only one year left and had to continue to work for a living, what would you change about your day to day life right now? Would you continue to work for your current employer or would you do something that satisfies your heart? A large majority of people would seek work that fulfills them, work they value and truly desire.

As you read this article and begin your day today, this is the mindset you need to have because, in truth, part of you is dying when the work you do doesn’t energize and uplift you. You have the power to change that and the ability to do it now. Create the life you want doing work you love. Change course and discover the abundant number of possibilities that are open to you.

Many people wait until they reach their 50’s, 60’s or 70’s before they realize that life is finite and if they are going to do that which they’ve secretly dreamed, they must begin now. It’s why so many people go back to school, take a class on gourmet cooking or a foreign language or begin to learn a musical instrument in their later years. These interests that have lain dormant for so many years can open new careers and new avenues of joy.

Recognize that life is finite regardless of what your age is. It is precious and each moment must be treasured and used wisely. No one can capture time and store it away for a later date. It is something you must spend each day and, at the end of the day, decide whether you’ve spent it wisely or wasted it. Seize the day and breath life back into the dreams of work and life you’ve left untouched for too long. Use this message as springboard to a whole new future just waiting for you to discover it. James Dean said, “Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.”

To learn more about how Joel Garfinkle’s expert Public Inspirational Speaking can help you as an individual in your quest for your dream job or improve your group’s interactions at work or play please visit his Business Management Speaker page. The rapid changes that businesses face daily require very close management of how the dynamics of change can impact the business processes. Joel’s speaking skills and insights cut through the haze with crystal clarity when Change Management is the topic.

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