Recently I attended a seminar that was about loving your work. It’s a really crucial thing for us to enjoy our work, especially considering the amount of time most of us spend doing it. Personally I’ve found I’d rather earn less doing a job I really like, than doing a job that pays really well but gives me that Sunday evening feeling where you dread going in on Monday.
The advice given at the seminar was not only how to love your work, but how to love your work and get paid really well doing it. Here I shall share with you what the speaker shared with me.
I’ve broken down the seminar into 6 key areas, learn about these and apply them to your life and you are guaranteed more success and satisfaction.
1) Our Belief Systems (BS 
) are the number one reason for not earning more and you need to be aware of what yours are, improving where necessary.
Conviction that you will succeed financially and in your career/business is very important. To learn more about belief systems an excellent starting point is a Tony Robbins book or course, he talks about belief systems and how to change them in great depth.
2) Being in flow can make any job enjoyable.
Even the most mundane job can be enjoyable if it means you are “in-flow”. The speaker presented a way to determine if your life is in flow which I really like…
“Flow is when you need an alarm clock to remind you to go to bed.”
“When life feels like it is ‘difficult’ – you are definitely not in flow”
3) Know where you are on the 9 levels of wealth and make a commitment to move to the next level.
The different levels of wealth are:
Levels 7 to 9, the Trustee, the Composer, and the Legend
He didn’t go to deeply into these but they are the real high achievers such as Steve Jobs and Richard Branson. Top political figures may also feature here. Anyone at this level is able to influence on a global scale.
Levels 4 – 6, The Player, The Performer, and The Conductor
These are the marketplace levels, here you’ll find people that don’t depend on a regular monthly wage from an employer such as business owners, self employed people, and people with in-demand talents.
Levels 1 – 3, The Victim, The Survivor, and The Worker
These are the workplace levels. Hopefully no one reading this is at level 1 or 2, if you are then aim for Level 3. Level 3 is where most people are and if that’s you then the move to one of the marketplace levels may well be your goal.
At each level there is upward and downward envy. For example, at the performer level you may be an accomplished performer in an orchestra, but you may feel like you’d be better off with the responsibility of the conductor. Likewise, you may have downward envy and long for the days where you could step back and be a player – out on your own and not having the responsibility of playing within a group of musicians.
For more information on the Wealth Dynamics, Roger Hamilton’s books were recommended to me as an excellent resource. I’ve just ordered ‘Wink and Grow Rich’ on Amazon and cant wait to read it.
4) Have a big “why?”
To move up the wealth spectrum you need to have a good reason to do so, otherwise it won’t be a priority in your life and you’ll end up getting caught up in other things. The speaker gave an example about Sir Richard Branson. You may know about his Virgin Galactic company; the first to offer the general public the chance to go into space at a reasonable price (well if $200k sounds reasonable to you, I’m sure it will get cheaper in time). Richard Branson didn’t actually have enough of his own money to start the company and make it work, but he had a big ‘Why’, so he made it happen regardless.
The speaker said that Branson’s ‘why’ was to allow politicians to see the world without any borders. With a ‘Why’ like this it gave him the motivation to see the project through no matter what obstacles got in the way. When it looked like the engine would be too expensive to produce within the constraints of his budget, he used his creative ability to devise a competition which gave the opportunity for engineers to develop the engine and win 10 million pounds. This was a substantial saving on what it would have cost him to develop the engine conventionally.
5) Know where you are on the Wealth Spectrum.
I have to admit I was concentrating a little too hard on what the speaker was saying about this to take notes. It’s all about the different types of people there are in terms of what behaviour is most comfortable to us, it’s quite involved but luckily I found this excellent little video…
‘Wink and Grow’ is sure to have has lots of information on this topic.
6) Know about the process of “luck”
The critical elements of luck are:
- Location – be at the right place in the right time (and be the right person J). As nice as it can be, a critical moment is unlikely to occur sitting at home watching TV.
- Connections – knowing the right people, and different types of people (see number 5) is key.
- Knowledge.
- Understanding.
For luck to occur you need to take advantage of critical moments when they crop up, and you do need to be clear on your vision to be able to do this. There are plenty of great resources I can recommend with regard to vision so please let me know if you need them.
So there you have it, 6 cool things to help you not only love your work, but get paid well for it too, I hope there is something here of benefit to you!
Best Regards,
Mark
