Do you ❤ your work?

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”  ~Steve Jobs

The longer version if the above quote by Steve Jobs, is this:

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.

So, what about you? Do you love what you do? Are you passionately performing at mastery level doing your life’s work or just going through the motions at a job that does nothing more than pay the bills? The time you spend working really is a large part of your life. So why spend a lifetime any other way then doing great work that you love?

Whether you are an employee, an entrepreneur, the CEO of a multi-million-dollar company or a stay-at-home parent (And don’t kid yourself – that is a full-time job!) – I want you to get honest with yourself about your level of performance lately and ask yourself if you truly love what you do. If you aren’t thriving and the answer isn’t a passionate YES, then I want to encourage you to keep reading because life is too short not to love what you do and it doesn’t matter how much money you make, if you don’t love it, it will be difficult to do great work. And it will never fulfill you or feel like a true success.

Here's what I want to challenge you to do this week…

Take some time to reflect on the work you are doing in your life right now. Think about the parts of it that are rewarding, the stuff that you love doing. And of course, there will be parts that come up that you don’t love – the daily, weekly, monthly duties that aren’t your favorite. But that’s okay… as long as the core of what you do is what you love, as long as the good outweighs the bad and as long as you’re happy doing what you’re doing.

If not, then what would you like to be doing? What would it take for you to be doing something you love and are passionate about? Maybe it’s time to go back to school. Maybe it’s time to polish up your resume. Maybe it’s time to hire a coach to get some clarity about what you really want to be doing as your life’s work. Or maybe, it’s just time to remember why you started doing what you’re doing in the first place. Get the passion back and gain a renewed sense of love for your job and what you’re doing with your life. Whatever the case, if you don’t feel you love your work then it is time to take action to change that. And if you do find after reflecting on your work, that you love it – well then – Congratulations! As far as I’m concerned, that is one of the truest measures of success!

If you don't love the work you do in your life right now, then it's either time to change it or time to remember why you do what you do and get the passion back. Figure out what you want and how to make it happen with a KickStart Strategy Session.