You Are Where You Are Because Of Your Best Thinking
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
You Are Where You Are Because Of Your Best Thinking
What do you think of that thought? You are where you are because of your best thinking! If you think about it you won’t be on the defensive, you will find that it is true. How so, I’m going to show you.
You Are Where You Are Because Of Your Best Thinking
I took any job I could find when I was younger. My first job was cleaning a health club at night after it closed. Then I had factory jobs, I then drove a payloader, a train and played brakeman. From there I moved into computers and in 1991 I took a programming course. On of the think I was told in that course was that in order to increase my salary I should change jobs every year or too.
I needed work though so I took the first job out of school that I was offered. I was promised that I would move into programming but it didn’t happen. Still I stayed with that job until it went out of business in 1999. I didn’t listen! I didn’t change jobs as I was suppose to.
In 1999, I took the next first position that came my way as the IT Manager for a manufacturing company. Next year it will be 15 years at that company. Don’t get me wrong, my income has grown but not near what it would have been if I had heeded council.
So why didn’t I change jobs every year or two? I let my fears keep me stagnant. I hated interviewing and putting myself in a position to be judged. I’ve always received praise but I just never felt like going through that again.
To that end, I CHOSE not to look for work when I had work. I am a living example that you are where you are because of your best thinking!
Your Best Thinking
Your best thinking got you where you are today just as mine did me. So how do you change that? How do you get to the point where you can dream again like you did when you first started out. Dream of the places you would go and the things you would do but can not because you are tied to a job and most likely are living very close to the wallet.
I’m here to tell you that you can dream again and you can make your dreams come true. It is never too late to change and get on track to living your dreams. I’ve changed direction. I am now on track to see my reality change because I realized that in order to get where I want to be I have to change my thinking and my actions.
If you would like to find out how I’m doing it click here now and I’ll see you on the other side.
To your success,
Mary Riley