Death or Career Guidance!
More people die on a Monday at 9.00 am, than on any other day of the week.
Shocking isn’t it? Deepak Chopra M.D is a world-renowned authority in the field of mind-body healing. Deepak tells us that that there is a test which helps to determine which people will die after suffering their first heart attack, without ever having the opportunity to change their life styles.
You might think that this test would be a very in depth set of procedures, or some newly designed, highly technical equipment. Not at all, here is the test and you can take it in just two minutes. If you are ready then here it is:
- Do you have any meaning in your life? We are referring here to your career, job, employment or what ever it is that you do, to earn your living.
- Are you happy? Here we are referring to your life including your love, personal and one to one relationships.
Apparently, if you can answer YES to both of these questions, then you are highly unlikely to suffer from any major health problems. Let me just repeat this. If you work every day and find no meaning in that work, or are dissatisfied with your job; then you dramatically increase your risk of dying from your first heart attack.
Now that we understand how important it is to be happy in our work, let’s look a little closer at how you might have chosen, how you spend up to 7 hours of your day; on an average of some 5 days each week.
Well you might have begun by making a list of all of your skills and attributes. Then you might have listed everything that you have enjoyed doing in your past and why. You might then have noted how many days or hours you would like to work per week and how far you are prepared to travel. You may also want to consider whether or not you would be prepared to work long hours, unsocial hours or shifts.
Once you have made a list of your wants including salary, annual leave etc, you might look back at your current skill sets and attributes. Has a particular career path presently its self? If not, then it’s time to look deeper and carry out some research. Jot down around six career choices which really appeal to you. Now research these careers, the quickest way is to go on line. You can either research current vacancies for these careers, which will tell you whether or not you are likely to find work in that career path after you have retrained. You also want to find the Person Specification, which will advise you of the necessary skills to carry out this kind of work. You need to pay close attention to which skills listed there are mandatory and which are just desirable.
If you do not hold the necessary qualifications for the post then you need to consider whether or not it would be in your best interests to attend college/university or to retrain. Again, you would need to consider the financial implications of spending 1-4 years in full time education. Would you need to travel to college/university, or indeed, might you have to move home.
And lastly, you would want to research the jobs available in this field for graduates. You do not want to spend X amount of years of your life studying, only to graduate with a huge amount of debt and then find, that there are very few vacancies in your field. Tragically, every year thousands and thousands of people fail to carry out this basic research, they then find them selves unemployed with large student debts hanging over their heads.
Alternatively, you might think that this all sounds far too much like hard work. You might instead opt to do what millions of people have done before you and accept the first job that comes your way. As ever in life, the choice is yours but please remember what I said at the outset:
More people die on a Monday at 9.00 am, than on any other day of the week.
You Have Been Warned!
© Theresa Sives 2010
Hi Theresa,
A good thought provoking post.
“More people die on a Monday at 9.00 am, than on any other day of the week”.
This statement that you made is probably true due to the fact that it is the time and day that most people start their mundane jobs and dread the week that’s ahead of them.
It just shows that generally happiness = health, and I have always said that many sick millionaires would swap their wealth for health!
I agree, many university or college courses have no prospective career opportunities at the completion of them.
Keep up the good posts.
Regards,
Bill
Hi Bill
Thank you for your comments!
It is strange that we never appreciate what we have, until we are about to lose it. We could probably say that about many things though, including health, family, friends and relationships.
And I agree with you. Most college and university courses should begin with six months on the job work experience. If they did, then I wonder how many perspective students would go on to study the subjects.
Best, Theresa
Hi Theresa, I like this post and you have given some great pointers for identifying skills and setting down the guidelines for making those changes.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Hi Mandy
Thank you kindly for your feedback!
It is a shame that we often run blindly into the most important events of our lives, like our careers or relationships. We often appear to give more time and consideration to choosing our holiday destinations, than we do to the really important things.
Best, Theresa
Hi Theresa
Thats a worrying thought isnt it! I feel like bill though, if people were actually looking forward to there work and were happy the death rate would drop, thank god I enjoy my work!
All the best
Nick
http://nicktruman.com/life-is-a-journey/
Hi Nick
You are right to think that if more people enjoyed their work then this statistic would not stand. It is now accepted as a fact,that the reason that “more people die on a Monday at 9.00 am than on any other day of the week” is directly attributed to those people who find no meaning in their work.
I am glad to hear that you do!
Best, Theresa
Very interesting, Theresa! This post certainly does give one some serious food for thought and hopefully is enough to make the reader not want to have a Monday at 9:00 AM experience! Your blog has some great information. Keep up the good work!
Kelly
Hi Kelly
Thanks for the feedback!
It is strange that people follow career paths, with less thought than they would give to their summer holiday destination. Having said that, don’t we do the same thing with our health? Most of us give it absolutely no consideration, unless it lets us down.
Best, Theresa
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