How to find your true profession?

Professional life is usually one of the top priorities on most people's lists; however, research shows that more than 8 out of 10 people are dissatisfied with their way of earning money. A 2012 Gallup survey of 140 countries found that 67 % of people are "not passionate" about their work (or simply not motivated enough to put extra effort into it), and another 24 % are "actively dissatisfied" or truly unhappy.

Are you happy to wake up on weekdays? Do you jump out of bed every day, excited about the possibility of what might happen today? If not (and there is at least an 80 percent chance that your answer is "no"), then what should you do with your working life?

Here is a question that helps you find your life purpose: what was the business in your past that you enjoyed more than all the others, that you loved so much that if possible, you would do it for free? Mentally go back to what brought you the greatest amount of joy and happiness, gave you the best mood. This is the sphere (or spheres) in which you will find your life mission or true profession.

Ask yourself:

"What would I like to do so much that I would do it even for free?»

When you can answer this question, it will mean that you have found one of your life missions.

Many people believe that they will not be able to earn good money or become rich by doing what they love. But if you put it on your list, you'll find a way to do it.

You can say: I like to communicate with people. How do I make a living doing this? But, for example, Jay Lino, David Letterman, Michael Parkinson and Oprah Winfrey [3] also love it.

You may be thinking: I like to turn my home into a place where it's nice to be. Martha Stewart liked the same thing.

I love sports… In that case, think of Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Pat Rafter, and Greg Norman.

Of course, all of these people have achieved incredible success and become mega-rich thanks to their professions, but each of them started out as an unknown novice, doing something that he liked more than anyone else and which he would do even for free. Think of the tens of thousands of other people who are not as famous, but still have achieved success in life thanks to the same position. Remember: an expert in any field of activity was once a beginner.

Find something you like and you won't have to work another day in your life.

Maybe you like to eat in expensive restaurants, read books and magazines, go to parties and dance clubs, watch movies, listen to or perform music, meet new people, hang out on the Internet, play sports and shop. So, thousands of people are paid for this.

There's nothing terrible about loving good food, calling cooking your passion, and eating out. But why not set yourself the goal of opening your own restaurant or creating a website for a culinary critic, blog or magazine, or mastering the profession of a chef?

If you enjoy listening to music, you might also enjoy creating your own pieces or writing about the music industry by becoming a journalist on your own blog. By doing things for others that give you pleasure or benefit, you turn your hobby into a tangible income.

Your hobbies are not random.

They are your calling.

When I was in high school, I loved to joke and tell jokes. One of my teachers once remarked that I should have chosen a career as a " professional brainiac." That's what I've been doing for more than forty years. I didn't know how to do it – I just decided to do it, and my RAS did the rest.

By the time I was 24, I had written a sales training program. And it went like hot cakes! Then I decided to write a bestseller and become a writer. I didn't know how to do it, I didn't know what my book was going to be about, but – and this is important – I decided to just write it, despite the fact that I only got to the 11th grade of school; despite the fact that English was worse than any other subject. I just wanted to do it, period. As soon as I wrote down this goal, I began to see ways.

Two years later, I decided that a book about how to "read" other people would be a hit. And then I sat down at the table and wrote her first sentence: "Once upon a time..." The first line is always the hardest, but it got me started. I have titled my work "The body language of the buyer." At the age of 27, I published it as my first serious book, which eventually became known as Body Language.

You can make a great living in any business that really turns you on. But first you need to decide exactly what you like and write it down.

We want you to stop thinking in terms of getting a "job"from now on. "Work" can be an intermediate way to pay the bills while you pursue your passion. "Work" is what a person does when they would rather do something else. And these words apply to more than 80 % of people.

Ask yourself the question: what would you do if you had the opportunity, even for free? If you have given an answer that does not refer to your current job, then right now start planning how to leave it as soon as possible.

Work is a little better than just being a slave.

Millions of people right now are building successful careers on what they like. They wake up every day in the pleasant excitement of going about their business again. And you need to follow their example if you want to feel satisfied with life. An enterprise or career started solely for the sake of money does not stand the test of time and can make you unhappy. Do what you are created for, and the money will eventually come.

Don't go along with the problems. The dream is a much better guide.