A question Steve Jobs asked himself every day

"Nếu hiện thời là ngày cuối cùng của bạn, sẽ muốn muốn có gì I am về thành do?".

If today is the last day of my life, do I want to do what I will do?

Steve Jobs told Stanford University students in a very famous speech that it was a question that every day he stood in front of the mirror and asked himself. He also added: If the answer is "no" for several days, I know that I need to change something.

Steve Jobs lived exactly what he said. At Apple, then NeXT, Pixar and then Apple, his answer is mostly "yes". He spent the last two years of his life continuing to work at Apple despite having to fight pancreatic cancer. He did not stop working until he died.

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We should also ask ourselves this question. If today is the last day, the last or last month of life, will you continue to do what you will do? Do you want to live your current life? If the answer is no, is there something that needs to be changed and how must it be changed?

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It's not easy questions to answer, but I wonder if I will help bring you closer to the career you want, just as Steve Jobs loves his job. So if your current job can't get past Steve Jobs' "test", try a few steps below.

1. Decide if you choose your current career

I have a training course with a leading training expert and book author Wendy Capland. The process usually begins with a very questioning question: Did you choose your career or did your career choose you?

For most of us the answer is a combination of both.But ask yourself if you start from zero, do you choose your current career or will it follow a completely different path? If so, which way would it be? Is the closest career to your dream a big change, such as quitting or returning to school? Or is there any element related to the ideal career that takes you to your current job?

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2. Determine what makes you afraid not to do it

It is a shame to get career advice from a small ornament but I was really surprised when a few years ago I saw a small piece of furniture hanging in front of my friend's house: You will try it What if I know I won't fail?

That question is really worth thinking about. Do you dare to swim in English Channel? (the water separates the south of England and the north of France, connecting the south of the North Sea with the rest of the Pacific Ocean) Participating in a program to fly into space? Starting a business? Write a novel? Now imagine you're actually doing something. Does it make your heart want to sing?Would you like to put your full time and effort into doing the best?

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If the answer is yes, but you are still doing things that don't make you happy, then perhaps the fear is keeping you . We all have to surrender our fear but the fact is that when we let our fears hold us back, we are preventing ourselves from achieving what we want. Because just as Steve Jobs knew from a young age, someday in the present may be your last day. And when that day comes, we should look back and see a life created by the decisions we make and the things we dare to do, not created by the missed opportunities because get caught in fear.

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3. Imagine your ideal life

There is another question in Capland's questions and it really is a great question. In your ideal world, where do you live? What do you do during the day? If you are working, what is that job and where? Why is that job important? Do you like it or not?

The hardest part is comparing that ideal life to your current career. If they are similar, congratulations, you can stop reading this article. But for most of us there is always a gap between life that we consider to be ideal and real life.And we need to decide whether to be willing to change to shorten that gap. Before starting that process, we need to have a clear idea of ​​what we want, so take the time to think about it and it is better to write down your thoughts as specifically as possible.

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4. Give steps to go to the ideal life

The distance between the present life and the ideal life is often what keeps us. As with long trips, you can't jump one step from one place to another and need to identify each step 1 as well as the intermediate goals to achieve.

Do you need to learn more to get the career you really want? If yes, take the time to attend class. The first steps will be to determine where and when you want to study, then enroll in that program.

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If you're not sure what the first step is, that's the question you need to answer. Find someone who lives your dream life and ask if they have any suggestions.Knowing where you want to go is the first important step towards achieving the career you want - the career that you are ready to do until the end of your life. It is also important to know what to do to get there.

5. Set the first steps

Now there is something you need to do to get closer to your ideal life. It can be a very small task, even as simple as searching for a website with information about your specialty, calling a phone call or buying a book. Whatever it is, do it today and you will take a step to get closer to the life you want.

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(Author: Minda Zetlin)