Do you love your job?

I was reminded last night of how lucky I am. For much of my career I was gainfully employed in jobs I didn’t like.

I worked hard and had great ideas and wasn’t appreciated. Often I had the most ridiculous commutes taking up 3 to 4 hours of each precious day. The longest I ever stayed with one company was 5 years and 1-3 years was more like it. Now I run my own business from my spare room and OK, the highs are very high and the lows are very low but overall I can honestly say, I love my job.

So back to last night. I met a woman who's career profession was chosen by her parents. (I’d just like to add that this woman was great company, intelligent, interesting and looked much younger than she must be.) She perserved with this profession for many years and hated it. Eventually she decided she'd had enough and managed to change her career.However it was still a heavy compromise and her ideal job eludes her.

So this got me thinking and I was driven to write an article. To read it in full click here.