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Dream Year
Make the Leap from a Job You Hate to a Life You Love
Many people today are frustrated with their day-to-day jobs, because deep down they know that they’re not really living the life they desire. Dream Year helps you identify your dreams, and offers practical advice on how you can go about starting your own business to pursue them.
- Anyone who is frustrated with their current job
- Anyone who has ever thought of starting their own business
- Anyone who can’t quite articulate their dream
Ben Arment is a serial entrepreneur who manages Dream Year, a coaching organization which helps people to realize their dreams.
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Dream Year
Make the Leap from a Job You Hate to a Life You Love
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Synopsis
Many people today are frustrated with their day-to-day jobs, because deep down they know that they’re not really living the life they desire. Dream Year helps you identify your dreams, and offers practical advice on how you can go about starting your own business to pursue them.
Key idea 1 of 9
Use your frustration with your current job as fuel to pursue your dreams.
Do you dislike your job? If so, you’re not alone: studies have shown that a whopping 66 percent of working Americans can’t stand what they do for a living.
But why is this?
Most of the frustration you, as an employee, experience stems from the fact that you’re working to make someone else’s dream come true, not your own. Your job is not meant to be fulfilling or satisfying; your employer has probably designed it so it’s just bearable enough that you won’t quit.
Luckily, this sense of frustration can have a positive outcome.
For one, it can help you understand and articulate the problems you face so you can better address them: when you complain to a friend about your job, you may find that you’re actually listing all the issues very clearly.
What’s more, frustration can also push you to improve your situation. It’s an energy source that can fuel your efforts to make a change.
Finally, the frustration you feel now will also help you stick to the changes you make later, as it will help quell any doubts you have.
Let’s say you decide to quit your IT job and go back to school to study medicine. Undoubtedly, at some stage you’ll begin to have second thoughts: “Was this the right move?” “Should I quit?” This is inevitable, and when it happens, you can think back to the frustration you felt at your old job. This will strengthen your resolve and help you stay the course.
So now the question is, what kind of change is the right one for you?
Quite simply, you need to stop following other people’s dreams and start pursuing your own. Take your own dream and your own ideas, and start a business around them.
Key ideas in this title
- Use your frustration with your current job as fuel to pursue your dreams.
- Don’t let fear stop you from following your dream – harness it for motivation.
- Discover your dream at the intersection of your passion and your gifts.
- To pursue your dream, you need a business idea that solves a problem and is unconventional.
- Your dream has to be financially viable.
- Make a plan and get started on your dream – no excuses!
- Entrepreneurs can’t be afraid of asking for what they want.
- Create a unique brand experience for your product and build a loyal fanbase to spread the word.
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