"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got." -- Unknown
Discover your Dream Job
The Complete Guide to Finding a Career that is Meaningful and Enjoyable for you
Is there such a thing as a "dream job"? There may not be a "perfect job", as even those who are being paid to do what they love usually have some aspect of the work that they don’t particularly enjoy. But those who would say they are doing their dream job, don’t mind the more tedious tasks quite as much as those who get no fulfillment at all from their work. When you’re doing your dream job, you’re buoyed up by so much positive energy that the little things don’t drag you down.
Most people spend half their waking lives at work, so it is essential to our overall well-being that we feel happy, content and fulfilled in the work that we're doing. If you don’t have this positive energy at work, it spills out in the rest of your life and impacts your relationships with others as well as your physical, mental and emotional health. The day has long since past when we had to view our work as a necessary evil. If you’re committed to it, you really can find work that you enjoy, that fulfills you and that eliminates the dreaded Monday Blues forever.
If you're feeling dissatisfied or unfulfilled in your current career, are seeking a career change, but don’t know what to do instead, then this programme will help you!
Would you like …
to bounce out of bed on Monday mornings eagerly looking forward to your working week?
a job that you actually miss after an extended break?
to find work that you would continue to do even if you were independently wealthy?
to enjoy your work so much that it doesn’t really feel like “work”?
That is the essence of a dream job. It doesn’t have to be exotic or glamorous. But it does have to light you up inside. You deserve to have a job that uplifts you and is a positive experience. How do you get that feeling?
By doing work that…
is aligned with your personal values
has real meaning to you
engages your personal and professional strengths
utilizes your favourite skills and effortlessly motivates you
reflects who you really are as a person
How does this programme work?
Discover your Dream Job is based on the three phase Firework™ programme which was designed using research into best practice in career evaluation and transition. It will help you to take a journey from uncertainty about your present career, and not knowing what your next step might be, through to having a clear vision of a career that is absolutely right for you, and a plan for how to create it. It
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -- Mark Twain
In the first phase (Explore) you will concentrate on a lot of self-discovery work, learning what really makes you tick as a person. In addition, you’ll clarify your work preferences, including favoured job skills, working environment and working day. By the end of this phase, you will be very focused on the strongest, best version of yourself, and you will be clear about what you must have in your career in order to be satisfied and motivated.
The second phase (Dream) is the creative part of the programme where the exercises are designed to generate a number of possible new career choices. We call it Dream because the idea here is to be expansive, to think outside the box, not to be constrained at this stage by traditional notions of what’s possible. In truth, almost anything is possible if it’s right for you. You will explore the most attractive ideas in some detail and then finally narrow these down to between one and three strong possibilities.
In this final phase (Discover), you will investigate the top possibility that was generated in the Dream phase. You will use a creative and empowering process which lets you turn your vision for an exciting career that’s right for you. And then to finish, you’ll commit to an action plan to make it happen.
So, in the long run, what will you get from this programme?
An exciting self-discovery process
* Get clarity on what your core values are
* Get to know your Most Powerful Self
* Unearth your life purpose
* Discover what your personal and professional strengths are
* Acknowledge your personal and professional achievements
* Have a very clear picture of everything you need in your life to be happy and fulfilled
Discover what boxes absolutely need to be ticked in order for you to experience your ideal working life
* Get clarity on your favourite job skills
* Discover your key work motivators
* Explore everything that’s involved in your ideal working day
* Discover all of the elements required for an organization to provide you with your ideal working environment
* Have a very clear picture of everything you need in your working life to be motivated, satisfied and happy
Explore any type of work that even slightly intrigues you and narrow down the options to those that have the potential to deliver everything you want and need
Focus on a few possibilities that most excite you
Develop an action plan to move towards a career goal that truly reflects who you are as a person
“It really helped me focus on the positives and the opportunities – what is right rather than what is wrong. It helped me see beyond “the rut” and that there are achievable possibilities.” Marguerite, Dublin
"I found the course was great for focusing on myself and my needs, not only in the career area of my life. I believe that this work has already led to an increase in confidence and I am seeing positive changes in my life already." -- Kate, Dublin
How is the programme delivered?
Depending on your own personal needs, you can choose from four methods for the completion of this programme:
Ecourse
The course is delivered through 18 emails over a period of 12 weeks. The beauty of this is that you can start the course whenever you want, and you can save/print it when it arrives and complete the session assignments at a time that suits you. And this convenient format will cost you just €37 (US$46, £31).
If you'd prefer to receive the programme content in one go rather than staggered emails, it's also available as an ebook. This format is most suited to those who aren't so prone to procrastination, and will get on and do the work at their own pace without requiring regular reminders. The cost is just €24 (US$26, £17).
If you are more likely to procrastinate, and would a personal champion to work with you on this programme, one-to-one coaching is the way to go. This is done over the phone and takes approximately 12 weeks to complete based on a single one hour session per week. There is a fixed fee of €900 (even if it takes a couple more weeks to complete), payable in three installments.
Group Coaching
We can also arrange to do this programme in groups of up to six people. Using this format, itt takes five weeks to complete based on two and a half hour weekly group sessions. Each member of the group will also receive two 30 minute 1-2-1 sessions over the phone. The fee is €1200 per group.
