A Super-Satisfying Career Doesn’t Happen by Accident or “Luck”

If only building a successful career—one where you truly look forward to work each day—could be as easy as snapping your fingers and saying “blarney stone” three times—wouldn’t that be nice?

But if you don’t trust the leprechauns with your future,  here are a couple suggestions on how you can create all the luck you need for a career you’ll love, plus more green in the bank and more peace of mind:

Look for opportunities to learn.  Eric Hoffer said, “In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned find themselves equipped to live in a world which no longer exists.” Technology helps make our current, familiar and comfortable world obsolete almost daily. There are hunters, observers and prey. Be purposefully curious—a hunter for the new skill you need to compete in the new world of, literally, tomorrow.

Simplify and focus. There are always a handful of things, 20%, that you can do but aren’t. A select few that’ll make 80% of the difference.  The gap between triumphant success or bitter failure lies in the level of your commitment to earnestly seek out, study and apply the fundamental 20%.

Become financially independent by first learning to live from the income of your own personal resources.

Become successful not by working endlessly to acquire more stuff. Instead, attract true success by the person you become.

Don’t major in minor things. Sure, there are details that need attention and the small stuff matters. But it’s easy to choose the wrong small things. As the late Jim Rohn said, “Lean how to separate the majors from the minors. A lot of people don’t do well because they major in minor things.”

Days are priceless. When you spend one, you have one less day to spend. You can never get it back. Be sure to spend each one wisely.