Taking Charge of Your Career and Your Life  Part One

"Taking Charge of Your Career and Your Life."  Is this a blog about how to get a better job?  The answer is, no.  Is this a blog about how to make more money?  The answer is, no.  Is this a blog about how to become President?  The answer is, no.  This is a blog about happiness.  Not my happiness or their happiness.  This is a blog about your happiness. 

You might read some things about business and about social things and so on that might come off like I'm talking about your career or about your social life, but there is an underlying theme here - happiness

Why am I not talking about career or social life?  The reason is, I think  happiness is the forgotten ingredient in people’s life.  Why the hell do you want to get more money?  Happiness.  Why do you want to get a better job?  Happiness.  I can’t imagine why anybody wants to become President.  You have to be nuts to want to become President.  Even though you might feel you are trying to help other people.  The reason you are trying to help other people is happiness. 

Sooo, I think people have gotten themselves a little screwed up in their brain because I think they have forgotten the ultimate goal.  I think they have confused themselves with the ultimate goal.  They are focused on the money or they are focused on the job.  They are not focused on the end result of why they are trying to get those things, which is Happiness.  As you work so hard trying to get the things above, keep this rolling in your mind: "is what I'm doing or about to do getting me closer to my goal - happiness.

If I were to ask each of you to write down some things about what you want out of your career and life, I would have no idea what you would write.  This is what I wrote down: “I want to find happiness by being proactive towards that goal and appreciate the happiness experience along the way.”  Now let me write that again.  "I want to find happiness by being proactive." Proactive means, I'm not going to sit around and wait for them to make me happy.  I'm going to be proactive.   I'm going take action.  I'm going to do something about this. 

"I want to be proactive towards that goal and appreciate the happiness along the way."  What does that mean?  What that means to me is that while I'm being proactive towards my goal of happiness, there is a lot of bad crap going on.  However, all of a sudden some happiness shows up every once in awhile.  Sooo, I want to be able to appreciate that happiness, as it happens, along the way.  I am not trying to get to euphoria.  This is not lobotomy time.  This is real life.  This is the truth, my truth and my truth is that euphoria is not in the cards.  Life is series of all kinds of things happening to me but I am going to appreciate the happiness along the way as it comes. 

Most of you think about how you should measure your life.  I gave a lot of thought to that question.  In one short sentence: “I want to measure my life by the number of times I laugh.”  Ellen makes me laugh.  I appreciate Her.  My friends make me laugh.  My dog makes me laugh. Some of the things I write in my blogs make me laugh.  I want to be able to have fun while I'm doing all the wild and crazy things I do every day.  Now you know why I sign my emails, "have fun Kenny". 

I want to have fun.  I want to laugh.  I want to laugh even when I'm in a no fun situation.  I want to do this because that is the way I measure my life.

I've decided to break up "Taking Charge Of Your Career and Your Life" into multiple parts so you don't get bored.  Look for part two soon.