LIVE YOUR DREAMS: Doctor’S Orders

Do these phrases sound familiar?

“I’m too old”
“I don’t have the time”
“I don’t have the money”
“I don’t even know who I am or what I want to do”

They should. These are a few of the reasons people I work with give as to why they can’t do what they love at work. And they are left working in dissatisfying jobs for years, which increases their work stress. And that is bad.

Medical evidence has shown that work stress can cause or worsen many health problems, including:

Chronic neck and back pain Headaches Frequent colds Stomach ulcers Heartburn Irritable Bowel Syndrome Heart attacks

Strokes Asthma Depression Anxiety Alcohol and tobacco use High blood pressure And many others…

After treating these health issues for years as an Emergency physician, I began to wonder if there was anything people could do about their work stress or was it an inevitable side effect of working in society.

Everyone knows that work is hard, drab, boring and tolerable at best. In fact, work has come to mean the opposite of “fun”, as demonstrated in the following conversation between friends:

Jeff: “Do you want to help me clean out the garage this weekend?”
Steven: “That sounds like a lot of work. I have other plans.”

DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF “WORK”

But what if work didn’t have to be painful? What if it could be exciting, interesting and dare I say it, fun? I can hear what you are saying. “That isn’t possible, Sam.”

Well, I thought so too at one point. That is why I undertook a research project to see if there were people out there who loved their work and were enjoying the process.

Three-and-a-half years and 200 interviews later, I am happy to report that there are! They are in the minority in society but they are a growing segment of people who refuse to accept the status quo of working for 40 years of doing something you dislike or don’t believe in. They are in effect saying that there must be a better way and more and more people are finding it for themselves.

Indeed, old (false) paradigms do fall hard:

• “The earth is flat” – debunked 1492
• “Humans cannot go to the moon” – debunked 1969
• “You cannot live your dreams at work” – debunked early 21st century

The people featured in the book, Live Your dreams: Doctor’s Orders, are not extraordinary people. They are like you and me in many ways, each with their own set of fears and weaknesses. In the book you will find people who are young and old, male and female, married, single or divorced, blue collar and white collar, employee, employer and self-employed. You are sure to find someone similar to yourself in this book. The biggest difference is that they were able to find ways to overcome self-limiting beliefs to go on and live their dreams at work.

Listen to what a few have to say about their Dream Career:

These people were able to overcome each of the statements you read at the beginning of this report. Every person I interviewed in their Dream Career overcame one or more of the following limiting beliefs:

Every one of the above “myths” is challenged by real people in the book, Live your Dreams: Doctor’s Orders. In it you will read about people like:

…Scott McDiarmid, who proved he wasn’t too old at 40 to completely change direction and careers.

…Charles Marcus will show you how he overcame his stuttering and accompanying low self-esteem to enter and succeed as a professional speaker of all things!

…Brent Rogers, who felt the pressure to find a better career when the bank he had dedicated himself to, for twenty three years changed the rules of the game on him. They slowly removed his flexibility and left him with administrative bureaucratic work. He didn’t give up though. You will find how he transitioned to his Dream Career.

…and 37 more stories of how people overcame real challenges to move onto to their Dream Careers.

THE BENEFITS

When you read the “Live Your Dreams – Doctor’s Orders” book you will:

• See that it is possible for people to have Dream Careers. Not that long ago living your dreams at work was only a fantasy. In the new millennium it has become a reality for the informed few.
• Discover that “successful” people are not any different than you and me. They too have fears and challenges in life. They also have to face financial challenges, disappointments, marital problems and setbacks.
• Learn how each person overcame their limiting beliefs and fears to begin moving forward in their Dream Career.
• See that there has never been a better time in history to make your dreams real.
• Get clues to how you can begin living your own dreams at work.
• Be inspired to change your life direction

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