Dear Dr. Rick…     I feel stifled and not being able to flourish in my current job situation.  How can I change that quickly?                   from Mike in Bay View

Hi Mike…        You can’t find a better career situation by complaining about your current one.  The fact that you have desire to grow and expand in your career is really great.  But somehow you need to find appreciation in your current position so that you do not attract another example of what you do not like in your next job.

I am reminded of a great story of a man who moves into a new town and asks the local sage what kind of people live there.  The sage asks, “What kind of people lived in your last town?”  The man answers, “Dishonest people, cheats and liars, and really unfriendly.”  The sage answers, “We have the same kind of people here.”  A second man moves into town and asks the sage the same question, “What kind of people will I find in this town?”  The sage asks the second man, “What kind of people lived in your last town?”  The second man answers, “Wonderful people, helpful, kind and loving.”  The sage now answers, “That is the kind of people you will find in this town as well.”

Here is the key, you will attract the exact same kind of energy to what you are focusing on and giving out.  If you are focusing on what you don’t like about your current situation, it will continue.  If you make a change, you will find the same energy in your new situation.  So I suggest you create a positive affirmation about your job.  How about, “I am so grateful that I feel stifled and have desire to grow.”  Then you can evolve that into, “I am so happy the desire to grow and expand runs so strongly in me.  I am really looking forward to something more.  I hope I still feel this way 40 years from now.  I am looking forward to growing and growing and growing.”  In this way, through appreciation, you will attract a situation where you can find that feeling of growth.

It may not even be necessary to change jobs.  You may find that after you change your focus and your emotion surrounding your job, the perfect opportunity may present itself to feed your hunger for growth within that same position.  You will see.  It is magical!              Enjoy, Rick