{"id":8416,"date":"2015-02-28T04:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=8416"},"modified":"2015-02-28T06:38:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T11:38:07","slug":"choose-a-job-you-love-and-never-work-a-day-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=8416","title":{"rendered":"Choose a Job You Love and Never Work a Day In Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.\u201d
\n\u2015 Confucius<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I cannot say that I “chose” my current job, but I did “choose” my career path.<\/p>\n

I have had jobs before that I enjoyed, but eventually burned out or things changed so much that we mutually saw that parting company was best for my sanity and their… well, whatever reasons they had.<\/p>\n

I had a job I loved for 20 years, then it crashed and burned when I got reorganized with the wrong-headed, money-grubbing side of the company.<\/p>\n

I had a job that I tolerated, but we knew it was a “holding pattern” until something else came along.<\/p>\n

Then I was chosen…
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\n…by being “headhunted” by a job placement professional who sought me out for the first of two positions for which I was hired where I work now — five years ago.<\/p>\n

I was made an offer that I thought was commensurate with my skills, knowledge, abilities, interests, preferred working location, and salary requirements.<\/p>\n

I did pretty well in that job… so much so that the PTB* promoted me to the second position I have had at this employer. I serve as the XO for a Flag officer. (These are substitute words and not to imply that I work in the military.) The Boss supervises me, I supervise the staff, staff the Boss, and execute three national programs that have far-reaching activities. Best boss I have ever had anywhere — a true leader, not a micromanager.<\/p>\n

In this position, I am soaring. I love it. It’s darn hard work, and lots of it. But I must be doing something right, because I was selected as not only “Employee of the Month” last October, but “Employee of the Year” for 2014! The pay ain’t bad either\/keeps food on the table. <\/p>\n

However, that’s not really why I work. I work because I love what I do and am challenged every day to new heights.<\/p>\n

I am in a good place. I am working because I love what I am doing. But whenever this job tanks — and sometimes that happens (it has happened to me before) — then I can leave\/retire and not look back. That’s a great place to be. I am working not because I have to work, but because I want to.<\/p>\n

Life is short: love your job and then work is a breeze!<\/p>\n

*PTB: Powers-That-Be<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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