Moving from Depression to Job Joy

According to the World Health Organization,specific job titles in dozens of organizations.
depression is the number one cause of disability in 
North America. It is a terrible affliction forAll you have to do is write out a few stories
individuals and their families. It costs employersabout times in your life when you were doing
more money in lost productivity than any otherwhat you enjoyed most, at work but especially
illness, including migraines, chronic fatigueoutside of work during hobbies, sports, interests,
syndrome, back pain, and the many othervolunteer activities, home projects, and so on.
disorders related to job stress 
 I will analyze these stories and answer the
The costs to society, in general, are huge. And,questions: What are the natural talents you use
it's all because of how we choose our work.  Theand consistently bring satisfaction to you when
reason why is unfortunately simple: surprisinglyyou are doing what you enjoy most and doing it
few of us purposefully chose the work we arewell? What is the subject matter that you
doing today…and, if we did, we often chose itgravitate to without even trying? What
for all the wrong reasons—reasons such as:circumstances or conditions have to exist in the
 job environment to bring out the best in you?
• I got a job, and here I am 10 years later.How do you naturally build relationships with
 others?  What is the vein of gold that runs
• I had to take a transfer…or quit.through these stories to reveal your essential
 motivation.
• It seemed like a good idea at the time. 
 There are many elements of your pattern that
• I wanted to be a <enter your dream jobneed to be identified and defined in order to
here>, but my (Dad? Mom? Guidancecreate an Ideal Job Description and correlate it to
Counselor?) insisted on this ‘career' instead.specific opportunities in the world of work. I will
 create a complete picture of your motivational
I want to show you that there is another way topattern. This picture of you is then harnessed to
approach your career. You don't need to roll thean Action Plan that uses your natural strengths
dice and gamble away your life force. We canand motivations to leverage you into real jobs.
approach career choice systematically, with 
deliberate intentions to make the most of ourDon't be one of the misemployed,
talents and motivations. (underemployed, or unemployed! Here's some
 startling statistics. Neither diet nutrition nor
We can identify and define work settings that willexercises; neither intelligence nor genes will be the
recognize, reward and motivate us for what wenumber one determinant of how long you will live.
do naturally and easily. We can identify specific jobAccording to a recent study conducted by the
titles that best match our unique combination ofBritish Medical Association, the greatest deciding
talents, motivations, acquired skills, experiences,factor in how long you will live is job satisfaction!
values and priorities. 
 Put an end to confusion and break through
That is why I call my career service and booksbarriers that keep you from finding job
"JobJoy,"satisfaction in your life. Find out who and what
Everybody has 5 to 8 innate talents of whichyou are in terms of your right work. Get right
they are not even aware. They don't know howdown to the essence of what you enjoy most
to put that information to work for them toand do best then match that vital information with
guarantee a long, happy, and prosperous life. Andspecific jobs in specific organizations.
these talents can be matched up with 10 to 25