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Testdrive Your Dreamjob in Paris (Conclusion) By Peter de Kuster Pursuing Happiness in Your Dreamjob 10 Lessons of the Heroes in Julie@Julia and Midnight in Paris
!. Heroes Create Opportunities. Heroes do NOT …transform themselves and others. Heroes construct a context in which Voyages of Mutual Discovery can take place. Heroes provide access to a luxuriant portfolio of WOW Projects that challenge themselves and their clients to express their Innate Curiosity and to visit (or, indeed create) places that they and their clients had never dreamed of.
Places Never Dreamed Of. That is the heart of the matter. We must – in our dreamjob in these times .. discover – invent places that have not herefore existed. And as a hero or heroine … if you don’t have the NERVE to encourage yourself and others than you shouldn’t pursue a dreamjob. Anywhere. 2. Heroes Are Talent Developers Heroes who succeed in their dreamjob over the long haul are great talent developers. The OBSESSION for those who would Truly Create a Legacy of Greatness. Picasso didn’t have a vision in my book. Picasso was.. the Premier Talent Developer of our times.
Some people (heroes) get their Ultimate Happiness out of Developing Extraordinary Talent. In themselves, in others, in their clients. (Their Midnights in Paris are their Ultimate Bragging Rights!). Alas, some (most of us?) don’t. 3. Heroes Thrive on Paradox Forget what they taught you at business schools. Management courses. Marketing masterclasses. Your Dreamjob ain’t science! It is … 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME… ART. YOUR DREAMJOB IS AN …. ART. An art of paradox. The Ultimate Paradox in YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL STORY. In order to be ‘excellent’ and ‘happy’ in your dreamjob you must be…. CONSISTENT in the story you tell yourself and others. Excellence is Consistency of Superior Performance. But the very moment that you become excellenty ‘consistent’ you become TOTALLY VULNERABLE… to the attack of predictability and boredom.
We must be consistently vigilant. Vigilant about … OPPOSITES. For example. Are you ‘organized’ enough? If yes WORRY. Are you disorganized enough? If so… WORRY. Worry constantly … about the balance… the wobble… the swing of the pendulum. Well this idea is actually about .. balance. It’s about going the way of passion, total surrender ….for a while… & TOO FAR and than going back for a while to control and clear goals… & TOO FAR. The rhinoceros story of Salvador Dali: Relatively extreme, wild oscillation between too much control and surrealistic no control at all..is probably the secret to long term effectiveness, happiness, excellence in your dreamjob. 4. Heroes DO! If you don’t know what the hell is going on… if you don’t know the shape or even the location of the playing field… if you don’t know the nature of the rules of the game of even if there are… then, in the immortal words of Ernst Hemingway “Don’t just stand there. Do something”. It is a good phrase. But it’s far more profound than that. If you don’t know what’s going on… Stop Thinking. It won’t do you much good. Try Something… See what happens. That is, until you let fly the new book …or
new fashion product… or whatever…you have Utterly No Idea What the Hell is Going On.
Heroes Re-‐Do. If something goes awry, the typical Big Company … shoots the messenger. Appoints a committee. Aims to make sure that … this aberration Never Occurs Again. In the process, the possibility of Rapid Progress is diminished. In short” Do it right the first time” is stupid. A Snare. A Delusion. (An Abomination). 5. Heroes Express their Passion Your Dreamjob is a great story about love affair with an idea you passionately pursue in your work . Your Dreamjob is not something created by a …. Committee. Your Dreamjob is not something generated by …. Personality, Talent and Career Analysis Your Dreamjob is not the byproduct of a consultants…report about you. Your Dreamjob is about … wild, passionate, Intemperate LOVE.
Your Dreamjob is all about an intimate love. The Hero’s Journey by Peter de Kuster: Paasion. Appetite for Life. Engagement. Commitment. Great causes and the determination to Make a Difference. Bizarre Failures. Growth. Insatiable appetite for change. For Traveling/Journeying.
6. Heroes are Great Storytellers A scintillating story makes an abstract dreamjob real. Brings it to life. Earnst Hemingway had a handful of powerful stories which were truly clear and dear to him. And he held onto them…despite the insane pressures in his life. Hemingway was a Great Storyteller. You can love him or hate him. But you can’t deny his splendid storytelling ability and the degree to which he changed the overall story of Paris – for the better. It is simple. Profound. (And mostly not understandable to career engineers, management scientists and their ilk). I’m only half kidding. So: What ’s your (compelling) story about your dreamjob?
7. Heroes are their Story! Your story is a ‘character issue’. Hence your story is …personal. A Pure Your Dreamjob Issue. You are your story, your brand, your company, your dreamjob. The way you spend your time of the day tells exactly the story to yourself and other where you care about. Heroes love their work. That passion tells their story and is infectious. Heroes have a kid alive in them who loves to know the next adventure. * You = Your Dreamjob * You = Your Story * Your Story = Your Hero’s Journey * Your Story = What you Do (Drinking as Zelda Fitzgerald Does)
8. Heroes Break Rules! We are Re-‐imagining the World! We are adding value in totally new fashions which re quire …Bringing to Bear Your Entire Talent `Set to the Dreamjob…their Personal Quests. No one ever made it to the Midnight in Paris Heroes of Fame on a record of copycatting or line extensions.
Think Hemingway, Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Rodin, Salvador Dali. Does ‘line extension’ come to mind? Hardly. Their dreamjobs started out as little niche ideas, that take of …. and only years later…. Changed the world.
9. Heroes hang out with Heroes Creating your dreamjob is easy. Want to get more of a dreamjob? Hang out with people who are in dreamjobs. I call this putting yourself in the Testdrive Your Dreamjob Permanently Journey. BECOME A COLLECTOR of ROLEMODELS and MENTORS in DREAMJOBS Creating your dreamjob is easy. Spend time with people you’re genuinely, truely passionate interested in. Surround you with people who make you feel life is an adventure. That’s my secret and I think it ‘ll work for any hero. The Midnight in Paris Story: WE BECOME WHO WE HANG OUT WITH!
10. Heroes Create Stuff that Matters Sometimes I think that a lot of entrepreneurship/self management/career coaching literature ~STINKS. Too much of the focus is on tactics and motivation (and frankly manipulation). All of this misses the point of the story about your dreamjob: WHY? Dreamjob to touch WHO in their lives? From Hemingway, Picasso, Julia Child, Gertrude Stein to all the heroes of Paris in past and present … they had their dreamjob and they were heroes
Because they Want Some Particular Thing Created THEY WANT TO CREATE STUFF THAT MATTERS.
Heroes in Paris of past and present are not only great in their dreamjob. They are great in inspiring others to take novel journeys too – Testdrives in their Dreamjobs like Julie and the character Owen Wilson plays. Paris is a place where importance is handed down from mentor to hero. And hero to mentor.