***Learn What You Love and Love What You Do

Loving what you do is a principle indication of happiness and general fulfillment in life. Many people, though, have no clear idea about what it is they love. Others, who know what they love, often do not consider their passions to be relevant to a job or a career. These people have a tendency to distinguish between the work they do and the rest of their life; passion and happiness are distinct from the job, which is seen as essentially just a means of survival.nnThe dictum “love what you do” is an ideal that goes largely unrealized by the general population. The schism between work and life is a major culprit in this pandemic of disappointment. It’s no small problem. After all, the constitution guarantees us all “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The pursuit of happiness, of course, isn’t happiness per se. But if the pursuit is not attempted or self-sabotaged or thwarted along the way by external pressures, a person will definitely miss out on something significant, something that is, in a sense, our natural birthright.nnThe pursuit of happiness is a proactive endeavor. People need to cultivate interests and explore their own skills and talents to really find out what they love. But it doesn’t end there. People interested in happiness--and who isn’t?--must also discover or create outlets to enhance and sustain their passions.nnHappiness, as a function of loving what you do, is a complex phenomenon that encompasses temperament, talents, and deep-rooted personality traits. There’s a lot to sort out, but it’s more than worth the effort because you can’t fix problems you don’t understand. A good self-evaluation, undertaken through a formal assessment that’s based on validated, statistical sampling, can go a long way toward helping one learn just what it is that makes him/her happy, and finding a suitable career.nnPsychometric assessments, of the type offered by Trump University, are designed to match people’s personality traits and aspirations with the type of career situation that will result in optimum professional success, and by extension, personal happiness. At the root of these assessment tools is self-discovery. Understanding the intangibles of personality and how they relate to a person’s goals and the way he/she works carries with it the promise of finding the right career fit.nnFor more information, and to take the first step to a better tomorrow, start here.