Richard Bolles wrote about the late Srully Blotnick, Ph.D., when he decided to find out what hppened to people who decided to ‘go for the money.’ Richard wrote, “Srully studied the career choices and financial success of 1500 people, who were divided into 2 groups, Group A (83 percent of the people in the study) chose a career because they believed they could earn a lot of money doing it, Group B (17 percent of the study group) chose a career because of their passion and desire for that work. Who do you think made more money?

Twenty years later, 101 of the 1500 had become millionaires. One hundred of them were from Group B, those who made choices based upon passion. Only one millionaire was from Group A, those who chose their career to make money. Dr. Blotnick concluded that the majority of people who became wealthy did so because they found work that absorbed their attention. Their ‘luck’ happened because of their passion.”

Pretty interesting, isn’t it? What do you really enjoy doing? Are your core passions the main part of your career? To find out more about your core strengths, take some time to ponder on work you enjoy doing so much it seems like play. Ask close family members and family what they think you are really good at. Take some online skills and personality assessments. Do some online research on strengths and transferable skills. If you would like to have a complimentary initial consultation or a Strengths Profile, please contact me.

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