Ep 107 Getting More of What You Think
In Today’s Episode:
Join me as I discuss how you will always get more of what you want in life. You always have the opportunity to decide how you want to think about all of it. In today’s episode I look at how you can go from dream job to ….. not so dreamy.. and what you can do to truly make it the dream you desire. Listen today to learn more.
In This Episode:
- Medical Device Sales Dream Job
- Having no control of your schedule
- Making a difference in the lives of others
- Changing the way you look at your personal and professional life
- Work with me – send a quick email – contact@michellebourquecoaching.com
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Episode Transcript:
Hello hello hello –
Welcome back to the podcast
So happy you are here
What is new and exciting in your world?
It has been beautiful in NY these past couple days
I’m loving it
You know what else I’m loving that I want to tell you about ?
This book I’m reading
– Think Like a Monk – it’s so good you guys
It’s a lot of what I talk about here
I talk about habit brain – he calls it monkey brain
I call it using your pre-frontal cortex
He discusses thinking like a monk
Get it?
Monkey brain vs Monk brain..lol..
It’s so good
I’m sure once I’ll done I’ll bring you my book report lol
Ok – he also talks about living in the present moment
So let’s dive into todays topic for now
Today I want to talk to you about the idea
Of you getting more of what you believe to be true
In your life
And I’m going to start with
how you see your job
And honestly this topic
can relate to how you see so many things in your life
But I thought it would be good
to start with job
because I noticed something in my new mastermind group recently
I think I told you guys – I reinvested in my coach
Because I think she is amazing
And all the work I do
I get to share with you
Now,
during the intros I discussed how I coach women in device sales
who want to find life outside of work
And how I am a device rep myself
And one of the other amazing women in the group
said
Oh – medical device sales
That was my dream job years ago
And
it made me stop to think
I remember when I first started
Over 14 years ago…
I was shocked at what exactly the job was
In fact – I wasn’t sure if it was for me
After all.. I was a communications major
Which
By the way
When patients ask me if I’m a nurse
And I tell them no – I have my masters degree
In public communications
They kinda give me a look
And I just remind them
We are communicating right? Lol
But, back then
When I started
so many people I knew
Talked about how it was an amazing opportunity
And I think what happens is
It does seem like a dream job
And then you get in it
And maybe your thoughts change
As you are in the OR late
Or find out last minute about an add on case
Get called from a family event to take care of someone in the ER
Or have to cancel another personal doctors appt
Because the schedule changed
Not thinking dream job so much now right?
I might know these examples
because
They may or may not have happened to me
More than once
lol..
Intersting point to notice
The job didn’t change
Our thoughts did
It really can still be a dream job
But
What I see with so many people I work with
And myself years ago
Is we get in this victim mentality
I have no control over my time
Omg
You guys
This is such a poisonous thought
I can not tell you how long I thought it
And it’s simply not true
You always have control of your time
The issues is
The more you think that
The more you play the victim role
The more you stay overwhelmed
And the less you take action
To set priorities
The less you take a breath
To stop and think
If this next fire to put out
Is really even a fire
Or
Could it have been avoided
With some proactive thinking
Vs
Using your brain energy
To yell yourself
You have no control over your time
When you can take ownership
Of knowing
You control every second of your day
I’m serious
If you just looked at me
With the same side eye the patients
Give me when I tell them
I’m a communications major
lol.
This is your work
And it is so worth doing
I tell you this
Because it took me awhile to get it
And I want to help you move through the process
Faster
So you can get back to
Either
Deciding this is not for your and move on
But from knowing you are doing it because you want to make a change
Not from being a victim
Or
You can get back to seeing how it really can be
A dream job
I’ve said this before
And it’s true
You look at my brain 3 year ago
Before coaching
And I thought
I can’t keep doing this
Im on the hamster wheel every day
There has to be more to life
And I thought coaching was the answer
I would just leave and coach
But you know what happened instead?
I learned all the tools
I implemented them
And I continue to do the work
And I can’t imagine leaving right now
I have become more engaged than ever
I am part of 2 development programs
I chair two different parts of an employee resource group
My territory has doubled
My team is cut in half
And I have my coaching practice
And I have never felt better with my life
And my time
Knowing
I still have areas where I can clean up more of my mind
And take it to the next level
I love when I make a difference in our patients lives
And I love when I can help reps make a difference in their lives
Which in turn
Helps more patients
Its crazy!
And imagine
I was going to leave
So think about that if this is you
You don’t have to go anywhere to feel better
I know this in my core
And I want you to keep doing this work
The more you believe you don’t have any time
The more you will find all of that evidence
You guys
Like I said
This is for all areas of your life
The more you think one political party is better than the other
The more evidence you find
The more you think your brother is crazy
The more evidence you find
And it goes both ways
The more you think how much you love your partner
The more evidence you find
Try it out
Just try on a thought like
I just want to love him
Vs
He never does anything right
I’m not claiming to be Sherlock here or anything
But
I know you will find clues
For either you choose to believe
Oh – and you know what
Sherlock ? Where did that come from?
I always wanted to be a Charlies Angel ..lol..
But
I guess since I’m neither you just trust me and try it for yourself
And btw
This is not me just communicating to you
There is science behind the concept
I talked about the reticular activating system
In episode 81
It’s the filter we all have
Super side note
And a fun example
I had a meeting with someone recently
Who told me I should start watching
The Queens’ Gambit
Pretty sure that’s what it was called
And don’t you know
All weekend
I saw posts on FB
About how I should watch the Queens’ Gambit
Truth is
I would’ve never noticed those posts
Except for the fact
That someone brought it into my awareness before hand
So what is in your awareness now?
What do you want to start brining more of into your awareness?
Find all the ways your do have control of your time
Let me share one not so obvious fact
You are choosing to be in this job
You don’t have to be
Therefore
You have control
Start there
Now get to work on finding all the other evidence
That is true for you
And once you start seeing that
Have fun and find all the ways
Its truly is a dream job for you
And you guys know
If you want help with this work
Because I get it
I was IN it deep
I needed help
Send me a message
Either michellebourquecoaching on the socials
Or email
Contact@michellebourquecoaching
And we can discuss what might be best to get you started
Ok
That ’s what I have for you today my friends
Keep going
– you are creating an amazing ripple effect in the world
And it matters – you matter
So stay safe
And make it a great day
Take care