One thing’s for sure: you’re allowed to invent your own life’s meaning. It may not be easy, but you have 100% control of your efforts to reach that kind of goal. But it probably won’t happen unless you love what you want to do. I get asked all the time for career advice and my answer is always the same – the best job is most often the one you have… the challenge is to make it the one you want. Now that’s a reinvention challenge. Bosses will always appreciate an employee asking for more to do and having a plan on how to accomplish that. Meaning you know what you want and are willing to work hard enough to get there. And when someone really wants to change so much that it’s considered a re-invention, it requires planning, preparation, patience, and focus. That level of change can involve others and that adds a level of complexity that requires awareness, lots of communication, and transparency. If you’re determined and passionate about inventing yourself, are flexible when things don’t go exactly as planned, and willing to keep at it until it’s done, you may be able to invent the person you want. Employees who have a say in what they do are usually more productive, satisfied, and loyal. So, if you want happy employees, let them invent the job they really want today.
William Watterson II (born 1958): Retired American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995
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