Hold on to all of your dream. Most people don't find their heart's desire, because they decide to pursue just half their dream - and consequently they hunt for it with only half a heart.
If you decide to pursue your whole dream, your best dream, the one you would die to do, I guarantee you that you will hunt for it with all your heart. It is this passion that often is the difference between successful career-changers, and unsuccessful ones.
-Excerpt from "What Color Is Your Parachute?" by Richard Nelson Bolles
Don't say to yourself: "Well, I see what it is that I would die to be able to do, but I know there is no job in the world like that, that I would be able to get." Well, you don't know yet any such thing. You haven't done your research yet. Of course, it is possible that when you've completed all your research, and conducted your search, you still may not be able to find all that you want - down to the last detail. But be surprised at how much of your dream you may be able to find.
Sometimes it will be found in stages. One retired man I know, who had been a senior executive with a publishing company, found himself bored to death in retirement, after he turned 65. He contacted a business acquaintance, who said apologetically, "We don't have anything open that matches or requires your abilities; right now all we need is someone in our mail room."
The 65-year-old executive said, "I'll take that job!" He did, and over the ensuing years steadily advanced once again, to just the job he wanted: as a senior executive in that organisation, where he utilized all his prized skills, for some time. He retired as senior executive for the second time, at the age of 85. Like him, you may choose to go by stages.
Other times, it may be that you will be able to find your dream directly without having to go through stages.
