How to find work you love in a recession - BBC Radio Essex interview

9Aug2009 Filed under: How to be happy, Make more money, Play all day, What shall I do with my life? Author: John

I was interviewed by Dave Monk on BBC Radio Essex on Tuesday about how to find work you love, even in a recession. Dave challenged me with some tough questions - have a listen to see how I answered questions like:

Should you just fire off your CV to all the jobs you can find?
Isn’t it just living in a dreamland to think you can get paid for doing what you love in the current economy?
Why does someone who is very well qualified and very creative about finding work still find themselves unable to get a job?
Aren’t some things you would love to do simply impossible - like wanting to become a rock star when you’re in your fifties?
Surely if you have a mortgage and a family to feed, you might just have to take anything?
What’s the alternative to job ads and recruitment consultants who don’t seem to be very helpful if you want to find a new line of work?
Isn’t it a fact of life that some jobs are boring but pay well?

Dave makes it a very lively interview. Have a listen now - just click the play button below

Let me know what you think.

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2 Responses to “How to find work you love in a recession - BBC Radio Essex interview”

Pete Linforth
August 12th, 2009 at 9:20 am

Great interview, and a lot of what John says rings true with me an no doubt just about everyone else who takes the time to listen to it. so go out there and start playing….
Julian Bolt
August 12th, 2009 at 9:59 am

The interview works really well as a condensed form of your whole message, and you do really well to bring it across. It certainly moves along fast, but smoothly all the same.

One thing you manage to convey well, I think, but without making it sound unsexy, is that finding out what you want to do does take time, experimentation, thought and hard work. Most people probably think it’s about dropping out. What you point out is that it’s about boxing clever. Getting that message across without losing the original sense of excitement is a real skill, and I think you’ve managed it impressively. Well done.

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