Tammi's World

When I Grow Up

Reading this post over at Laughing Wolf's made me realize just how much thought I've put into this very subject. A Lot. It's been something that's on my mind since I got "offically" laid-off at Tropicana. And it's funny because what I thought I wanted, is not what I wanted after all.

I've always loved people. I've always loved solving problems. I won't even try to explain my intesne obsession with data. Suffice to say, it's something I really enjoy. I hate to be tied at a desk all day everyday, and I hate being micro-managed. I need to be challeneged and what ever I do has to be competitive.

Try and turn that mess into - what I want to be when I grow up! Ain't easy.

At first glance I have exactly the job I described above. On No. Not good, not good at all. Now what do I do?!?! How do I know if a job I'm considering will give me the satisfaction I need?

For a while I was contracting with a company that sold Personality Profiles to employers to help in hiring true sales people. This test was fantastic, but I thought it wasn't doing all it could do. My suggestion was that all employees should take it and management should use it as a tool to help in coaching and counciling the EE to grow their career. It made perfect sense to me, the employee would then be happy and productive making the employer just as happy and very profitable.

The company loved the idea and I became the National Trainer talking with our clients on how to impliment that and helping them understand how beneficial such a program would be for their company.

As I said, it was a contract position, and as often happens, management changed and they didn't agree with that vision for our company. So I left.

But that principle stayed with me. And I finally applied it to myself. I stopped thinking of myself as strictly a sales person. I listed all the activites I've done (career wise) and put out what I loved/hated/or didn't care about. Hmmm very interesting. Very interesting indeed.

I discovered I love major accounts. I love being able to focus on one company and build their business. I need to be needed. To feel that I make a difference.

I hate cold calling. I hate working in the field all the time. I hate depending on phone and email for contact.

I love to teach. I love sharing my passion for business. There is nothing as rewarding (business wise) as watching someone develop their potential and achieve goals they never dreamed they could reach.

So....I'm gonna win the Florida Lottery tonite. Then I'm going to quit my job and become a motivational speaker and corporate trainer. Yep - thats' my dream job.

Posted by Tammi at October 16, 2004 06:57 AM