What's Your Professional Life

So what's your professional life? Does it truly present who you are and what you do professionally? I happen to believe that an over stated title can do you more harm than good. It might get you noticed but once discovered can sink you if it's deemed as fluff. The first thought that comes to mind is if they over state who they are what else are they over stating?

The term "Blow Hard" comes to mind.

For those of us who remember 30 years ago, a CEO was the head of a large corporation. How did CEO creep it's way to a solo entrepreneur ? A General Manager is now possibly a COO. A CFO used to be called an Accountant or Treasurer. "C" stands for chief. My suggestion is if your going to use it, make sure it represents just that.

Perhaps all this title up-sizing began with the boom in the Internet. A well done website can make a small company look like they are captains of industry. The truth of the matter may show they have two or three employees who go to work in their pajamas. This does not mean they are not good at what they do. I believe the deception lies in what isn't said. This leads me to think they are a small company masquerading as a big business. The same I believe can be said for your business title.

I want to bring to point the best LinkedIn profiles are those that do not use your actual business title. These LinkedIn job titles speak to what they do. Mine happens to say, " Customer Experience Expert." That's not what on my business card but it does speak to what I do. Be clear about who you are and want you want to project.

For all you folks trying to be unique "Founder" does not do it for me either. If your business is a one person show that has brought nothing new to the business community drop it. Perhaps you can use " CEO and Founder" once you have a track record of success and your have been really innovative in delivering new concepts to the business community.

Over stated business titles are just fluff. Be honest with yourself first. Reality finds it way to the front no matter what you do. I personally don't have a lot of time for folks who don't understand the power of humility. Big telnet lead to big expectations. You better be able to deliver.

Maybe You Feel Confused Life Priorities

You may ponder the complexities and maybe even some chaos in your life.You might struggle to figure out what's next. Maybe you feel confused at times about which way to go. Have you thought about setting your life priorities to make your life easier? Have you ever thought of Life Coaching to achieve your life's goals?

When you're struggling to determine what's important to you, it's hard to make decisions.

What will you do next? Where will you go for the evening? Who will you choose to pass the time with?

Feeling torn between two or more people, places and things is common if you haven't yet identified your priorities. After all, when you consider everything and everyone in your life as all-equal in terms of their "level" of importance, it's going to be tough to choose what to do next.

Setting your life priorities is a way of identifying what's most important to you. Once you determine your priorities, you'll be pleased with the ease of making decisions and the serenity that comes with knowing you did the right thing.

Establishing priorities also gives you a clearer focus on how to allot your time. If you allot the bulk of your time to doing what's most important with the most important people in your life, you'll feel more fulfilled and satisfied with your life experiences.

Common Life Priorities

What might your priorities be? The possibilities are endless. In the list below, you'll find many common priorities in no particular order. Feel free to use the list as inspiration to help you figure out your own priorities.

Family
Finances
Friends
Extended family
Work
Hobbies
Personal appearance
Health and physical exercise/activities
Nutritious eating
"Alone-time" with partner
Quality time with the children
Playing games on the Internet
Talking on the phone
Watching television

Example of a "Prioritized" Listing of Life Priorities

The whole idea of setting priorities is to put the many elements of your life into an order, with those that are most important to you at the top. Knowing your highest priority on the list is necessary in order to make focused, wise decisions that are right for you.

Consider this next list, which is prioritized, as an example of some one's life priorities (in order).

Family
Alone-time with partner
Work
Health and physical exercise
Nutritious eating
Friends
Watching television
Personal appearance
Hobbies - movies and reading

Coming Up With Your Own Priorities

Setting your priorities in life may take time and effort. However, taking the time to reflect on your day-to-day life and determine what's on the top of your list will make your life so much easier. Once your priorities are clear to you, decisions on how to spend your time and with who will be a cinch.

Engaging in this exercise of figuring out your priorities might reveal some things that shock or surprise you.

For example, you might realize that you're spending most of your time hanging out with friends even though you feel that your family is more important. Or you aren't taking as much care with your kids as you thought you were.

Regardless of what you discover that you weren't expecting, setting your priorities now will help you limit or even remove the less-important elements of your life and enable you to focus more fully on what means the most to you.

You can live more joyfully by setting your life priorities. Knowing what's important to you and devoting your time to those things at the top of your list will ensure you experience an enriched and fulfilled life.