See Yourself Succeeding

I've referred many people - students, clients, friends, colleagues - to "What Color is Your Parachute?" (here) If you're not familiar with it, take time to get acquainted with it. It's a classic career guidance book. One of the exercises I love is this (in my words):

1. Describe your WORST job. List everything about it you hated. Take your time and really let loose. Be as detailed as possible. There! Doesn't that feel great? But we're not done yet. Now:
2. Describe your IDEAL job. List everything about it you want it to have. Take your time and really let loose and be as detailed as possible.

This is a great way to begin to "See Yourself Succeeding".