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It’s no point being fantastic at your job if you hate it. You may make a reasonable career but you will lack any joy in what you do. The ingredients that make a career both fun and successful are Passions, Purpose and Principles. Get to know what yours are and make sure you include them in your career plan.

Your Passions are the things you love doing, that interest you and bring joy into your day. The quickest way to discover your Passions are to make three lists:

• A list of the activities you need to have on a daily basis to make you feel satisfied.

• A list of the activities you ideally like to have on a daily basis but which aren’t essential.

• A list of the activities you definitely don’t want if you are to keep passionate about your career.

one minute wonder Here’s a quick career check. List all the different roles you have had in your career. What worked for you in each role? Check out where you fulfilled your passion, purpose and principles and where you lacked these.

Your Purpose is the sense of fulfilment you get from your career when you are on track. You know you are fulfilling your purpose when you feel you are ‘doing the right thing’, and what you are ‘really in business to do’. Think about what really gives meaning to your career to discover your purpose.

Your Principles are the third p. These are the ethical and moral standards that you need to abide by to feel ok about your career. For example if you are a vegetarian but forced to work with meat then you won’t be working according to your principles. When you honour your principles you feel good about your career and feel it fits into how you want to live your life as a whole.

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it” Oprah Winfrey

The three Ps are Passion, Purpose and Principles. Identify yours.