I quit working holidays, weekends and night shifts... a personal story
This is not a sales letter, as a matter of fact I have a great e-book that I want to give to you for your library.
My name is Emma Soy, let me introduce myself on a personal level. 19 years ago I had a University degree, a nursing license and and a burning desire to climbed up the clinical ladder, receive a lot of nursing recognitions and make a lot of money... I was planning to have a family.
During the first several years that I was in the nursing I took a few of the top nurses out for lunch, asked them a gazillion questions about how to really experience success in nursing. They were all looking at me like I was from another planet, and re-assured that nursing was not a career, but it was simply a job. I was pretty disappointed after talking to them, because after 4 years of college, I was hoping for something better than a job.
I will say this if you want to learn how to experience real success fast in nursing, find nurses who are already experiencing massive success and model your career after theirs.
I went on to attend seminars, purchase every books, and tapes on the subject of success that I can get my hands on.
I had what Napoleon Hill says is the most essential trait of all successful people... A burning desire.
I wanted to be successful... If only for the sake of success.
This burning desire is what enabled me to be where I am today, and doing what I love to do, working the hours that I want and getting paid what I am worth.
Shortly before Napoleon Hill died, he said that if he had to start all over and was to pick two of the top 16 traits that all successful people have. He would want to have a burning desire and his master mind group.
By the way you are not born with these traits that all successful people have, they are acquired.
Fast forward 19 years and now what would I do?
Well lets just say that there are some of the old things that are still worth doing. And a whole lot of new stuff!
If you do not keep up with continuing changes and you think that you are a dinosaur now, you will be a fossil in a few years.
The good thing is that it is really not that hard to keep up.
Couple years ago I decided to quit clinical work after 19 years. Nursing is a great profession; it offers many opportunities, flexibilities and choices that cannot be found in other profession. As nurses we have the opportunity to touch many lives, work with people from all walks of life, and help people when they are most vulnerable, which sometimes impact our own lives personally. During my fifteen years as a nurse, I have had the opportunity to work with a wide range of nurses, and in those years I have also met many unhappy nurses that would quickly admit their contentment with their choice of career, but not of their choice of current position or employer. I have worked and observed some great, skillful, experienced nurses that remains in the same position day after day for years, unfulfilled and unhappy waiting for their retirement day. I also have come to the conclusion that many of these unhappy fellow nurses are victim of the enemy call fear which paralyzed them and lock them in a job instead of a career. The fear of failure and the fear of the unknown discourage many nurses from exploring opportunities that could bring them long lasting enjoyment in their careers. Beside fear, I can also see resignation, submission, and endurance. The lost of passion for your nursing career can only bring professional dryness and eventually career death. The dead professional nurse loses interest in the profession, stops attending seminars, or any continuing education classes unless it is required by law or the place of employment, express no interest in participating in any professional organizations, committees in the workplace, or do anything to advance the cause of nursing. The defeated nurse is content with working long hours, mandatory overtime, make money, come to work every day and go home. At a glance this person dread to work every day, moody, grumpy, complain about everything and infectious to the rest of the staff.
Today, I dedicate my life to learning more about the topic of success and to help fellow nurses in restoring and nurturing their careers as a career coach. Almost every nurse that I have talked to has a vision of what a true dream job would look like for them. I believe that experienced nurses have enough skills, knowledge, education and combine with their God given gifts to create or land any dream opportunity for him or herself. Yet, for many those dreams have shriveled in the frustrations of long hour shifts, overwork, burned out and routines of daily life that they no longer even make an effort to dream.
This eagerness to learn is one of the traits that all successful people have. It is what Napoleon Hill calls specialized knowledge. It is a must and it should never stop. Because when it does, so will your career.
When Napoleon Hill wrote the book Think and Grow Rich, he was commissioned by Andrew Carnegie to interview the richest men of his day.(unfortunately there were few business woman back then). Today there is not one successful business "person" that has not read this book.
The following are 5 of the most important 16 traits that all successful people have.
1. To have burning desire
2. To attain specialized knowledge
3. To have an entrepreneurial spirit
4. To be part of a mastermind group
5. To be decisive in nature
I do wish for you a very successful future in what ever path you choose... Because you too can do anything.
To the next 20 years and to your profound success.
Emma Soy, RN
www.nursingshepherd.com
P.S. If you would like a copy of Napoleon Hill's e-book, reply to this email address and I will send you a link.
emmasoy@nursingshepherd.com
My gift to you.
My name is Emma Soy, let me introduce myself on a personal level. 19 years ago I had a University degree, a nursing license and and a burning desire to climbed up the clinical ladder, receive a lot of nursing recognitions and make a lot of money... I was planning to have a family.
During the first several years that I was in the nursing I took a few of the top nurses out for lunch, asked them a gazillion questions about how to really experience success in nursing. They were all looking at me like I was from another planet, and re-assured that nursing was not a career, but it was simply a job. I was pretty disappointed after talking to them, because after 4 years of college, I was hoping for something better than a job.
I will say this if you want to learn how to experience real success fast in nursing, find nurses who are already experiencing massive success and model your career after theirs.
I went on to attend seminars, purchase every books, and tapes on the subject of success that I can get my hands on.
I had what Napoleon Hill says is the most essential trait of all successful people... A burning desire.
I wanted to be successful... If only for the sake of success.
This burning desire is what enabled me to be where I am today, and doing what I love to do, working the hours that I want and getting paid what I am worth.
Shortly before Napoleon Hill died, he said that if he had to start all over and was to pick two of the top 16 traits that all successful people have. He would want to have a burning desire and his master mind group.
By the way you are not born with these traits that all successful people have, they are acquired.
Fast forward 19 years and now what would I do?
Well lets just say that there are some of the old things that are still worth doing. And a whole lot of new stuff!
If you do not keep up with continuing changes and you think that you are a dinosaur now, you will be a fossil in a few years.
The good thing is that it is really not that hard to keep up.
Couple years ago I decided to quit clinical work after 19 years. Nursing is a great profession; it offers many opportunities, flexibilities and choices that cannot be found in other profession. As nurses we have the opportunity to touch many lives, work with people from all walks of life, and help people when they are most vulnerable, which sometimes impact our own lives personally. During my fifteen years as a nurse, I have had the opportunity to work with a wide range of nurses, and in those years I have also met many unhappy nurses that would quickly admit their contentment with their choice of career, but not of their choice of current position or employer. I have worked and observed some great, skillful, experienced nurses that remains in the same position day after day for years, unfulfilled and unhappy waiting for their retirement day. I also have come to the conclusion that many of these unhappy fellow nurses are victim of the enemy call fear which paralyzed them and lock them in a job instead of a career. The fear of failure and the fear of the unknown discourage many nurses from exploring opportunities that could bring them long lasting enjoyment in their careers. Beside fear, I can also see resignation, submission, and endurance. The lost of passion for your nursing career can only bring professional dryness and eventually career death. The dead professional nurse loses interest in the profession, stops attending seminars, or any continuing education classes unless it is required by law or the place of employment, express no interest in participating in any professional organizations, committees in the workplace, or do anything to advance the cause of nursing. The defeated nurse is content with working long hours, mandatory overtime, make money, come to work every day and go home. At a glance this person dread to work every day, moody, grumpy, complain about everything and infectious to the rest of the staff.
Today, I dedicate my life to learning more about the topic of success and to help fellow nurses in restoring and nurturing their careers as a career coach. Almost every nurse that I have talked to has a vision of what a true dream job would look like for them. I believe that experienced nurses have enough skills, knowledge, education and combine with their God given gifts to create or land any dream opportunity for him or herself. Yet, for many those dreams have shriveled in the frustrations of long hour shifts, overwork, burned out and routines of daily life that they no longer even make an effort to dream.
This eagerness to learn is one of the traits that all successful people have. It is what Napoleon Hill calls specialized knowledge. It is a must and it should never stop. Because when it does, so will your career.
When Napoleon Hill wrote the book Think and Grow Rich, he was commissioned by Andrew Carnegie to interview the richest men of his day.(unfortunately there were few business woman back then). Today there is not one successful business "person" that has not read this book.
The following are 5 of the most important 16 traits that all successful people have.
1. To have burning desire
2. To attain specialized knowledge
3. To have an entrepreneurial spirit
4. To be part of a mastermind group
5. To be decisive in nature
I do wish for you a very successful future in what ever path you choose... Because you too can do anything.
To the next 20 years and to your profound success.
Emma Soy, RN
www.nursingshepherd.com
P.S. If you would like a copy of Napoleon Hill's e-book, reply to this email address and I will send you a link.
emmasoy@nursingshepherd.com
My gift to you.
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