It is not uncommon for people to say that they are looking for their ideal career, job, employee, or even soulmate. We can search for all of these, yet they are flawed or don’t meet our expectations from the outset.
When we search, we repeatedly uncover issues, and little meets our exacting standards or needs. Supposedly waiting for the right thing to come along is a rarity since it never seems to come along. What we seek is subjective, evolving with our fleeting whims. If it meets our expectations today, we alter our outlooks, and tomorrow we find fault.
The drawback is that there is no perfect job, candidate, partner, relationship, or friendship from day one.
To build in the image of what we desire, we adopt a proactive approach to create and frame what we want. We are no longer responsive, waiting to see what may present itself or something better will appear. Instead, with a building mentality, we appreciate something good with possibilities, build on the positives, and begin making it great. To meet our exacting expectations, we need to craft it into the image of what we want.
The raw ingredients may be there, but we need to form each day to produce what we value, and we can never stop. So yes, it applies to your career, job, employees, and relationships.
Interestingly, that which we build through perseverance and consistency is also what we most cherish.
