Tammy Erickson Associates Building Intelligent Organizations

Q&A: Finding Work that Is Financially and Emotionally Attractive

Hi Tammy,

Let me congratulate you for your excellent posts on Harvard. In fact, one post titled “When to Keep Your Mouth Shut” compelled me to read all of your articles that you have posted.

Further, the curiosity in me took me further to know more about you and your work in detail and found your site and here am writing a mail to you.

Tammy, i feel i’m a fix right now. For close to 6 years, I have been working as a Transcriptionist here in India and in the in between years of my six year tenure, i happened to learn and work as an Online Brand Manager (SEO/SEM/PPC) with a firm. Due to a major difference with my manager I quit that job and took up the same old Transcriptionist job.

Right now, i feel and i think that i would excel more (Financially/Emotionally) in Online space than in Transcription space….Could you please help me as to what should be the right thing to do now?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Shesgiri

Dear Shesgiri,

How lucky you are to have a good sense of the type of work that you find fulfilling. I’m such a strong believer in the importance of finding your “Life Lure”—the work that will engage you.

Now you need to find that work. I encourage you to begin an active process to find another opportunity to work as an Online Brand Manager.

Good luck and best wishes,

Tammy

Filed under: Career Strategies | Published: 01/15/11

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