Cathy Heller - Dont Keep Your Day Job: How to Turn Your Passion into Your Career

The fact that you picked up this book leads me to believe that there is something youre seeking. Perhaps youre searching for more fulfillment. You might be craving more creative expression. It could be that you dont yet have clarity on exactly what you desire, but youre clear you want things to shift. I hear that and I am here to light a path forward to where you yearn to be.

Every day I am witness to lives being built based on what people think they are worth. The words youre about to read are a representation of my hand reaching out to you, to help you understand how much youre worth and how you truly can decide your destiny.

I would not write these words if I didnt wholeheartedly believe that we have the power to craft our own realities. Ive seen it in my own life and more than 200 times through interviews on my podcast, Dont Keep Your Day Job. I also see it every day in the most unexpected places.

Ive had the pleasure of sitting down with brilliant and courageous souls, from world-renowned leaders such as former chairman and CEO of Starbucks Howard Schultz to self-starters on the precipice of life-changing success, from aspiring bakers to bloggers and painters. My podcast has grown into a worldwide community of souls in search of their lifes work. I meet people all over the world who are doing what they love and adding value to their communities and beyond. Ive talked to more than 100 role models, including Bobbi Brown, Danielle LaPorte, Jonathan Adler, Angela Duckworth, Martha Beck, Jenna Fischer, Julia Cameron, and Gretchen Rubin, to name just a few. It was an honor to hear their stories, and I am excited to share their advice with you.

I receive hundreds of messages a day from people who share how the lessons discussed on the podcast inspire them to redirect their lives, find new ways to contribute, and reach new levels of fulfillment. I love that I am able to create a space where they can meet and assist one another.

In the coming chapters, Ill draw on the experiences of entrepreneurs, designers, actors, artists, and friends who share their stories about how to create profound shifts in your daily mindset, lifes vision, and businesss impact. Were also going to hear examples from everyday people from all over the worldfrom Lagos, Nigeria, to Perryville, Missouriwho have used everything that I share in this book to transform their lives.

I am the first to admit that Im a constant work in progress, but sometimes that progress doesnt feel like its going in the direction I want.

I often tell my therapist, I just get so frustrated about this thing or that thing.

Her response means everything.

Well, Ive been a therapist for 40 years, and I wouldnt be a therapist if I didnt know that people can change, she replies.

Isnt it incredible that we can change?

Its important to remember that weve been in a process of conditioning since birth, our every experience wiring our beliefs. Our first seven years of life are almost like hypnosis. It can pose challenges and create impediments to the life we want to create.

There is good news. We can change those scripts and limiting beliefs. We can change our behavior. We can change our ability to dream bigger, see further, and become more ourselves.

This foundation, this beautiful temple of your being, is where we will start. As you solidify this, we will begin to talk about concrete steps to take toward crafting your new life. We are going to get in alignment with what we want to build, how we dream of serving this world, and where to direct our energy.

I will help you see the greatest version of you and give you clarity on whats possible. I will provide practical tools and techniques to transform your craving into action steps. The entire process is, at its core, a journey home and back to yourself.

You are wiser than you give yourself credit for. If something in this book strikes you as true, its because you already knew it on a deeper level. Think of the voice that you hear as you read this book as your internal knowing, a deep-seated wisdom that you were born with.

The time to listen to whats whispering to you and enjoy the adventure of being alive to the fullest has arrived. I invite you to make the decision not just to read this book but to put its teachings into practice, because a new sensation of what it feels like to move through this world awaits. You can do the thing that youve always, truly wanted to do.

After all, what you seek is seeking you.