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                                       So here’s the thing – In order, these are my top ten things in the world

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10.   Man City football Club
9.     Watching illusionists spin their stuff
8.     Holidays / Travelling
7.     Cars & Motorcycles
6.     Skiing / Winter Sports
5.     Eating good food / Drinking good wine
4.     Music (playing & listening)
3.     Work and all that is Lynx IDG
2.     Friends (and socialising with)
1.     My family and their love

I am pretty sure that numbers 1 and 2 will be exactly the same for the vast majority of you all.

Numbers 4 and 5 may even ring some bells, number 10 can be replaced my any sporting team of your choice but point 3? – 3 is the big issue…

How many of you would without hesitation make your 3rd favourite thing, your 3rd biggest priority your job or work?

I hope the answer is a resounding yes… We spend at least 1/3 of our waking hours doing what we do for a living (much more in many cases) and therefore, it should be an enjoyable experience. Otherwise we are investing an awful lot of time doing something which we don’t actually like doing!

Surely that is not right?

After all is said and done, if we enjoy our jobs, we fulfil a basic human need to be happy and feel what we do is worthwhile and appreciated.

Naturally their will be days, even weeks where things just don’t work out as planned, or an issue will get you down but that should really be the exception and not the rule.

If the answer to the original question is not 3 but somewhere further down your list – That too is fine – you may have an extremely busy and interesting life – But it should feature somewhere in your top ten in my view.

I love my work, the people I work with and the clients I work for (mostly) and wouldn’t change it for the world – Well, maybe the world (or playing No. 10 for City, or drumming with Rush in place of Neil Peart) but none of these things will ever happen, so I am glad my life choices took me down the route I have walked.

If you do not enjoy your work you are missing a vital part of what your real life is actually about.

My advice – Take a deep breath and try to change whatever it is that is not working to put your work back into your top ten list.

If this doesn’t work – Stop what you are doing and try something else – Extreme? Yes but the alternative doesn’t bare thinking about…does it?

Until next time, when I hope you have all found your happy place.

The Ghost in the Machine

Oh and please feel free to post up your own Top Tens – It may prove a liberating experience and should at the very least make for some interesting reading!