What Color Is Your Parachute 2018 by Richard N. Bolles copy

Parachute Approach, with its demand that you do an inventory of who
you are and what you love to do, before you set out on your search for
(meaningful) work, helps you take advantage of the opportunity that
this interruption presents.
So there you have it: the seven reasons why this inventory of who you
are, works so much better as a method of job-hunting than all other
methods.
Being out of work, or thinking about a new career, should speak to your
heart. It should say something like this:
Use this opportunity. Make this not only a hunt for a job, but a hunt for
a life. A deeper life, a victorious life, a life you’re prouder of.
The world currently is filled with workers whose weeklong cry is,
“When is the weekend going to be here?” And, then, “Thank God it’s
Friday!” Their work puts bread on the table but…they are bored out of
their minds. They’ve never taken the time to think out what they uniquely
can do, and what they uniquely have to offer to the world. The world
doesn’t need any more bored workers. Dream a little. Dream a lot.
One of the saddest pieces of advice in the world is, “Oh come now—be
realistic.” The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who
were “realistic.” They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at
their wishes and then gave them horses to ride.