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              your top values and passions. The more of your core values that
              you can express through your work, the happier you’ll be, and the
              longer you’ll be satisfied in your career.
                 While most of my clients have resisted doing the personal and
              emotional requirements analyses, they all enjoy the values work,
              because we treasure our values. Values give our lives meaning, joy,
              and happiness. Our values and peak experiences are the source
              of profound fulfillment, passion, bliss, and even euphoria—all
              of which are components to finding the right career. If you have
              taken the time to identify and fulfill your personal requirements
              in Step 2 and yet you aren’t happy in your current career, then it
              is high time that you start living your values; the source of excite-
              ment, joy, and a sense of fulfillment and of living your purpose all
              come from expressing your core values. Especially if you want to
              attract the right career to you, start living your values today. More
              opportunities arise when we are doing what we love to do.
                 What makes you feel turned on and excited about life? What
              are your passions? What has you bouncing out of bed in the morn-
              ing, eager to start the day? These are our core values, and when
              we are living them regularly, we feel excited about life; we radi-
              ate energy and enthusiasm. You are most likely to attract the ideal
              career when you are fully living and expressing your core values. If
              you keep hitting the snooze button every morning or need multi-
                                      ple cups of coffee to motivate yourself to
                                      start the day, you aren’t doing what you
        Success is not the            love to do. When we love our work and
        result of spontaneous         our lives, we are naturally motivated
        combustion. You must          to perform our duties. You won’t need
        set yourself on fire.         artificial stimuli to get out of bed and
                                      get started. If you do not have a highly
                   —REGGIE LEACH      satisfying life now and are waiting for
                                      the right career or the big promotion to
                                      land on your lap, think again. You are
              responsible for your own happiness and success. The best way to
              attract a desirable career opportunity is to not need one (hence
              the Personal Requirements Quiz and exercises in Step 2) and to
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