Have you ever wondered how people get themselves out of incredibly tough or ridiculously impossibly situations? The world is littered with stories of people who have overcome great difficulty. When we become unemployed or searching for jobs in Ireland the situation is similar. We can often find ourselves in a hole, faced with staring at the person in front of us at the dole queue. It is easy to forgive anyone to feel this way, but sympathy at best is all that the  person will find. It is at this point we find ourselves without belief.

Start to believe

Belief is the the cornerstone to success for any discipline. You simply have to believe. If one can truly envisage a situation, in their mind, if they can see it, live and breath how and what that situation would be like then this starts a chain reaction of events in the mind to make this happen.

Try it for yourself. Think about some sort of object and focus on it. For example, a red car. Think about the shape of the car, how it feels to drive, what sort of petrol it uses and details regarding the interior. Then go for a walk. What are you going to notice more than anything? It will probably be a red cars, or cars in general. Your mind has been trained to focus on such items and thus will be attracted to it.

The same theory is true when you find yourself unemployed and in a hopeless state of mind trying to find work. The problem may be that you simply don’t believe it’s possible to find suitable employment. You can’t imagine it, feel it or see it. You mind is closed and cannot start working towards attaining such goals. The problem really lies in this; if you don’t believe that you can do it, no-one else will.

How to start to get your next job

As with the red car, start thinking about what type of job you would want. Then search for jobs on-line and read about the position and company. Think about where the offices are, what you would wear for work, how you would do the job and what the people you meet would be like. Think about the interview, what questions would they ask, how and what would you say to convince them to give you the job. Convince yourself that you are going to get that job, in fact you already have it - it’s yours.

Now, a funny thing will happen. A thing that works equally regardless of whether it is for good or bad. Your mind will start working towards making this situation a reality. Your mind will give you motivation to write the application form and what’s more, write it in a convincing manner. The rest will follow.

Belief is the cornerstone

If your not convinced that what I am talking about here is true. Then I urge you to try it for yourself in a number of different ways. If you play sport like Golf or Football, it doesn’t matter what it is, the principle is the same. Focus your mind on living the situation before it happens. For example, imagine scoring a goal or hitting the ball perfectly, how would it feel, what would the shot look like etc. The chances are that the situation might not happen exactly how you thought it would, but you will probably be a lot closer to what you imagined than just guessing and not preparing your mind first.