What do you do when you don't know what to do? Many people ask me, "but how can you help me if I don't know what I want to do". Well, the answers are in the questions! Somewhere deep inside, you really do know what you want to do, but are held back by fears, limiting beliefs and 'conditioning' from your earlier years around what work you 'should' be doing or what work is considered safe and reliable or follows a specific career path.

Often the reason people find themselves in that 'stuck' state is because they keep asking themselves the same, often unresourceful questions over and over. Usually the least resourceful questions are the 'WHY' questions. "Why do I hate my job", "Why can't I be happy in my job", "Why is finding my ideal work so hard" or even "Why doesn't my ideal job just miraculously appear!". The problem with these 'Why' questions is that they don't really help you move forward in any way and are not encouraging you to take responsibility and to take action.

It is always more powerful to ask yourself (or others) 'what' or 'how' question: "What options do I have?", "How can I make my current work more enjoyable?", "What action can I take now", "What do I need to do to get this promotion?" or "How would my coach/mentor/hero/idol approach this problem?". These type of questions will actually get you thinking more creatively and about how you can move forward in your career.

Make a list of all the 'what' and 'how' questions that you could think of that would help you get 'unstuck'.............. and then start taking some action.

Jenny Littlejohn a Career and Business Coach who specialises in helping professionals who hate their jobs, to find the work they love. You can sign-up for my free career ecourse at http://www.biglifecareer.co.uk/career-courses or find out more from http://www.biglifecareer.co.uk