Stay ConnectedYou’re not totally happy with your career (obviously!) You also know that there “has to be something out there that’s better.” That hope that you can find meaningful and fulfilling work, that also pays you well, has led you here!
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Remember in the last lesson when we talked about how most people miss the simple logic: you have to know where you're going to be able to figure out how to get there.
Well, this applies to more than just the job you have or a business that you run.
Just try to separate out your work from the rest of your life!
You can't.
The people you spend the most time with or don't spend the most time with is often influenced by your work.
So is your personal growth as a person, where you physically spend your time, and even the amount of money that you earn.
For this reason, it's incredibly important for you to understand not just what you want in your work but also what you want in every other area of your life!
And guess what else, anything that you want in your life isn't going to happen by accident.
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What do you want?
It's a simple enough question.
I'll bet you can't easily answer that question?
Go ahead and give it a try! I'll wait!
Harder than it seems right?
But what if you could intentionally and succintly answer that question? When you have the answer to what you really want in your career and in your life and really go after it, it allows you to do things most people would consider exceptional or even impossible.
And that is exactly what we're going to cover today!
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IS REFLECTION ON THE PAST YOUR KEY TO CAREER HAPPINESS?
The short answer is "H-E- double hockey sticks to the NO".
(mostly because I love hockey and a little because reflection is not the magic bullet alone!)
But what's the longer more nuanced answer?
To be clear; reflecting on the past alone is not going to get you where you want to go in your career or your life. It will take intentional action to move toward work that fits you, your values, and your strengths (and even your income expectations).
But what's also true is that for the action to be intentional you must know exactly what you want.
How do you do that?
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MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY KNOW THEIR STRENGTHS…
I hear them say things like "I learn fast" or "I'm good with people" but most people have not spent enough time or effort to truly understand what it is that they are great at or have the potential to be great at!
Maybe these are true, but these aren't specific enough to really be what you are great at. What is it that makes you great with people, What is it specifically that you enjoy in the interaction with others, is it even the interaction at all, or maybe something else.
When I hear something as vague as "I'm good with people", which I do in maybe 7 out of every 10 interviews with professionals, I immediately try to start digging to understand what they really actually mean.
It could be that they are great at: relating to others OR communicating with people OR helping people problem solve OR building relationships quickly OR about a million other possibilities.
What on earth do you really mean?
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We've now had over 30,000 people go through our figure it out eight the mini course. (and that's a lot of people, as it turns out)
Also, we realized, as we were talking behind the scenes, that it had been a long time, like six years long time, since we really updated this mini course. So guess what? We've updated it!
But we're going to do you one better, because we're actually going to share each and every day with you right here on the HTYC podcast for the next eight days. So if you're not already subscribed to the podcast, then guess what, pause this right now hit the subscribe button on your player, because every single day, for the next eight days, you're going to get a dose of the mini-course that helps you figure out what it is that you want to do.
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As human beings, when we get stuck, we tend to focus on one thing that we latch onto as the "reason" why. Or one thing that if we could only do, it would solve all of our problems.
It's never just one thing. It's always more nuanced than that.
There is one thing that is very clear though, The reasons why you think you're stuck and the reasons why you're actually stuck, are two completely different things.
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One of the most common career change misconceptions is that you'll have to start over – that all of your experience will go out the window if you make a change. It's difficult to imagine a scenario where you don't take a step down… where you actually get a promotion on top of finally finding work you actually love. How can you make that happen? In today's episode, we're revealing the 4 most common ways that people change careers (without starting over!) and talking to 4 people from each category.
What you'll learn
Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com
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Are your skills transferable to your dream career?
Many people don't believe that their skills can apply to the career they are desiring to move into. People tend to put their skills and experience into boxes and can't see how the skills of one box can apply to another box.
The truth, though, is that most of your skills and experience CAN transfer, even if you don't yet know what your dream career is.
We've developed an entire process to do this. Want to know how? Listen immediately (press play already) and learn all the things!
To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories (and career hacks), find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast
Or tell us more about your personal career situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc to learn how we can best help!
Have you considered quitting your job? Are you frustrated because your job doesn't fit you?
We get emails about this all the time. Every situation is different, but there are some key actions that apply across the board.
Today, Josh joins Scott to tackle 3 questions from listeners:
To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast
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Everyone I talk to wants freedom, until they realize how it really actually works.
One thing that comes up frequently while coaching people through career changes is the idea of obtaining freedom in their life and work. Freedom means different things for everyone. Sometimes it's freedom to travel, or financial freedom, or just having the freedom and flexibility to pick up your kids from school.
"For so so long, freedom meant the ability to be able to do what I want, when I want, where I want."
Natalie Sisson, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, traveled the world for many years - living and working wherever she wanted to. She now has a completely different definition than most about what freedom actually means for her and some of what she has learned from talking with hundreds, or even thousands, of people about what freedom means.
To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast
Or tell us more about your personal career situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc to learn how we can best help!
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