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Balance the practical with the passion
Posted by: | CommentsWatch this YouTube video as I expand on the advice from an article on Forbes.com. Sometimes your dream job can seem understandably unattainable, but if you define what you’re passionate about first, you will be more motivated to continue in your job search even through tough times. Passion will pick you up off the bathroom floor so you have to tap into it. Learn to balance the passion and the practical. Always focus on both, but don’t let one override the other.
Read the article here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeswomanfiles/2012/01/03/finding-your-dream-job-from-the-bathroom-floor/
Know your career purpose and get to the heart of fulfillment!
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I was working with my career coaching client, Sara, last week and we were talking about developing her career purpose and mission statement. Have you written one yet? If not, you need to! Doing this exercise will get you straight to the heart of what would be most fulfilling to you in a career.
In our career workbook we have several exercises to help you get to this, and it takes some time and thought for our clients to figure it out. One way you can get started on it however, is to ask yourself, “What you want your career to be about, long term?” At the end of your life what would you want to be able to say about your career? That you helped people in some way, had a certain impact on the economy, or maybe something else? Just imagine you’re writing your biography.
Looking back, what would be most meaningful to you? Just brainstorm, write down whatever comes to mind first, and see what pops up.
Hallie Crawford
Ideal Career Coach
Don’t listen to your friends…even though they mean well!
Posted by: | CommentsIn this video I expand on advice from an article about finding your dream job from Forbes.com. In order to find your dream job you have to know what you want first. Then listen to your friend’s advice and take what works for you, leave what doesn’t. You have to filter anyone’s advice by what works for you at all times so that you don’t get off track, and take a job just because someone else suggested you’d be good at it. Listen to yourself first, at the end of the day you know what’s best for you.
Read the article from Forbes.com here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeswomanfiles/2012/01/03/finding-your-dream-job-from-the-bathroom-floor/
Chocolaty inspiration to help find your dream job
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Last night I had the opportunity to speak for Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s Waffle House Career Series. The topic was “Live and Work with Passion and Purpose“.
It was an exciting and well attended event. There was great interaction and participation. We discussed how to bring passion into both your personal life and your career. Thank you to all those who came out!
Inspiring example: A participant from last night, Michelle, said her dream job was to make chocolate. I talked to her more today, and I really believe she will make it happen. She is currently getting her MBA at GA Tech to learn how to run a business. She plans to open a retail or online store. She did an internship with a chocolate maker in Australia. I know she’ll make her dream a reality because she has a plan, has multiple options to make it happen in a practical way AND she has passion for it. This is something she really enjoys doing.
What’s your passion? How will you make it happen?
Are you in the Lost Generation?
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This is a great article I would like to share with you. Part of the reason I like this article so much is because I can relate to it.
Read this article here: Finding Your Dream Job from the Bathroom Floor
I remember crying in mom’s kitchen and actually the bathroom at work (several times). I felt I was part of the “lost generation” in my 20’s. I didn’t know what I wanted to do and where I should go. I didn’t realize the first step I had to take; just like the lady in this article.
I needed to figure out who I was and I what I wanted in the first place. After all my crying I gained some clarity in a workshop with a career coach, and I started getting back on track. But I had to go through that whole process to get where I am today. Many things have changed since then (i.e. technology, the economy slump.) One thing that doesn’t change is the fact that you need to know yourself and know what you want before you will get anywhere.
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What should your New Year’s resolution be?
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It’s that time of year again. The time to reflect on the years past, and decide what you want your future to hold. What will your New Year’s resolution be? Start the new year off with this Goal Setting Worksheet.
When you’re setting goals (resolutions), it’s important to create a structure for doing so and to write them down. Remember it’s not real until it’s in writing! A big reason to set goals in the first place is to create the life you want right!?! At the end of your life do you want to say you tried to achieve what you want or that you didn’t try at all? A goal that’s not written down is just a wish.
If you would like some extra help in setting goals for yourself and your career direction, please contact us today for a complimentary consultation. We look forward to hearing from you - Happy New Year!
P.S. Are you in the ideal career for you? Find out if you are on the right track with this quick Ideal Career Quiz!
The secret to finding fulfillment in your career
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So how do you know what’s fulfilling for you to help you define your ideal career? The secret is – Values. Values are one of the first things I help my career coaching clients identify in order to understand what would be fulfilling to them. Values are your guideposts to fulfillment and the foundation of figuring this out. Begin figuring out what your values are right away.
To figure out what your values are, you can ask yourself questions like:
- When in the past, professionally, have you felt lit up inside or energized?
- What in your personal life gives you a sense of satisfaction or joy?
- What deep seated personal priorities or values do you hold that are so important to you that if they were taken away, you’d feel frustrated or deprived in some way?
You’ll notice these are hard to answer questions. They’re meant to be that way for a reason. By answering these questions you’re trying to uncover what’s deeply important to you in your life, and then begin to translate that into your career.
I hope this advice was helpful to you. If you still feel lost in your career path, please contact us today to set up a complimentary consultation with one of our Certified Career Coaches.
How to find your dream job
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I was working with my career coaching client, Margaret, last week and she made a great point. Sometimes it’s hard to identify specific things you want to have in a dream job, especially when you’re not sure what’s realistic or what’s possible and when you don’t have specific examples.
If you haven’t had a job you truly enjoy, it can be tough to know what you want to do. This is because there are only a few examples to draw from to give you a sense of what would work. Margaret and I came up with this homework together. For the next 3 days, Margaret focused on identifying tangible examples of what she wanted in a job simply by paying attention to her current job, talking to friends, reading books, and noticing what other people did in her workplace. It was a simple exercise that gave her several tangible examples of things she wanted in her dream job.
Try focusing on what you like and don’t like at your current or previous job. You might be surprised to see what you come up with.
Hallie Crawford
Job Search Coach
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