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How to make your vision a reality!
If you’ve been following along over the last few installments, then you know we’ve been talking about a career vision: what it is, how to create one, and this week, how you can act it to make it a reality. Ideas on paper are one thing, but truly realizing what’s inspiring for you, that’s your ultimate goal! Your vision is just the start of ideas. They will, like little acorns, be able to take root and grow with the right nurturing. And if you remember at the very beginning of this conversation, I talked about a surprise tip, so here you go: research shows that a vision without a...
read moreArticulating priority factors in your career future!
In my last blog, I discussed what exactly a career vision is and how it can be helpful to you. Now let’s shift into doing a little bit of work, articulating priority factors in your career future. As I go through this, it is likely going to bring up some things for you, and it may not be comfortable. I know from experience helping thousands of clients this can be an uncomfortable process for people. Why? Here’s one reason: I’ve done quite a bit of work with personal development guru Tony Robbins, and he talks about the concept of certainty versus uncertainty. As humans, most of...
read moreEffective strategies for creating and achieving your career vision!
I remember years ago dreaming about working from home in an inviting, sunny office, spending much of my time being creative as I helped people to achieve their career goals. It was a new year, and I took the advice I’d heard from many coaches and wrote down my future desires. What I was doing at that time was creating a career vision. And it turns out that just a few years later, that vision became a reality! Today I want to speak with you about effective strategies for creating and achieving your career vision. In this blog and the next 2 upcoming, I’ll help you… Expand your awareness and...
read moreStrengths: How to apply them for greater career satisfaction. Part 2.
In our last blog exercise, you defined your top 3 strengths. In this article, I’ll show you how to begin applying them in your work, and one of the most valuable steps is to translate those strengths into roles. You can also think of roles as potential job titles. For instance, I’ll translate a few strengths into roles: Conceptualizing ideas: Artist, designer, planner, troubleshooter Organizing: Coordinator, project manager, manager, director Leadership: Manager, director, project manager Conflict Resolution: Mediator, counselor, case manager Making connections between disparate ideas:...
read moreStrengths: How to apply them for greater career satisfaction. Part 1.
In this article I’ll be talking about your strengths and how to apply them for greater career satisfaction. To get the most out of this information, be prepared to jot down some thoughts as we go along. First, I’ll help you get clearer on your strengths and then I’ll give you an initial plan of action for how to apply them for greater career satisfaction. Let’s dive in talking about how to define your top three strengths. You probably have more than three but we’re just going to focus on three to have a manageable number. If you want to add more to your list you’re certainly...
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