Happen to Your Career

We’ve now asked hundreds of people who’ve made successful career pivots one question after they’ve completed the journey: “What advice would you give someone who’s decided they want to make a career change?” What came back was surprising! It didn’t have anything to do with the best resume ever or the best tactic to market your skills or even the steps to take. We’ve taken the advice from 6 successful career changers and put it into this episode

It’s a basic human need in our work to feel fulfilled for any length of time. In the case of Jackie Yerby, from Portland OR, she had this realization after leaving one an unfulfilling job in sustainability: “It felt meaningful and important. That was also the summer that the pope came out with his people on climate change” She loved it. It was great! The only problem? The pay wasn’t as great!

If we are always looking for external milestones, like a new job title or pay increase, without first addressing the internal stuff, we’ll always be on the hunt. We’ll constantly be looking for that feeling, and asking ourselves that question: “Is this it?” During this week’s podcast episode, I dug deep with Olivia Heditsian, a Career Change Bootcamp graduate and a woman who went through a radical mindset shift a couple of months ago.

Are you exhausted and burnt out from your current job that you can ‘t even think about what it is going to take to start changing careers? It’s time to re-calibrate your mindset to make that career change to something you enjoy (finally!).

“Now looking back at it. I never really asked myself the questions of whether I wanted to to do this. It is just normal. Many of us do that.” Michal Balass explained that she spent years getting her Doctorate and when it came time to get a job she did it without thinking… because that’s what you do! It is normal. Unfortunately doing things the normal way without question put Michal in the same place many others are.

A Private Conversation: Our own perfectionism on the HTYC team and how we handle it.

What challenges will you have when making a career change at 30? Or secret advantages when you’re 40? What about “imagined” challenges at 20? Find out what to do to about it!

how do you get in touch with people who are incredibly busy that may hold the keys to getting hired at a company you’re excited about, or might be a great mentor for you, or just other people you want to get to know to be able to learn from or can introduce you to other great people? I asked Darrah Brustein, founder of Network under 40, Equitable Payments, and Financial Whiz Kids who also contributes regularly to Forbes to come on and share her experience on building relationships with busy people!

What would you want to do if you weren’t on your current path? Louise McNee had always been the type of person who knew exactly where she wanted to go and was driven to make it happen. That is until she was no longer sure what she wanted to be doing with her life. Listen to find out how she went from in confident executive to in tears no longer sure what was up or down to learning what creates a truly fulfilling life for her! http://happentoyourcareer.com/230

Dan Pink has written multiple New York Times best sellers, he’s been a speech writer for Al Gore, He’s given many Keynotes all over the world. His current book “When” has been sitting atop the best seller list for months. Looking at his career right now, you’d have no idea that at one point he was in law school but decided being a lawyer wasn’t for him, got into politics and after the initial luster wore off that the political space wasn’t for him either.

What is my passion?? Passion can be defined in many ways in relation to your career. In the podcast, Christie shares how to find your passion and how to turn that into a career that you love.

Have you ever been so excited about a new project or goal that you’ve set for yourself that you just can’t wait to start? That entire process, the drive and determination, the movement forward, that feeling of accomplishment…that is what it means to be unhackable. BUT HOW DOES IT APPLY TO MY CAREER?

Is Being a Perfectionist holding you back? Where does perfectionism come from in the first place? What’s the meaning of perfectionist really? Here’s your perfectionism test on whether or not perfectionism is holding you back in your career change. Answer these three questions to get started: 1.Do you have a track record of success in one area of your life (career, fitness, finances, relationships, etc)? 2.Have you ever said something similar to

What if you already have a very comfortable job but you want more? How do you create the environment to make a change when you already have it pretty good but you know that something MUST change? Get the entire episode and transcripts at http://happentoyourcareer.com/225

What if the moments in our lives that feel the most awkward are actually the most valuable? That’s the question that Melissa Dahl poses in her new book Cringeworthy, a Theory of Awkwardness. It’s also something that I’ve been pondering for about 10 years now. Particularly the area of having awkward and difficult conversations and how they impact your life. Want to completely change how you have difficult conversations? Go to http://happentoyourcareer.com/224