Happen to Your Career

How do you Figure out what you should do. Mark and Scott tackle this question one step at a time with an episode on Strengths. What are true strengths and signature strengths and how do you figure them out for yourself.

Bert Purdy talks to us about why he loves his work and how you can too. Bert works in the financial sector as a CPA and also runs a blog called the intentionalemployee.com

Matt Shoup was born an entrepreneur. At the energetic and determined age of 9, Matt started his own neighborhood lawn mowing and snow shoveling business. From there he peddled candy out of his middle school locker, only to have that business shut down by the school.  Matt founded M & E Painting with the last $100 he had to spare. Matt is a keynote speaker and coach and has spoken to thousands of international youth and entrepreneurial groups in English and Spanish.

Reconnect with your passions and dreams and learn the questions to ask yourself to narrow down what you really want to be doing. Learn to recognize, confront and overcome the mental roadblocks that we all face when chasing our dreams and goals. Take control of your personal development and leverage your experiences to get promotions, secure a new job and transition into work the work you were born to do.

How do you pursue what you really want to do without dropping everything and irresponsibly chasing after your dreams? Mark and Scott discuss the use of projects to make career transitions and go after what you really want. 

Author, Speaker, Radical Career Coach, Green Juice Expert, World Traveler Farnoosh Brock is back on the show with Mark and Scott. Her first visit was episode 2 but this time she is back to talk about advancing your career through an employer mindset. Learn how to implement this mindset and begin to advance in your career.

Jo Casey's motto is ‘Work Happy’. As a coach, trainer, blogger and podcaster, she help people beat stress by building their resilience – so they can LOVE their work.  Jo shows folks practical ways to increase their resilience, reconnect with their purpose and rediscover the joy in their working life.  Jo is the host of The Work Happy Podcast.  In this interview, Jo and Scott talk about how to find happiness in their work.

Tom Dixon is a Career Coach at MondayisGood.com.  Tom leads a Demand Planning Team for a Fortune 500 Team as well as writing his career blog and voluteering as part of a Career Resource Network.  Tom's Career and Job Search experience and techniques are all developed from "in the trenches" experiences.  They are tried and true through Tom's own experiences.

Katie McCarthy is the founder and host of the Give Good Podcast.  She is a personal growth and development enthusiast, a voracious consumer of information, a world traveler, a student of life, a coach,  listener and above all else a Good Giver! In this interview, Scott and Katie discuss the power of making a decision and following through on those decisions.

Emily Chase Smith comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. She's had many business ventures, some more successful than others. Emily now works with entrepreneurs and business owners to help them manage their money more effectively.  The guiding principle of her life is freedom.  In this interview, Emily explains to Scott how understanding her value and helping others recognize the value you provide can lead to more freedom than you think is possible!

In this episode, Tania talks with Scott about how to connect with others, how to understand your skills and passions and her experiences leading up to helping newbies in careers or countries!

Most people feel like they have little, or no, control over what their income is.  This is simply not true! Join Mark and he talks to Scott about the process of getting a raise and shares techniques he has used himself, and has coached other people to use to substantially increase their incomes. The myth is that your boss decides your income, and short of moving to another job, you have very little control over what you earn.

Paul Colaianni is the host of the The Overwhelmed Brain Podcast and blog where he helps people live a peaceful and stressfree life. Paul's career journey has included several different companies, industries and jobs in search for what he is passionate about.  Paul is a self described "late-bloomer" in his career.  It wasn't until his 40's that he discovered his passion.In this interview Scott and Paul talk about finding your passion and how you can do so.

In this episode of HTYC Mark and Scott discuss how NOT to network. Instead focusing on how to add value to relationships. It also seems like half the episode gets devoted to Mike Kawula of www.selfemployedking.com , who if you haven't met him you are missing out as he is by far the best connector out there!

In this episode of HTYC Mark and Scott are back on the mikes discussing a topic that can impact nearly everyone! Many people will make choices in their career based on what they don't want and NOT what they actually do want. This simple act of running from something can be often be the difference in an "average" career and one that matters to you! Join Mark and Scott as they discuss how people end up here but also more importantly, what to actually do about it!