Happen to Your Career

What if I told you that the number 1 way to land your dream job is having confidence? Would you feel like you’re on the path to getting there...or just stuck? Well, if your answer is “just stuck”--you’re not alone. In our latest podcast episode Laura, one of our stellar Career Change Bootcamp Graduates tells us how it took her nearly 3 years to leave a job she wasn’t passionate about because she felt the same way. Tune in to hear how she went from disengaged to confident--and so can you!

“I can only use the company’s online form to apply.” I hear this all the time, and it certainly seems true. However, even when it seems like there’s only one door, I’ve seen several effective ways to get around the gatekeepers. Michal Balass found her way into a government agency, even though it seemed like there was only one way to get in. She shares her story of how she did it.

“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.” That’s what Michal Balass had said when I asked her where her career started. She went on to explain 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 a

By now you should have a decision! Yeah!  Let's celebrate! But if you don't yet...It's ok!  This is a lifelong process and some people want and need more help than the email course! We have created other types of help because I whole heartedly believe and know just how important this is!  I have seen lives change again and again when our students get clear on what they want! 

t’s up to you now!  We’ve done all we can do to get you on the path to the job that you love.  All that is left is to decide to take the next step. Here’s 3 tips (and one video) to help you make this decision: Everything does not depend on this.   You’re well prepared!  “Magic happens when you’re in motion” –Richie Norton. 

Here’s the reality: Decisions are hard. They don’t sound like they should be hard, but they stop people every single day. Decisions like what do I have for breakfast or what should I wear today or what order should I begin my day take only small amounts of energy, time and effort separately but they start to add up quickly.  And Big decisions like where should I spend my time and effort and energy in my career sometimes seem almost overwhelming to tackle.

Our minds are amazing. We can do absolutely unbelievable things with our brains! One thing we can do is we can very effectively filter and sort information. This is a huge benefit to us, but can also cause a lot of problems in the form of cognitive bias. This just means that as human beings the way our brains function can actually bias us toward or away from certain things like steering us away from those areas that might be uncomfortable and toward familiarity.

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.

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. 

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?

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 on earth do you really mean?

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.

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.

Have you ever heard of career coaches use a ranking system for career change difficulty? As the difficulty goes up, these career coaches would have you believe it’s impossible… except it’s not. It’s difficult to imagine how career changes actually work without starting over if you’ve never done it yourself.  So, in today’s episode, we’re revealing the 4 most common ways that people change careers (without starting over).

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!