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** STUCK in a CAREER RUT? - written by Deborah Brown **
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How Can You Discover What Your Ideal Career Is So You Can Move Forward?
Follow These Easy Steps:
1. Write Down What You Like To Do
List 5 things that you like or have liked about the careers you have been in.
This simple exercise will give you insight and objectivity into what you would
enjoy having in a future career.
2. Write Down What You Dislike To Do
List 5 things that you dislike or have disliked about the careers you have
been in. This exercise will tell you exactly what you do not want in
your next position.
3. Create Your Ideal Job
Use what you have learned to create your next career.
What are you doing exactly? Are you running your own company or your own
department? What products and services are you selling? Where are you based?
Are your hours 9 to 5 or longer? Are you telecommuting? Are
you working from home? Most people have a hard time creating their ideal
job because they come up with all the excuses (and they are great excuses!)
why they cannot make it work. Do not surrender to your excuses.
4. Research The Market
Who can you talk to in the field you want to get into? What
companies are doing what you know in your heart you should be doing
next? What is not being offered in the market today that you know
you could offer better than anyone else? Spend some time exploring the
possibilities. Have fun, and take time to find what is truly you.
5. Create Your Plan
When will you transition into your next career? Will you start while you
are working full-time? Will you find part-time work so you can spend
more time working on your new endeavor? Or, will you take the leap
(as many people do), and start your new career full-time? Look at
everything, your finances, your present standard of living, where you are
living, etc. What can you pare down to have your
dream career? It does not matter if you have your new career today, or 6
months from now. What matters is that you are taking steps to make it
happen.
6. Find Reasons Why It Will Work
There will always be reasons why having a career you love will not work. Just
look at all of your past mistakes. Isn't that enough to keep you
where you are today? But, how about the other side? The reasons
why it will work; why it will turn out well. Leave the negativity behind!
Focus on why you will succeed and watch that exact thing take place.
7. Reward Yourself For Moving Forward
It is never easy looking at your career and deciding that something needs to
change. Some changes come quickly, and some changes come slowly.
Regardless of the pace you go, reward yourself for taking the strides you are
taking.
So what do you say? You only have one life to live so it might as well
be one you love!
About the Author
Deborah Brown is a noted Career and Mentor Coach that shows Entrepreneurs,
Executives, Professionals, and Coaches how to transition into careers they
love, excel in the careers they have now, start their own businesses, and find
time for themselves. She is the author of the "21-Day Career
Empowerment" program. This 21-day
e-mail program gives participants the insight, clarity, and knowledge to
either choose their current position or their next career. To Learn More
Visit: http://www.surpassyourdreams.com,
send an e-mail to info@surpassyourdreams.com
or call (516) 432-2440.
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If you are
currently dealing with a challenge or you are deeply concerned about the
situation of another but don't know how to help, e-mail your question for a
reply with the specific strategies that you can implement in yourself to
encourage them to change.
info@incrediblepotential.com
Graham White www.incrediblepotential.com
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