Successful Mid-life Career Change Means Managing Your Day Job By: Cathy Goodwin | - Mid-life career change can take up to three years. Therefore, many mid-career professionals find they have to take jobs they don't want, just to pay the bills. However, if you've been a professional, it's hard to view your work as just a day job, even though it is. You can find yourself so caught up in this temporary job that you just don't have the energy to pursue your dream.
Career Paths: Making Your Career Dreams A Reality Through Top Websites By: Posey Gaines | - Are you interested in a change in your career? There are lots people who get trapped into the wrong career and this is the reason why they desperately want a change. Whenever you decide about a career you need to take up a course related to the career so that you can reach to the top of the field.
How To Hold Out For The Right Career By: Silas Reed | - If your present job sucks big time and you are facing difficulty in holding out over there, often your work ethics, energy, time, commitment gets hampered which does not allow you for a productive output.
Such career is of no use where there is no mental satisfaction. It depends though, but if you are wondering how to hold out for the right career then you should be aware of the knowledge of your job and what other careers aspects have to offer you.
Recent statistics show that fewer than half the people surveyed like their work. That's a dismal number and what is even sadder that even among those people who said they like their job there are even fewer employees who are in their dream career. It seems that more people are focused on paying their rent, cable bill and going to Red Lobster once in a while, and se ... Tags:David Couper, Career Coach, Dream Job, Employment, Job Transition
How To Manage Your Career Change By: Catherine Trebble | - When you set goals for yourself and pursue a dream in life, there will be times when you will feel like you are under a lot of pressure and experience stress. Finding ways to simplify your life and reduce stress is important when it comes to achieving success. The following are some useful tips.
The Secret To Achieving Your Dream Career By: Catherine Trebble | - Whatever career path you decide to take in life is all up to you. With both hands on the wheel and a good career plan by your side, you can go anywhere you want when it comes to your career and take whatever route you map out to get there.
Making a career change can be a scary step. But when you are unhappy with what you are doing, why shouldn't you go after your dreams and take a stab at something that you feel will make you happy?
Personally I think that passion is what life is all about. If you don't have a passion for what you are doing you will never either do it very well or be proud of what you did manage to do.
Stop and think for a minute. Is there anything that you can conjure up that would enthrall you ... Tags:niche, motivation, dream, career, passion, quest
Selective Attention Gets You To Your Goal By: Anita Web Weaver | - "[Information] consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently . . . "
Herbert Simon, Nobel Memorial Prize-Winner, Economics
Although we are living in the Information Age, it is the very glut of information that can prevent us from both using our time wisely and making decisions - any decisions.
Dive Into Your Feelings; Don't Resist Them By: Anita Web Weaver | - "Our reaction to having [meaningful] work or not having [meaningful] work is the most challenging part, and our resistance to feeling what we feel about it causes the greatest pain."
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Feelings. Those pesky, reactive, troublesome things. When we seek work we love or new work that is appropriate, our feelings can be our greatest allies or our greatest enemies.
There are many examples from literature, the arts, philosophy and even the esoteric that tell us the same thing as today's quotation: begin from where you are.
When we know we want to change, it's so easy to think, "Well, first I have to
. . . get the kids through school
. . . get a certification
. . . get my college degree
. . . save up enough money, etc.
Taking Action Is The Motor That Makes The Law Of Attraction Work By: Anita Web Weaver | - "You can't concentrate on the harvest at the expense of the sowing, watering, weeding and caring required along the way."
- Jack Hawley, "The Power of Dharmic Management"
Ever since the movie, "The Secret" has come out, there has been an explosion of articles and books on 'The Law of Attraction," and all its variants.
Basically, the law of attraction says that you get what you think about and focus on.
In this ezine, we usually discuss how we can initiate changes ourselves to move in the direction of our dream career and our dream income. Sometimes, though, as this week's quotation suggests, change comes to us.
Doubts Kill Our Dream Career By: Anita Web Weaver | - "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."
William Shakespeare
As with so many other observations, Shakespeare hit the nail on the head.
In my work as a Career Coach, I more often hear people doubt themselves and stop their forward movement because of their doubts, than any other phenomenon.
The End Is In The Beginning By: Anita Web Weaver | - "If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed." - Dr. David Viscott
There's a concept not many of us know about: it's the idea that questions and answers are married; so are problems and solutions, desire and fulfillment and, as quoted above, the courage to begin and the courage to succeed.
Action Brings Dreams Into Reality By: Anita Web Weaver | - "Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits." - Studs Terkel
If you really stop to think about this quotation, it's shocking: "Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits."
It means, I think, that many of us are operating at one half, one-third or even one-quarter power or less. It means we could be doing, accomplishing and contributing so much more than we are.
Achieving A Dream Career Takes Risk By: Anita Web Weaver | - "Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life." - Herbert Otto
I have a friend who creates art quilts. Art quilts are just that: expressive art that uses a quilt instead of a canvas as its medium.
If you really stop to think about this quotation, it's shocking: "Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits."
It means, I think, that many of us are operating at one-half, one-third, or even one-quarter power or less. It means we could be doing, accomplishing and contributing so much more than we are.
Change Vs. Excuses: What's Your Choice? By: Anita Web Weaver | - "People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing." - John Porter
So often people have a litany of reasons why they can't or won't start the process of finding their dream career. Here are some of the more common ones:
Pay Attention To The Heart Factor In Seeking Your Dream Job By: Anita Web Weaver | - As someone who has worked in the career field for nearly twenty years, I've seen a lot of broken hearts. And I've seen some mended. It sounds like something from a country music video, doesn't it?
But the reality is many people have hearts that are breaking by degrees because they are stuck in jobs that don't feed their souls. They don't have a sense of anticipation or freedom or excitement. They put on the work attire and grimly go to work.
Dreaming Big Is Easier Than Dreaming Small By: Anita Web Weaver | - "It takes just as much time to have a big dream as it does to have a small dream." - General Wesley Clark
Why is dreaming big easier than dreaming small? It's because the energy and passion generated by a big dream will create the momentum you need to move forward, overcome obstacles and remain
persistent.
Are You In The Money Stage Or The Meaning Stage? By: Anita Web Weaver | - "Purpose is the glue that holds the good life together. It gives you a reason to get up in the morning. It enables continual travel in the direction of the Good Life.
"It helps you keep focusing on where you want to go and discovering new roads to get there." - Richard Leider, Life Coach, from MetLife Mature Market Institute Study
Your Inner Compass: Clues To Your Dream Career By: Anita Web Weaver | - "If people are adrift in today's job market, it's because they haven't yet identified their dream career." - Carolyn McCormick, Success Coach
Carolyn McCormick (quoted above) is my coach, helping me stay consistently on track realizing my own dream career. The quote above is something she said to me very recently. It gave me pause.
What Dream Career Are You Dreaming? By: Anita Web Weaver | - "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt
I've just watched the video now sweeping the Internet, of Susan Boyle singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables on 'Britain's Got Talent' show.
Her soul-stirring rendition of this powerful song brought the audience to its feet in cheers and tears.
Do You Want A Mighty Purpose Or A Safe Life? By: Anita Web Weaver | - "This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one." - George Bernard Shaw
Notice that the quotation above contains the phrase, "being used for a purpose." The implication is that somehow our life purpose can take us over, consume us and demand everything from us.
Notice also that Shaw says that "this is the true joy in life."
Doubt Can Kill Your Dream Career By: Anita Web Weaver | - "The two greatest causes of suffering in life are not loving and not doing what you want to do." John Gray in "How to Get What You Want and Want What You Have."
Think of your average two-year-old and you'll get a feel for how powerful the drive is in all of us to do what we want to do. We may refine our approach over time and adapt to social norms, but we always strive to fulfill our wants.
5 Top Excuses Not To Get Your Dream Career By: Anita Web Weaver | - "I've had a lot of worries in my life; most of them never happened." - Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain)
As that beloved American writer, Mark Twain, points out in this quotation, our lives are often filled with worry.
We worry about how our kids will turn out. We worry about whether we'll keep our job. We worry about whether we'll get a job.
We worry about whether our savings plan will recover. We worry about what that pain in our right side means.
Don't Just Get A Job; Get A Dream Career By: Anita Web Weaver | - There is a lot of hidden damage being created by today's economy. Like free radicals that damage our organs and cells, the fear racing through our world psyche is causing people to pull back, hunker down, and put their dreams away.
That's as true for the person who has lost their job as it is for the person who has decided to stay put, and not go for their dream career.
Play Big, Not Small, To Get That Dream Career By: Anita Web Weaver | - "A musician must make music; an artist must paint; a poet must write, if he be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be." Abraham Maslow
Many people play too small in their careers.
What do I mean by that?
I mean that, in terms of a career, they think of themselves as 'just doing their job.'
I've worked with thousands of people in career transition and that comment is the one I heard most often - from the accomplished executive to ... Tags:Dream Career, Career Satisfaction, Work Purpose, Life Purpose, Accomplishments, Talents, Skills
Use The Hedgehog Concept To Attain Your Dream Career By: Anita Web Weaver | - "Greatness is largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline."
Jim Collins, author of "Good to Great," as quoted in a monograph from his Website.
Many of us are familiar with the wonderful work of Jim Collins in helping companies and social sector institutions understand how to move from mediocrity to greatness.
Why Molting Works For Careers As Well As For Snakes By: Anita Web Weaver | - Like many other creatures of the natural world, molting frequently takes place for us humans as well. The challenge is, for us, the process is usually invisible. And often unrecognized as well.
Something in us feels dissatisfied. There may be an experience of longing or even loneliness, as if we no longer recognize the landscape of our lives.
Your Career Path: Stuck In The Mud? Or In Your Element? By: Anita Web Weaver | - We all remember the children's story of the Ugly Duckling. The poor thing was so awkward and big, so unlike his duckling brothers and sisters. But one day he had become a large, graceful, beautiful swan, admired by all who saw him.
In his book on work called, "Crossing the Unknown Sea," poet David Whyte had a friend tell him once, "the swan doesn't cure his awkwardness by beating himself on the back or by trying to move faster. He does it by moving toward the elemental water where ... Tags:Career Path, Career Satisfaction, Meaningful Work, Value of Work, Dream Career Coach, Life Purpose
Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone By: Anita Web Weaver | - "In order to say 'Yes' to what you want, you have to learn to say 'No' to what you don't want." The Purple Monkey
Although the 'Purple Monkey' is the alter ego I use when talking to people about how to say 'No' without feeling guilty, his wisdom applies for those who want to say 'Yes' to developing their Dream Career that gives them deep career satisfaction.
What Is Your Word For The Year? By: Anita Web Weaver | - Some time ago, I developed a practice of deciding on a word or phrase that would be my overarching theme for the next year. Rather than create numerous resolutions that I might or might not remember, I learned that this one word or phrase could be called to mind frequently and quickly help me remember my theme for the year.
How A Career Coach Program Can Help You Find Your Dream Career? By: Amelia Turner | - Career coach program is a special program designed to help you explore the career opportunities in your field of interest, teach you to set your career goal, and how to plan your career path to achieve your career goal. A student who are looking for a career related college degree, a fresh graduate who just going to enter the job market or a working adult who are looking for career advancement or career switch may benefit from a career coach program. Let's find out how a career coach program wil ... Tags:career coach program, career advancement, career guide, career ladder, job market, job application
Creating The Career Of Your Dreams Or Google-karma By: Margaret Stead | - Using a combination of criterion hierarchy and objective elimination we strip away the unmet needs that are your emotional holes and 'ready' you for career and business success. We focus your career attention on a defining platform that you can make uniquely your own.
Portfolio Career By: Robin Ogden | - A new meaning for "career"?
Crystal ball or not, one thing is for sure the definition of career is taking on a whole new meaning. Although there are many differences between our generations there is one common thread that brings us together. When it comes to employment, we all compete at the same watering hole called the job market. We all know that most employers are now less interested in "long-term employees" who show up everyday from 9 to 5 and want to hang around for ten ... Tags:Portfolio career, protean career, answer interview question, how to find your dream career, job interview technique, what career is right for me, inte
Job Search Paralysis By: Robin Ogden | - At times job search can feel like you're floating endlessly in the middle of the ocean just waiting for any piece of dry land (a.k.a., employer) to show up and rescue you. It can be a very frustrating time that leaves you feeling overwhelmed, disappointed and pessimistic. Negative feelings you don't need to have hanging around you when you're in job search mode or anytime for that matter.
Show Me The Green By: Robin Ogden | - There was a time that one could assume that the phrase show me the green' was interchangeable with show me the money' (and in some respects it still is), but today it's really taking on a whole new meaning it's a phrase with a movement behind it.
Discover Motivation To Go For The Career Of Your Dreams By: Raymond Gerson | - You have decided on a career that feels best for you. Now it is time to pursue it. Getting the courage to go after your dream career is the next step.
Ahead of the Pack
You're ahead of many others who have not discovered their "bliss." You feel grateful that you discovered your right livelihood, but now you face a dilemma. There are risks. Do you quit your present job or business and plunge ahead into your dream job or business? Will you be able to pay your bill ... Tags:courage to pursue your dream career, fulfilling career, right vocation, follow your bliss, careers, job.
Bullseye Resume By: Robin Ogden | - One size fits all resumes are a thing of the past. The marketplace requires new resume techniques and the sooner you recognize this and act on it the more your resume will help Y-O-U. The best way to build your resume is to use the bullseye technique. This means your resume will need to target the specific needs of the employer you are approaching.
Image Crisis - What Do Employers Expect? By: Robin Ogden | - In today's competitive employment world most people are interested in "standing out" from the crowd. But, think again when it comes to the image you present to your prospective employer. What are they looking for? What does their culture support? Will the image you present blend in or standout, and which is best?
A Bad Career Is Like A Bad Relationship: Is It Time To Get Out? By: Carol McClelland | - Have you ever been in a bad relationship? You aren't happy. Your partner doesn't respect you. You can't do what you want for fear you'll be criticized. You feel stifled and stuck.
You dream of moving on, but you really don't want to leave because there's some comfort in the fact that you are familiar with your situation. Even if it's neither ideal nor pleasant, at least it's something!
Ten Signs That You Are Ready For A New Job Or Career By: Carol McClelland | - You've been in your job for a few years. You get a decent paycheck and your benefits are helpful. But you wonder if something's missing. You try to tell yourself you should be happy you have such a good job, but some days you have to face how unhappy you are at work.
Are you settling? Are you making do in a job that really isn't a very good fit for you?
Survivor Winner, Yul Kwon - $1 Million Richer...but Still Searching For His True Calling By: Carol McClelland | - Yul Kwon, the winner of the 13th season of Survivor, is quite accomplished. He's a graduate of UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Yale Law School. He's worked as a law clerk to a federal judge and as a legislative aide to Senator Joe Lieberman. Most recently he's worked as an independent business consultant and a business strategist at Google. Quite a resume for a 31 year old!
How To Find Your Dream Career By: Francois Botha | - Are you searching for your dream career? Have you gone through many bad jobs, and are finally getting tired of it? Do you just want to find a career that you like? If you answered yes to any of these questions you are in the same boat as a lot of people. The bottom line is that finding a career that you like is not always the easiest thing to do. Some people go through many careers before they finally find the one that is right for them. At the same time, there are many others who find their dre ... Tags:careers, jobs, career descriptions
