Secrets From a Coach -  Debbie Green & Laura Thomson's Podcast

186. Set a Skills Fit-Bit to Track and Empower Your Development


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This fourth episode in our Redefining Careers series looks at the benefit of reframing how we look at our day to day to track how we are developing our skills. Like how fitbit-type trackers have transformed how we view our daily physical activity through monitoring data e.g. step count, there is a parallel when we apply this to our professional activity. It enables us to view 'the hassle of having to walk up the stairs' to being of benefit to our body and therefore shifts our mindset in that moment which lifts our sense of wellbeing. 

Setting up a 'skills fit-bit' enables us to view 'the hassle of having to talk to all these stakeholders' to being of benefit to our career options and therefore shifts our mindset in that moment which lifts our sense of confidence and empowerment. Nothing complicated - simply taking a fortnightly check-in on your skills-count and a quarterly check-in on your skills/time priorities can transform how we view our current day to day. Sometimes the benefit of the difficult work days are not realised until years later when we see how useful that skill or experience was in enabling us. 

Curious? Check out our relevant episodes:

Ep.154 Supercharge Your Development With a PDP  (a practical how-to)
Ep.167 Keeping Optimistic During Challenge
Ep. 162. Owning Your Success Story
Ep.155 When Familiarity Breeds Contempt - Keeping The Spark In Long Service

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