Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search

Katie only saw one way out: She had to quit.

However, in our conversation, I helped Katie see a multitude of options available. Yes, quitting may be one of the solutions, but in my years of coaching people through career changes, I've realized jumping jobs or industries isn't a catchall solution. In fact, many people end up right back in the same career dissatisfaction quickly after their move.

Some of the most common phrases I hear from clients include:

"I don't think I can go any further."

"I'm looking to be able to grow."

Or in Katie's specific case, "I'm a go-getter. I don't feel like I can go get 'em right now."

Maybe you can relate. You feel stuck, and you only see one way out.

Here are some key questions to consider before you jump ship.

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It's likely that you've experienced working in a role for a period of time, and then you get a new boss.

Many times, this can cause people to fear that change - unwanted change - is coming.

What doesn't usually happen, is that you take you take the role your new boss previously had.

But, this is exactly what Karen did. It started with her taking inventory of her strengths and assessing her options.

She realized that it was just a few small changes that could make a big difference in her career.

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Don't wait until you have "total understanding." Don't wait until you feel like you have a "perfect plan."

Right now, we want to encourage you to put your new knowledge to work.

Most people find success in ANY area of their lives — from career to health to relationships — by taking IMPERFECT action BEFORE you think you're ready, and then continue to make adjustments.

But what most people do instead is to wait. They think they're not ready. They make the challenge in front of them SO HUGE in their brains that it's nearly impossible to move forward!

Maybe you can relate.

We've put this 6 part audio course together as a guide to using your strengths to make a career pivot to work that makes you more happy more often.

If you haven't already, start with the first episode as each one builds on the previous episode to help you learn how you can make a career (and a life out of your strengths) and why many others have chosen to do the same thing.

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You know it's coming, but it still freezes you in your tracks like a deer in the headlights.

Maybe it's right after you sit down in the visitor's chair, across the desk from the interviewer.

Or maybe it's ten or fifteen minutes into your conversation- just when you start to think you might escape this time.

But then it hits you. The interviewer flips through your file, folds her hands on top of her desk, looks at you expectantly and says the words that strike fear in the hearts of every job-seeker:

"So…tell me about yourself."

We've put this 6 part audio course together as a guide to using your strengths to make a career pivot to work that makes you more happy more often.

If you haven't already, start with the first episode as each one builds on the previous episode to help you learn how you can make a career (and a life out of your strengths) and why many others have chosen to do the same thing.

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The more you know about what makes you truly happy and satisfied, the more you can bring it into your life.

Once you identify your strengths, you can identify what you want in your life. You can hone in on the types of activities you're best at and that make you happiest. Then you can work backwards from there to figure out the types of jobs where you can find those activities… and what types of companies hire for those jobs!

This is the opposite approach that 99% of the world takes. Most people look at what they think their options are and try to make the best of those. They make their own barriers and limits by not considering what they really want and instead focus on what they think is probable or possible.

Unintentionally limiting yourself in that way will also unintentionally limit your happiness!

We've put this 6 part audio course together as a guide to using your strengths to make a career pivot to work that makes you more happy more often.

If you haven't already, start with the first episode as each one builds on the previous episode to help you learn how you can make a career (and a life out of your strengths) and why many others have chosen to do the same thing.

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What the heck are Signature Strengths?

We've talked about how your signature strengths aren't just skills like, "I'm really good with Excel."

There's more to it: It's that intersection of things you're really, really good at with things you really, really love — combined with your experiences, disposition, and a few shakes of both nature and nurture.

"Signature Strengths are your unique combination of experiences, skills, knowledge and even the way you're wired. It's the stuff that makes you, you."

Often when you drill down to your signature strengths, these are the things you can't stop doing if you tried, you can't help it. Many times they come easy to you because you enjoy them and also you don't recognize them because you don't think that they're that big of a deal.

We've put this 6 part audio course together as a guide to using your strengths to make a career pivot to work that makes you more happy more often.

If you haven't already, start with the first episode as each one builds on the previous episode to help you learn how you can make a career (and a life out of your strengths) and why many others have chosen to do the same thing.

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It isn't just things you're good at, or things you've been praised for - although that's part of the equation. Instead, we see it as the intersection of two things:

Your strengths: what you can truly be great at — maybe even the best in the world if you spent the time and energy developing them!

And

Your passions: what you enjoy and love.

Then add in your skills, experiences, knowledge and predispositions… and voila! You've got YOUR "signature strengths."

We've put this 6 part audio course together as a guide to using your strengths to make a career pivot to work that makes you more happy more often.

If you haven't already, start with the first episode as each one builds on the previous episode to help you learn how you can make a career (and a life out of your strengths) and why many others have chosen to do the same thing.

Want to get a free cup of coffee on us? (HTYC was built on lots of coffee and early mornings)

Leave a review in Apple Podcasts (or your podcast player of choice) and email a screenshot of your review to [email protected].

To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast

Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Let's start with a question: Why do you care about your strengths?

Maybe you've spent time looking at job opportunities online, getting depressed at how few jobs you're qualified for, interested in, or willing to do for low pay. Or maybe you've recently had the realization that "this can't be all there is" to work

You might have even taken every assessment, personality test and quiz out there only to find out that you're still in the same place.

You, just like many of the people we work with, found out the hard way that the knowledge that being a "relator" or "achiever" or "learner" is interesting, but you still don't have a raise, a new career, or work that makes you happy.

We've put this 6 part audio course together as a guide to using your strengths to make a career pivot to work that makes you more happy more often.

If you haven't already, start with the first episode as each one builds on the previous episode to help you learn how you can make a career (and a life out of your strengths) and why many others have chosen to do the same thing.

Want to get a free cup of coffee on us? (HTYC was built on lots of coffee and early mornings)

Leave a review in Apple Podcasts (or your podcast player of choice) and email a screenshot of your review to [email protected].

To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast

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If you look into your past, you'll see many different experiences, from hobbies, volunteer work, to career experiences.

Many times, these different things may seem disconnected. They may even seem insignificant in the scope of your career.

But, the threads of your experiences come together to create the person you are. When you discover the connection between these threads, you can begin to identify these "secret" strengths that have always been in your life. When you know what these are, they help you unlock your ideal career.

Today, Jennifer Seaver Stokes shares how she followed the threads in her life, and they led to her ideal career.

To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast

Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over

https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/

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Big Decisions. You know how these work. Our brains usually fight us and want us to stay in our comfort zones.

Plus if you're like me you can turn nearly anything into logic. Yes I know that I'm not loving my work and my boss is a overbearing but there could be another opportunity 4 months from now.

Many people find themselves torn when it comes to staying in the same place vs. making a change.

They know and feel deep down inside that something isn't right, and they struggle with taking a chance to actually make a change in their career.

Why do we fight what we know to be true in our core?

We see how others reach their goals and we think we must follow in their footsteps to reach the same success.

But, the truth is: we don't have to follow them.

If you want to take more control of your career or you are about to have an awkward conversation with your boss, this episode is for you.

To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast

Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over

https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/

Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc