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

Bert Purdy talks to us about why he loves his work and how you can too. 

Bert works in the financial sector as a CPA and also runs a blog called the intentionalemployee.com

How do you Figure out what you should do. Mark and Scott tackle this question one step at a time with an episode on Strengths. 

What are true strengths and signature strengths and how do you figure them out for yourself. 

Find out here in this episode of Happen to Your Career

Matt Shoup was born an entrepreneur. At the energetic and determined age of 9, Matt started his own neighborhood lawn mowing and snow shoveling business. From there he peddled candy out of his middle school locker, only to have that business shut down by the school.  Matt founded M & E Painting with the last $100 he had to spare. In a few short years, Matt grew M & E Painting to a multi-million dollar company. Matt is a keynote speaker and coach and has spoken to thousands of international youth and entrepreneurial groups in English and Spanish. “Become An Award Winning Company”, Matt’s first book, was published in 2011 and Matt has plans to release a second book in 2014. Matt finds great joy in spending time with his wife and two children.

"I'm not where I thought I'd be at this point in my life. I thought I'd be farther along. I thought I'd have a better job, a nicer house. I'd be respected in my field…and now I'm not working in the field I thought I would be!"

"I'm just too busy to chase my dreams…there's no way that I could ever start doing what I really want to do, I have too many responsibilities, too many bills."

"Even if I knew where to start, I couldn't possibly chase after my dreams–it wouldn't be responsible! My spouse and children are counting on me! It's just not possible to do what I love to do–no one ever really gets to do what they love doing."

"My life's pretty good. I should just be grateful for all that I have! At least I have a job! It's selfish and foolish to think that I could ever actually achieve those dreams I had when I was younger…"

• Reconnect with your passions and dreams and learn the questions to ask yourself to narrow down what you really want to be doing.

• Learn to recognize, confront and overcome the mental roadblocks that we all face when chasing our dreams and goals.

• Take control of your personal development and leverage your experiences to get promotions, secure a new job and transition into work the work you were born to do.

How do you pursue what you really want to do without dropping everything and irresponsibly chasing after your dreams? Mark and Scott discuss the use of projects to make career transitions and go after what you really want. 

Lots of cake AND eating it too in this episode about Project: Success. 

http://happentoyourcareer.com/projectsuccess/

Author, Speaker, Radical Career Coach, Green Juice Expert, World Traveler Farnoosh Brock is back on the show with Mark and Scott. Her first visit was episode 2 but this time she is back to talk about advancing your career through an employer mindset 

What you learn in this episode

• What is an employer mindset?
• Why is having an employer mindset important?
• Why is it important for me for my company to recognize that I have an employer mindset?
• What percentage of people actually have the employer mindset?
• If I don't know what my leaders are saying about me, how do I find out?
• What are some things I can do to impact what they are saying?
• As you implement this mindset and begin to advance in your career, how do you maintain relationships with coworkers you pass up?
• What if I don't see the value in this idea?

http://happentoyourcareer.com/farnooshbrockbonus

Jo Casey's motto is 'Work Happy'. As a coach, trainer, blogger and podcaster, she help people beat stress by building their resilience – so they can LOVE their work.  Jo shows folks practical ways to increase their resilience, reconnect with their purpose and rediscover the joy in their working life.  Jo is the host of The Work Happy Podcast.  In this interview, Jo and Scott talk about how to find happiness in their work.

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