Is There A Secret To Career Change Success?

Is there a magic bullet for experiencing success when you change careers?  Is there something you can do to increase your chances of success? There is actually ONE thing you can start doing today to help you secure your success spot when you change careers. Want to know the secret? Grow Your Self Confidence!

Is it important what other people think of you?

Do you struggle to recover from a mistake / failure?

Then you probably suffer from low-confidence and may have missed out on many career change opportunities life had to offer. Begin to follow the tips outlined in this article to grow your self-confidence and improve your chances of success.

Don’t think for a moment that your lack of motivation at work is enclosed in a vacuum. If you’re missing job satisfaction then you’re probably missing life satisfaction. When you fix your self confidence, your natural ability, talents, strengths, gifts and passions are able to shine. Not sure what your PASSION is? Then be sure to contact me today for a journey that takes you to YOUR PASSION and the life you deserve. It would be better, if you want to increase your chances of success, then confront the limits you’ve allowed to keep you boxed in, and search for ways to overcome them consistently, it is only then you give yourself a real chance of achieving success.  Ignoring your constraints or limitations is never a good idea because they only limit you and your life.  “Wherever you go, there you are”.

Maximize Your Potential

Assessments Don’t Help! They give you an “idea” of your potential

DISC, Myers Briggs and other personality based assessments provide useful information to describe the quality or state of your “being” as a person but it doesn’t really direct your personal growth. Marcus Buckingham and the highly popularized “Play to your Strengths” movement has given the Strengths theory a powerful tool for helping us to find our gifts, develop them and use them for the greater good.

But knowing “who” you are or staying within your “strengths zone” does not let you know which “behaviors” you need to change for you to live a life of passion, purpose and greater fulfillment. Because talent and skill could only take you so far: Practice does not make perfect, it only makes you BETTER.

What DO I DO?

Confidence is the Difference that makes THE DIFFERENCE in your life and the way it goes. It helps you take the action your heart is calling for and taking the career path based on your passions and interests. To improve your confidence here’s the simple key: Focus on the ONE thing that’s holding you back, which if you work on it, will give you the biggest pay off. Take time to discover where it came from? Find the root and pull it up. Now this is a process so don’t expect your confidence level to boost in 2 days. Why? Because you’ve probably spent a life time living with these limits, and they’re strongly attached to loads of emotional stories, so they’re not going to fall off immediately.

GROW Your Confidence in 5 Steps:

1.    Ask yourself “What BEHAVIOR do I need to change?”

2.    Then ask “How do I change them?” If you’re struggling with this question ask a friend, mentor or coach but whatever you do, answer the question.

3.    Make a list of your strengths and review daily.

4.    When something unforeseen or sad happens change your vocabulary to “There’s nothing I can do about it at this point, so I’m not going to lose sight of the meaning in a present XYZ event.”

5.    At the end of the day, write down the thoughts you’re having about your self and watch the progression over time. If you’re trending toward the negative, repeat steps #1, 2 and 3.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.  ~Michael Jordan

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This post was written by Charlene Nora, your Career Change Mentor and Profit From Your Passions Coach on 06/06/2011.