Career Change Advice: Don’t Believe The Lies!
July 7, 2010 by Charlene · Leave a Comment
The Best Career Change Advice I ever heard was: Change your Environment, get a self-education and consistently and actively recall all the successful events you’ve ever done. This is the first in a three part series about the lies we hold on to and treasure, even if it’s not helping us get ahead. Be sure [...]
Practical Career Change Advice|Pursue Lasting Happiness
June 30, 2010 by Charlene · Leave a Comment
Changing Careers when you get right down to it is about happiness. It’s really about a new income level, new status, new hours. It’s all in the hope that life would get better. That you would be happier. Happiness and its pursuit is a life time work. Will the new car, or the flat screen [...]
Career Assessments – Who Needs Them? And Why?
Career Assessments have long been the foundation of choosing careers. The reliance on these tests can sometimes be over-emphasized and the results -misleading. One bad mood or bad day could change the results unintentionally. Even over thinking the answers could lead you the wrong way. I’ve provided 4 assessments for you to choose from. Mostly [...]
Dream Career -Are you Rationalizing (Ration-a-lying) It Away?
June 16, 2010 by Charlene · 3 Comments
Do you rationalize Your Dream Career Away? How often have you gotten a good idea only to be explained away by “reasonable and valid” excuses? Have you not taken action on that deeply embedded inclination you’ve been feeling? While in La Jolla, CA on a training conference, I learned a thing or two about rational-lying. [...]
Are you going to die today? (Because of Your Job)
June 7, 2010 by Charlene · Leave a Comment
It’s Monday morning and according to a 2005 study in the European Journal of Epidemiology you’re more likely to have a heart attack today than any other day this week. It could be your job to blame. Research shows conclusively the most common day for heart attacks is Monday. Statistics spike on Monday mornings, in [...]
Practical Career Change Advice: Develop Gratitude
May 31, 2010 by Charlene · 3 Comments
Memorial Day provides a gentle reminder to remember the good. At the heart of this holiday is the need for gratitude. Gratitude for what was, what is and what will be. If we have family or friends in the armed forces of the US we’ll express thanks for their service today. But what about your [...]
Practical Career Change Advice for Military Personnel
May 30, 2010 by Charlene · 2 Comments
Memorial Day reminds us of the many men and women who sacrifice their lives for our freedoms. Yet there are many who return home and need our support as they transition from military life to civilian life. Many members of the armed forces often need career change support as they try to identify suitable career [...]
Career Freedom isn’t Free….
May 29, 2010 by Charlene · Leave a Comment
Career freedom isn’t free. Someone paid a high price so you can have the ability to do whatever you wanted to do. To dream, to dare, to live. I was reminded of this truth last week. At a conference I attended one of the participants shared with us the good news that her son was [...]
Career Change Journey (Doesn’t Require 3000 miles)
May 28, 2010 by Charlene · 2 Comments
What causes some people to pursue their career change dreams while others are content to dream? I don’t claim to know all the answers but I suspect it’s for the pursuit of purpose. To fulfill the need to belong to something greater than oneself. It is this pursuit that is the foundation of achieving job [...]
Changing Careers? Do It On A Budget.
May 25, 2010 by Charlene · 2 Comments
Want a new job but really not looking forward to starting over? Why? Is it because you’re worried about the possible loss of earnings? If you are worried, the best way to conquer this fear is to plan. Career change does not happen over night. It takes time to discover what you want. It takes [...]
