If it’s time to make a change to your career path, you probably know it. The question is, how can you make it a positive change? In this clip, I’ll outline some important considerations.
When you want to make a positive change on your career path, it’s easy to simply assume it’s time to start looking for a new job.
I’ve had clients call me in tears, ready to walk into the boss’s office and quit on the spot. Of course, that is never a good way to leave a job!
The Journey of Positive Change
It’s actually not ideal to think about leaving an unsatisfactory job or changing your career path until you have done some serious self inquiry.
There is often a journey to go through before you even know what your next best step should be.
And if you neglect to do the work to figure that out, you will likely be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. I’ve seen it happen many times.
I coach clients who desire positive change through a process of self discovery.
I want them to know what their truth is, and what their needs are for the current chapter of their life before they even begin to seek a new career path.
We have different needs and priorities at different times in our lives.
The things we consider important in our twenties are not the same things we consider important in our forties and fifties, and beyond.
And that’s okay.
It’s normal to evolve and change over the course of our lives.
Pitfalls and Priorities on Your Career Path
One thing that can impede this discovery process is looking for solutions in the opinions or behaviors of others.
It is rarely, if ever, constructive to compare your career path to someone else’s.
No one has the same combination of goals, aspirations, lifestyle, skills, and talents that you do.
And no one else’s opinion is relevant to your career path choices.
YOU have to make those choices based on your personal (and current) needs and desires.
This is why I place a big emphasis on inner work in my coaching practice.
It’s the only way to identify the habits and patterns that impede the process of growth and positive change.
Often these habits and patterns are no longer serving our best interests, even though they may have at some point in the past.
Inner work is just as important as outer work, which includes tangible actions such as researching and networking.
These two make up what I call the secret sauce of coaching.
Together they help clients uplevel themselves in ways that allow them to create the positive change they are looking for.
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