Career

Get the support you deserve

Essential to your success is to guarantee that you have the resources and support you need to get into action on achieving your dreams and making them reality.  Before you go to your partner, family or friends, ask yourself "Will they truly support me in my commitment to realising my dreams?" Often the people in our immediate social environment care deeply for us.  They don’t want to see us fail and try hard to protect us.  They may unintentionally sabotage your intention to create your perfect career or encourage you to give up when you meet the first hurdle.

If you find that your current support network is not up to the task of helping you realise your goals, seek your support elsewhere.  You may want to join a discussion forum where you can find like minded people all working to pursue their dreams.  If you can't find one - start your own.  You'd be surprised at how many people are in the same boat as you.

Or better yet... join our Career Clarity Action Program to get the support, feedback and clarity you need to ensure that you succeed at realising your dreams.  My team and I are 100% committed to supporting you and our goal is to help you turns your dreams into actionable goals and help you realise your perfect vision of your authentic career. 

To read more about the program, click here…

Evaluate the Business reality of your vision

If you've been following these tips and doing the suggested exercises, you will now have a clear picture of your values, purpose, environment, and vision.  To ensure you become successful in your work, you need to evaluate the business reality of your dream.

I have coached many entrepreneurs who leave their day job with the hope of living their dreams.  They wish to create the perfect career and drop everything to pursue it.  Sadly, they fail.  Why?  Because they haven’t checked the reality or feasibility of their dream.  They've taken a big leap without looking first where they will land.

Failing in the pursuit of one's dream can be devastating. You have given “everything” -- your passion, your energy, your financial security -- and the success is not there.  What else to do but go back to the day job... where you will feel even more dissatisfied as it is not the career of your dreams.

Prepare yourself by evaluating if you would have a reasonable chance to pursue your dream.  If you find that you need to add skills, experience, knowledge... then do it!  Find a way to grow and improve yourself so you can make your dream come true. 

By evaluating the business reality you don’t give up your dream!  You pave the way to your success by some extra preparation for it!

I invite you to book a collaborative interview to help you determine the reality of your dreams.

Create your compelling vision

eA few days ago, I asked you to visualise your ideal work environment.  Today, I'm going to ask you to write down a vision of the work you want to do.  Not just picturing where you work now and what you would change about that environment but really focusing on your ideal career. 

If money were not a consideration, what work would you do?  What would make you jump out of bed in the morning excited to start your day?  Consider the values that your employer would have and the environment you would like to work in.  Think outside the box of expectations and what you think is possible when you do this.  Perhaps you would like to work in a corporate culture that values philanthropy or the enviroment or capitalism? 

For this exercise, use all your senses and be sure to write your vision down using descriptive, colourful words.  It is this vision that will carry you forward and allow you to create your authentic career.  Connect the vision to your heart - as that is where your true passion lies.

Now: What first measurable action step can you take today that will move you closer to your vision?

Value your Life and work experiences

Your previous employment holds another key to your career satisfaction.  Think about your former work.  When you were there, what worked?  What happened when you felt great?  What ingredients contributed to your success?

Then think about what didn’t work?  How did you feel about your employment?  Did you take on tasks that were not within your Brilliance zone? 

And most importantly: why did you leave?  For some, a change in employment is not about financial gain but job satisfaction and fulfillment.

Outside of the office, it helps also to examine your leisure time and the interests and passions you pursue.  Our passions are an important clue to what we want to focus more on in the future.

Be picky about your work environment!

Visualisation is a very important key to attracting and designing your ideal work environment.

Imagine yourself working in your desired environment.  Mmmm, what is it you see? Smell? Hear? Picture yourself moving, talking, laughing, working around the office... what is important or significant about the place you choose to spend your time in? Is it a big or small office? Is it indoor or outdoor? Would you have contact with people or work alone? Are you dressed in a suit or is it more casual. Do you have an office or are you in a cubby?

Write down your vision about how you want your dream work environment to be like.

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This exercise will help you determine where you would be at your best.

Now, what small change can you make where you work now to help you get closer to that vision? Even a minor change would have a great impact on how you feel about your workplace. While it may not be possible to secure an office if you work in a cubby - what can you do to personalise your space? Or if you're in an office and desire more contact with others, what change can you make to invite more people into your space?

Stay clear in your values

Your work must meet your most important personal values. If it doesn’t, you will end up burned out, stressed and tired.

Take time and write down your personal values, that you honour and respect. Then, compare your list with how you feel in your workplace or if you're self-employed, how you feel about your work. 

Answer the following questions:

• What is most important to you?
• Why do you work?
• What do you want to get out of your work?

Get clear about what’s important to you and you'll be sure to make your career shine!

Focus on Your Brilliance

What is it you do when you feel happy, fulfilled, passionate and times just fly? This is often something you do that comes so naturally to you that you take it for granted. You think that it’s easy for anybody to do it, you don’t see any special talent needed to do it. One clue is that you often get angry or irritated with others as they take “years” to complete what takes you only a “second”.

When you work from your brilliance and strength you will suddenly notice that times has passed unnoticed, you feel as being in the “flow”.

What is your brilliance?

Here are some questions to help get started:

1. What is it you do when times just fly?

2. What comes naturally to you?

3. What would you say is your unique strength?

4. What do people give you compliment for?

5. What of all this do you thoroughly LOVE?

Share your brilliance with the world!

Clear Old Beliefs!

What did you learn about work and money when you grew up? Maybe you was told the "money doesn't grown on trees" and "you have to work hard for the money"? Or that work is not fun, fun is for "after work"...?

Well, these believes don't serve you anymore. To open up to a new level of prosperity you must challenge your old beliefs and habits.

Here are some questions to answer:

• What did you hear about work and money when you grew up?
• What belief do you hold about work and fun, leisure and enjoyment?
• Is there a new thought around work and money that you feel would serve you better?
• What is your biggest fear about work and income?

Be curious! You may find that some of your thoughts are not really yours. They may be your parents... Or, the fear about not earning enough may belong to your partner, not to you... Is there a healthier, more energizing and creative thought and belief you would like to hold instead?

Take your time! Good Luck!

Align With Your Life Purpose

Look at your work in a bigger perspective. What are you here on this planet to do? When you know your purpose, you have a benchmark for all decisions. You will use your purpose as your check board. If you are going to take on tasks that are not in line with your bigger perspective, ask yourself what your motive for doing it is.

Knowing your purpose makes life so much easier. You know your direction, you are clear in what you want to do.

Today, ask yourself the following:

• Is there a cause or value you are "burning" for? Is there something you feel very engaged in? (Like saving the rain forests, saving kids and women from trafficking, inspire self confidence in people...)
• What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?
• What is the one thing you feel you want to bring to people / or the world?

Check in on the Career Clarity program starting soon.  Read more here

Go For Your Passion!

For you to thrive in your career you must love what you're working with. What do you feel passionate about? What do you love spending your time on? When your days are used up on work that doesn't energize you, you will end up drained and tired.

Here are a few questions to help you clarify what you feel passionately passionate about:

• Think of what you do today. On a scale from 0 - 100, where 0 is "kill me now" and 100 is "WOW!!", where would you find you are?
• What do you love doing? This may be at work or at leisure time. Just answer the question, what do you LOVE spending your time on?
• What would create the 100% WOW in your work? What needs to be added? Or taken away? If you come to 98%, then see what would add the extra 2% so you reach the 100%?
• What action can you take today that would help you come closer to the 100%?

Good Luck!