Earthquake

There is so much change happening in the world right now. It feels like a major earthquake has happened and now we are all looking around and figuring out how to rebuild. Even in terms of job loss, I can’t tell you how many people I have talked to recently that have lost their jobs or are in fear of losing their jobs. I equate it to an earthquake because when even the ground beneath you is shaking, you don’t know what you can count on. Everything feels so uncertain.

 

But I can’t help to believe that everything happens for a reason. That there are certain decisions that we don’t make ourselves and the universe makes them for us. For example, being unhappy in a job but staying in it anyway. Wanting to get out of a relationship but staying in it because it’s comfortable and easy. There are so many decisions that we avoid making due to fear of the unknown. And then one day, the universe forces us to make a change. And that’s what it feels like is happening now.  Our ground is shaking and foundations are falling. But when you take a step back and look at it from a different perspective, look at the possibilities for rebuilding. We now have a chance to recreate our realities to be anything we want them to be. It is a fresh start.

 

What is possible for you right now? What changes can you make? What will you do to make the most of it?

 

 

If you are going through a job change or are thinking about it, I have created a self-guided Career Change Workbook that you can download as a pdf. In this workbook you will find different exercises that help you to get clear on what type of work would be most fulfilling for you. People underestimate how much it affects your life when you are unhappy in your job, please take this opportunity to take the time to be really strategic in what work would make you happy.

 

The workbook includes exercises such as:

1.    Career Assessment Questions

2.    Ideal Job Exercise

3.    Strengths Finder

4.    SMART Goal Creation

5.    Resume Writing Tips

6.    Recommended Reading List

To download the Career Change Workbook for $15.95, click on the below link:

http://tinyurl.com/CareerChange

 

Feel free to contact me with any questions or to just bounce ideas off of me.

Career Change Workbook

A question that I am often asked is “How can I make a career change during such turbulent economic times?” While it is true that the state of the economy is extremely fragile, I also believe that the way out of this is to do work that we are passionate about. When we love what we do, we are more productive and have a true vested interest in the outcome of our work.

 

There are many out there who would say that to have job satisfaction right now is a luxury. They say that we should all be happy just to have a job. But what if going to work is draining you of your energy and only contributing to your stress and unhappiness? I believe there must be a better way to live. Who knows how long we will be in this economic slump? If you can find another job that you are happy in, isn’t that worth it?

 

In response to this, I have created a self-guided Career Change Workbook that you can download as a pdf. In this workbook you will find different exercises that help you to get clear on what type of work would be most fulfilling for you. It includes exercises such as:

 

 

1.    Career Assessment Questions

2.    Ideal Job Exercise

3.    Strengths Finder

4.    SMART Goal Creation

5.    Resume Writing Tips

6.    Recommended Reading List

 

 

 

For $15.95, you will be on your way to transitioning into a more fulfilling and successful career!

 

 

To download the Career Change Workbook, click on the below link:

http://tinyurl.com/CareerChange

 

Feel free to contact me with any questions or to just bounce ideas off of me.

 

Looking forward to hearing your success stories!

 

Reflective Questions for 2008

 

As we approach the end to another year, I thought it would be beneficial to send out some questions to reflect on the year we’ve had. Try to go somewhere quiet and write out the answers to the below questions:

 

1.    What are you most proud of in the last year?

2.    If there were a newspaper headline describing this past year for you, what would it say?

3.    What unfinished business do you want to resolve before the year end and when will you do it? (i.e. lingering relationships, apologies, goals yet to achieve)

4.    When were you most excited about life in this past year? What were you doing? Who were you with?

5.    Looking back, what would you have done differently in 2008?

6.    Who most inspired you and why?

7.    What new dream for yourself did you achieve?

8.    Where did you let fear hold you back from a goal you had?

9.    What was boring to you this year that you hope to change for next year?

10.  On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied are you with each area of your life in the past year?

Health ___

Career___

Money/Finances___

Significant Other/Romance___

Friends___

Family___

Physical Environment___

Fun & Recreation___

Personal/Spiritual Growth___

Self Image___

Knowledge___

 

Next year will be a very exciting one for me as we are expecting a little boy in February! I am sure that the experience will stretch me in ways that I didn’t know were possible. I am looking forward to sharing my experiences and continuing to stretch all of you to achieve things that you didn’t know were possible.

 

Wishing you all a warm and wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year!

What Are You So Worried About?

I’m a worrier. Always have been. Hoping to not always be. My mom used to always say to me when I was little, “What are you so worried about?” In my head I thought there are a million things to worry about! How could you not? I have found that over the years, the worrying has subsided the more that I have learned that there is so much in life that I cannot control. And then the other day I came across this quote that I found very thought provoking.

“It is reported that more than 90% of what we worry about never happens. That means that our negative worries have less than a 10% chance of being correct. If this is so, isn’t being positive more realistic than being negative? Think about your own life. I’ll wager that most of what you worry about never happens. So are you being realistic when you worry all the time? No!”

~ Susan Jeffers Quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

So my question to you is, what are you so worried about?

Exposed

This past week I’ve talked with a lot of people about their fear of being vulnerable. It is usually associated with dating or being in a relationship but I find that it relates to a lot of areas of people’s lives. When we allow ourselves to be vulnerable, we are exposing ourselves. The protective armor comes off, the swords are dropped and there we are, fully exposed. Most of us don’t ever allow ourselves to do that because what if we get hurt? Or what if someone laughs in our face when they see us for who we really are? And so we keep the armor on and we march ahead with the swords held strongly in front of us. Sure, a few of us sometimes maybe lower the sword and think that is “exposing” ourselves enough, allowing others in. But is it really?And doesn’t it get heavy and cumbersome to walk around with all of that heavy armor on? It’s exhausting. What if you could stand free to the world and say, this is who I am, bumps and bruises and all? When in fact it’s those very bumps and bruises that you learn from and become a better person for it. But if you have all of that armor on, you’ll never learn those lessons.

This week, I challenge you to take it all off (metaphorically speaking of course – this is not that kind of blog:)). Whether it be in your dating life where you have been hiding out or in a job that you have been afraid to go for, whatever it is, try throwing it all to the side and feel the liberation. You might just find that you are welcomed with open arms more than you ever would have been.