Your Marvelous New Career

Your Marvelous New Career

How to craft and carry out a successful career change (even if you think you’re only good at one thing!)

© 2015 Light Yourself Up, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

http://www.lightyourselfup.com/


This is for you if…

You are tired of being stuck in a job you don’t like

You know there has got to be a better way of working

You are plagued by fear of the unknown

You are having trouble finding the courage to make the leap

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What we’ll cover

• Figuring out what you want to do with your life

• Can you really make a great living doing what you love?

• What you need to do to get from where you are to having a career and lifestyle that you love

• Why most people don΄t follow their dreams, and how you can avoid this trap

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My many exit strategies


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Do you need an exit strategy?

Are you feeling…

• Stuck?

• Trapped?

• Insecure?

• Demotivated?

• Overwhelmed?

• Out of balance?

• Like you΄ve lost your spark?

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Figuring out what comes next

Strengthswww.viacharacter.org

www.strengthsfinder.com

What have people told you you΄re good at?

What do you think you΄re good at?


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PassionsThink of a time when you were so engrossed in an activity that you lost track of time. What were you doing?

What would you be doing if money was no object?

ExperiencesWhat training and/or qualifications do you have?

What work experience do you have?

What volunteer experience do you have?

What life experience do you have?

Strengths

ExperiencesPassions

Bringing it all together


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Your ideal career

Set a goal – make it SMART


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Yeah, but… Can I really make a living from it?


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“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again.”

- Steve Jobs

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Immersing yourself in your new life


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• Blogs

• Books

• Podcasts

• Professional associations

• Community groups

Take action toward your goal EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

Practical planning

Depending on your goal, you may need:

• Personal financial planning

• Business planning

• Timeline planning: www.lightyourselfup.com/tools

• Communication planning

• Contingency planning


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Any plan needs a RISK ASSESSMENT:

Consequence

Likelihood

What will you let go?


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Developing healthy habits


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Quality Rest

Nutrition

Activity

The #1 barrier to success


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Perceived threats to our needs


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Which door will you open?


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Resources & ToolsFree

Light Yourself Up Blog

www.lightyourselfup.com

UnStuckable Podcast

www.unstuckable.co

VIA Character Strengths Survey www.viacharacter.org

Premium

Personal coaching to figure out your ideal career

www.lightyourselfup.com

The Last 120 Days – online coaching program to help make your ideal career a reality

www.thelast120days.com


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http://www.unstuckable.co/

http://www.viacharacter.org/


http://www.thelast120days.com/

The Last 120 Days Commit to going all in with your

marvelous career

Create your exit strategy

Assess your risks so you go in with your eyes wide open

Create your new identity

Manage your lizard brain so you can go through with it

Start living your new life!


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