The Career Builder's Podcast

How to Choose Your Next Career Move

Feeling stuck in your career? Here are the questions you need to ask yourself to get your professional life rolling (again).

Topics Covered

Stephen Covey - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Habit #2 - start with the end in mind - https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits.html
What would people say about you at your funeral
When you're 80 years old what would allow you to look back and say I had an amazing career
Life is like writing a book - what do you want that book to be about?
Take steps forward, like writers block
There are benefits to taking jobs to move forward, and value in making a more conscious choice
Using a decision matrix to make career decisions
Passion is something you cultivate, requires discovery
How to create your own decision matrix
3 ways to think about things: logic, intuition, emotion - https://www.ipeccoaching.com/
Intuition and emotion are the inner guides
"Should" is an alarm bell, bring awareness to using this; "Want to" is more powerful
Values and motivation are highly linked
Book: The Secret to Selling Anything - Harry Browne - Our values are what make us happy, and our motivations are the things that we'll do to attain that happiness.
Patterns from past decisions and decision influencers: "Who wants you to be a doctor?"
How to pull the trigger on a great job offer "What's holding you back?"
We underestimate ourselves, refuse to step into the powers we have
Your path will change as you grow up, your values and motivations will change, important to have the framework to be able to make decisions regardless of the stage