About this episode
This is an episode for you if you’ve been laid off or are feeling stuck and want work that feels more aligned and on purpose for you! This is an invitation to rethink and reimagine what other possibilities can exist for you. We all come to a point in our career where we either are forced to or deeply desire to reinvent our career and it takes a lot of courage to ask the questions, look deeper, and dig for new direction options and answers. No story is the same and it’s hard when no one can give you an exact ready made answer. The steps you’ll hear shared in this episode are designed to get you closer to your unique answers, the key will be devoting a little bit of time and attention to go through them. So let’s go, here’s a plan broken down into days: Day 1 Design a vision for your future work and career. Just like companies devote the time to craft their future vision and future of work projects, do it for yourself! Day 2 Think about and write down everything you devote your free time to, what topics do you watch YouTube, TikTok or IG videos and posts about, what do you research online, what do you read books about, what do you do in your free time, what do you talk to your friends about, everything counts and nothing is too silly to make the list. Day 3 Write down what your ideal work day/week looks like. Where do you want to work, with who, what hours, who are your clients, wake up to sleep - what are you doing? Day 4 What do you know you no longer care to do? What do you want to rebel against? What do you actually DO want to do? Day 5 Ask 3-5 people who know you well - close friends, people who have been mentors or have worked with you in a meaningful capacity. What do they think are your strengths, what would they come to you for, what do they see as a good work option for you? Sometimes we’re just too close to see it clearly ourselves. Listen to the interview with Ryan Kelly https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/career-in-technicolor/id1584835608?i=1000701718377 Day 6 Get clear on your natural strengths, what are the strongest functions of how your mind naturally sees, engages with, and interacts with the world, the day to day events, information and people. What are your strongest filters of how you wake up and see the world? Here’s a past episode example of select personality aspect and strength analysis: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/career-in-technicolor/id1584835608?i=1000697628198 I’d love to hear what new insights and AHAs came through after going through these questions? Also what work related topics are on top of your mind right now or what guests would you love to hear from? Support the show