A few words on career transitions (mine & maybe yours)


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Curly Hair | Straight Talk

I know a few things about career transitions.

I made two before I turned 50.

But I’ll slow down and start from the beginning.

ACT I

I landed a job as a marketing research analyst the month after finishing my bachelor's degree at Villanova. My first boss still remembers what I wore to my interview: a black and white checkered suit with sunshine yellow accents and a matching headband to tame my curls.

It’s a miracle she hired me in that getup, but she did, and my career in business was born.

Over a decade later, I was working for a Fortune 500 firm in a building overlooking the Statue of Liberty. It was a seemingly enviable situation, but it wasn’t working for me. Unlike most of my colleagues, I wasn’t motivated by money or promotions, and I wasn’t passionate about increasing revenue and profits.

ACT II

As I contemplated plans for my Plan B, I came to this conclusion: I love deep, honest conversations and helping people reach their goals. And with this, I decided to become a psychotherapist.

For eight years, I held onto my business job while seeing patients in the evenings. Then another reckoning came: I was still shackled to a full-time job that left me uninspired for one reason. I was too scared to let go of a steady paycheck and benefits.

ACT III

Years earlier I’d thought about becoming a professional coach. It was the perfect way to blend my knowledge of human behavior and psychology with my business acumen.

Now the vision was clear: by adding a leadership and career coaching practice to my work as a therapist, I could kiss my 9-to-5 goodbye for good.

BACKSTAGE

What does any of that have to do with you? Probably nothing.

I share it because people considering a career transition are interested in my story. This is what I tell them: It's not my story that matters. It's yours.

My primary job as a coach is seeing what my clients can’t see about themselves--the story hiding backstage. I help them uncover how that stuff is holding them back from what they want.

CURTAIN CALL

But there is another role I have which is sharing information that can benefit my clients.

If you've been dreaming of a career change, this is for you:

Forget the P word. You don’t need PASSION to find your next role. Promise.
You’re scared, whether you know it or not. (It’s better to know it.)
Don't just think about the type of work you want to do. Being happy in a job is an amalgamation of multiple factors like where and how you work, who you work with, if you have to travel or schmooze, etc. Zoom out for better focus.
You're liming yourself if you only search open job postings. Let go of the training wheels. Expand your vision.
Allow yourself to know the hopes, dreams, and desires you’ve hidden backstage. I uncover them in every complimentary coaching session I have, so trust me when I say they are there, and they're waiting to be found.

Want some help discovering them?

Find me in my Act III.

Book a free coaching session here:

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