Gold Nugget Coaching

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There are many factors that determine work satisfaction. Overriding all of them is the path you choose to follow, whether it’s the “traditional” career path (which, as described in previous posts, other experts consider to be obsolete), or one of the life style paths I’ve mentioned: a Professional’s Path or a Service Path. (If you’re clinging to the obsolete notion of career, I suggest that you read this series from the start in case you’ve just dropped in to this post.)

Getting clear about this overriding choice of path and how it fits into your life will pay off for you whether you’re doing goal setting for your life and/or career, considering a career change, or perhaps working on a personal mission statement.

So before you start your job skills list, or take that “perfect job quiz,” or peruse the “top jobs in the usa,” my advice is this: get clear about your path.

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Most people who are dedicated CareerBuilders will benefit by re-framing their roles in the workplace to better deal with its new realities. Thus, for example, instead of pursuing a career path that may no longer exist (the traditional concept of “career”), you may want to get clear about your path in terms of following a Professional’s Path or a Service Path—as I described in the previous posting here. But before we talk more about the details of the paths, let’s take a little detour and talk about a related concept.

It’s not so clear to me that you choose a path, but rather that a path may choose you. Let me explain.

I’ve observed in my life coaching and career change coaching that with many people, a career calling comes into play.  I’ve seen this again and again with people who participate in my life- and career-coaching workshops. The other thing that I’ve observed is that a career calling can be very subtle.

So let’s talk about this concept of “career calling”. . . .

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“Career is dead? “That can’t be,” you may say. “And I can prove it because with one click of my mouse and some  keystrokes I can go to careerbuilders.com or monster.com. And they’ve invested a fortune in helping CareerBuilders like me. They have career links all over their sites.”

Well, let’s set aside for a moment the possibility that their businesses may be built on a concept that’s first and foremost designed to generate profits (for them). Instead, let’s consider the question, “Is career as an institution dead?”

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Last time I showed you how to spot your “life-limiting negative self assessments that drag you down.” They are a form of self-sabotage that can get in the way of your career advancement, erode job satisfaction, deepen middlescence doldrums and, in fact, undermine every aspect of your life.

If you’re thinking, “That’s not me, I don’t do that.” Perhaps you don’t. But if that’s the case, you’d be defying the odds and about 3,000 years of evolution!

So let’s look at how you can deal with the potentially devastating effects of negative self assessments.

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Welcome to the sixth and final part of this series on how to take better control of your life and career through the art of making powerful offers.

With just a bit more work, you can bring forth an offer that makes sense to your listener. Even beyond making sense, you have the opportunity to craft an offer that is productive AND tempting to them.

So now let’s take this through the final steps  . . .

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