Gold Nugget Coaching

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You’re working hard in your current job and, at the same time, trying to plan your future. Maybe you’re thinking about a potential career change. Or maybe you have “layoff aversion” and would be comforted by having a sense of what the future might bring in your current occupation.

As I noted in the last post, regardless of where you are in your career or what experience and skills you have, there are market forces at work in the job arena that are beyond your control. And whether or not you’ve experienced a layoff yourself, we all know it’s not the most pleasant of experiences.

Your best insurance against the effects of market forces and/or a layoff is to be proactive in designing your future, rather than just waiting for it to show up.

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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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Even as they declare that career as an institution is dead (as described in the last posting), Fernando Flores, John Gray, and Professor Denning also talk about the good news: a more effective concept of career is emerging that involves life “styles.” It’s important and empowering for all CareerBuilders to be aware of these styles.

Why? Because these styles can help you to clarify your goals and to see new possibilities that are open to you. Then you can put search tools like careerbuilders.com and monster.com to work for you in the best possible ways to achieve your goals.

For example, when you take that “perfect job quiz” or look at the “100 top jobs” or the “top jobs in the US” available on those websites, you’ll be able to interpret the results and resources in ways that are truly valuable for you.

So what are these life styles? . . .

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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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