[Creating Your Career Path] Stay On Track in 2009 - Your Money. Your Career. Your Life.

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From Career Coach Hallie Crawford MA, CPCC	February 2009
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In this issue Personal Note & Life Lesson: You and Your Money - Make Your Relationship Work Career Corner Article: 10 Professional Resolutions for the New Year: Career Plans You Can Borrow from the Pros Manage your subscription: Click the "Update" or "Cancel" links below Check it Out Hiring a Coach Not in the Budget? Register for my Feb 5th "Identify Your Ideal Career Path Coaching Group". Same process - same outcome as individual coaching - just easier on your wallet ;). Time is running out! Take advantage of this special opportunity to reap the benefits of individual career coaching at a fraction of the usual cost! Go here for information or click here to register right away. Cheers Isodifj, Have you started your new year out right? Did you make a list of resolutions? If you missed the new year's resolution worksheet I gave you last month, here it is again. You know the deal - a goal that's not written down is just a wish. I finished updating my Vision Board and 2009 Personal and Business Goals last week. The inauguration ceremony in the U.S. reminded me that even in tough times, it's not only possible to make a fresh start -- It's imperative to do so. If the status quo for you isn't working-don't settle for it, do something!! Here is a vision board from my client Cassie to give you an example of what one can look like.  In this issue -- You'll notice in Check it Out to the right that my brand new coaching group just started today so there's still time to join! Don't miss this chance to change your life by identifying your ideal career. Contact me for more info. This month's Career Corner is "10 Professional Resolutions for the New Year: Career Plans You Can Borrow from the Pros." Our Personal Note & Life Lesson in this issue is "You and Your Money - Make Your Relationship Work." And last but not least... The Feb Freebie: Laid off? 3 Quick Tips to Beef Up Your Resume This is a 3 minute audio excerpted from my book Flying Solo about revising your resume. See you next month! Here's to having a career you love, Hallie Crawford Personal Note & Life Lesson You and Your Money - Make Your Relationship Work We're all worried about money in this economy. And we all know that sitting around worrying about it isn't going to help. I've been working on my relationship to my money lately to make sure it's a healthy one. Here's why... When I first started paying attention to my relationship with money, I realized that I usually felt tight and tense when it came to money. It wasn't a topic I felt comfy talking about. Not a productive relationship right? Now, because of the work I've done to shift how I feel about money, I feel more abundant about it and comfortable discussing it. My relationship has changed to a more positive one--It feels great! So what's your relationship to money? Is it serving you or holding you back? Here's a quick exercise to get you started on making your relationship to money work for you, not against you. 1) First, find out how you feel about money by writing down the first 5 words that come to your mind when you think about money. Are they positive or negative words? If they're negative, you've got something to work on. 2) Second, write down how you want to feel about money instead and write that down on your list of resolutions! Place those words or sentences on a post-it note on your fridge so you see them all the time and focus on those thoughts instead. Good luck ;) PS. Here is a proverb about money that is supposed to bring you good luck! What's New and Coming Soon Flying Solo: Career Transition Tips for Singles Get a jumpstart on the New Year with Flying Solo: Career Transition Tips for Singles. Don't let your single status hold you back from the career you've always wanted! Click here to read more and order your copy today Hiring a Coach Not in the Budget? Then Save Your Money... Jump on board my Feb 5th "Identify Your Ideal Career Path Coaching Group". If you are lost about what you want to do in your career, want to have a job you're passionate about, and need to watch your spending - this group is for you! Same 5 step process - same outcome as individual coaching - just easier on your wallet ;). The time is now!! Take advantage of this special opportunity to reap the benefits of individual career coaching at a fraction of the usual cost! Go here for information or click here to register right away.   Where's Hallie TV I was absolutely ecstatic to be a guest expert on TV this past weekend; on Fox Business News' show, "Your Questions, Your Money Live" January 31, 2009. Being on TV was a thrill! Look in my next issue for a link to the video. Articles "Workers Face Job Anxiety in 2009: 6 Tips to Ease the Threat of a Job Loss" Yahoo! HotJobs - January 2009 "10 Professional Resolutions for the New Year" Yahoo! HotJobs - January 2009   Career Corner Career Quick Tip: The Value of a College Education A few months ago I talked about the value of education in a tough economy. Here are some interesting stats for you. Current unemployment rates based on education (www.bls.gov): Less than a High School Diploma 10.5% High School Graduates, No College 6.8% Some College or Associate Degree 5.5% Bachelors degree and higher 3.1% (Unchanged from last month)  10 Professional Resolutions for the New Year: Career Plans You Can Borrow from the Pros by Caroline M.L. Potter, Yahoo! HotJobs [Excerpt] The end of the year typically prompts people to reflect on what they've accomplished in the last 12 months -- and what they might do better in the coming 12 months. Have the lessons of a tumultuous 2008 informed how you will approach 2009? Have you even thought that far ahead yet? If you're not sure about your goals, consider borrowing one of these 10 resolutions from professionals who have already decided what they will focus on in the new year. In 2009, I resolve to... # 10 from yours truly: Avoid taking business matters personally. Career coach Hallie Crawford, author of "Flying Solo: Career Transition Tips for Singles," was inspired by a key line from "The Godfather" film for her resolution. She says, "My resolution is to: Remember it's business, not personal. My peers', clients' or co-workers' decisions are not always about me as a person!" [Full article follows below] Photo by Michael Killingbeck 1. Focus on passion, not the passing of days. Holistic health counselor Trish Balbert shares, "I am going back to school for my Ph.D. in clinical psychology. It will be at least six years before I finish, and a lot of people have balked at that. They comment that it's such a long time, but my feeling is six years are going to pass one way or another. What do I want to have at the end of them? Would I rather spend them doing something I only mostly like or sort of like? Or would I rather spend them doing something that I really like that's going to get me doing something I really love?" 2. Take better advantage of your talents. Just as the cobbler's children often have no shoes, advertising executive Jim Ellis's agency, Ellis + Potter Advertising, has been so busy providing marketing solutions for clients that they've neglected their own marketing. Ellis says, "In 2009, we resolve to ramp up our website and use its inherent strengths and benefits as more of a new business building tool to create opportunities." 3. Ignore the hype. Tired of all the bad news? Tune it out! Jennifer DeSpagna, director of Timber Lake West Camp, says, "Well, I don't know if you would call this a resolution, but as my boss put it, 'We are choosing not to participate in this recession!' That is where I'll be coming from in 2009!" 4. Let someone else sweat the small stuff. Lisa Steadman, also known as "The Relationship Journalist" and founder of Breakupchronicles.com, is ready to grow her business in 2009 -- with a little help. "I resolve to spend more time working ON my business and less time working IN my business. I've already hired a virtual assistant who does amazing work, and I am in the process of interviewing a part-time office assistant that my husband and I can share between our businesses." 5. Raise my profile. Maya Kalman, president of Swank Productions, a Manhattan-based event-planning agency, shares, "My resolution is to do more publicity and public relations this year. I'm going to focus on doing more press -- because press equals exposure, which equals money!" She adds, "I'm also focusing on staying positive to move the company in the right direction, despite the current economy." 6. Spend money to make more money. Brooklyn photographer Michael Harlan Turkell, who specializes in the culinary arts, reveals, "I've realized you have to spend money to make money. I had to turn down a lot of jobs this year because I didn't have a commercial space, but I realize how much more productive I could have been with an actual space." As a freelancer, however, cash flow is always a concern, so Turkell is also on a quest to find a CPA who can help him spend wisely over the course of the year. "Right now, it's about not knowing what to spend and I'm investigating how a quarterly schedule might work best for a freelancer." 7. Recharge to continue to charge ahead. Daisy Swan, a career coach and strategist and president of Daisy Swan & Associates, promises, "This past year taught me that taking time to regroup and recharge is essential to being able to give my gifts and effectively wear all of the hats that I wear every day! I vow to take time each week (and I do now) to meditate, connect with a larger, greater picture of my life to get centered and present. I know that tuning into the intuition and energy that I am informed by will aid me in making important decisions in the new year that is guaranteed to be loaded with new adventures." 8. Commit to getting commitments. National workplace columnist and career advisor Liz Ryan admits her resolution took her by surprise. "It's become evident that this year more than ever before, lots and lots of people are scared witless at the prospect of launching a job search. I wish I had seen that sooner. A job-search advisor like me needs not only to share tips, methods, and moral support, but to hold a job seeker to a set of commitments to overcome that 'Oh, goodness, no! Anything but more job-search activity!' inertia." 9. Find the 'hire' power. Michelle Madhok, founder of Shefinds.com, a popular online shopping blog, is not going to suffer poor performers and will take more time in trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. She says, "This year I will hire slow and fire fast. I will not settle for average employees!"   Need help identifying your ideal career in 2009? Check out my Identify Your Ideal Career Path Coaching Group here. If you'd like to use these tips in your newsletter or website: You can, as long as you include this "blurb" with it: Hallie Crawford, certified Career Coach is changing the way people feel about work-from just a paycheck to a fulfilling endeavor that is an extension of their purpose and passion. If you're ready to have a career you love, learn more about Hallie at http://www.HallieCrawford.com. Want to see more tips like this one? Visit and bookmark my Career Tips Blog.   Hallie Recommends Reflect My Life Clothing http://www.reflectmylife.com/index.html A friend and former client sent this website to me just before the holidays. It's clothing you can customize to reflect your affirmation or belief you're working on for yourself. Here's their blurb and website, it's so cool! "Transformational clothing changes the way you think and feel. Every time you see yourself in a mirror or reflective surface, you will be reminded of your empowering affirmation. To get results you love, you must begin with thoughts you love. Reflect clothing sends a specific message to your subconscious mind.  The first step is to read the affirmation.  You then have to BELIEVE the affirmation and FEEL the affirmation as though it exists.  With repetition throughout the day, the idea will begin to take root and once this occurs…prepare yourself for some amazing results."   Infallible Health You've heard me talk about Jeanna before-she rocks! Check out her health program below... I know, you think you've heard it all before, but you haven't. And that's a BIG part of the problem; you haven't been given the right information about what really works when it comes to having a healthy, fit body you love living in. In fact, almost 90% of what you believe about food and exercise and your body is totally bogus!  My good friend and colleague, Xtreme Abundance Coach Jeanna Gabellini wants to give you the tools to never worry about food, exercise or the state of your health ever again. Read more about her program here To submit a recommended item to me, contact me here. I'd love to hear from you! If you'd like to place an ad in my ezine, contact my Operations Director right here. Click here to send this newsletter to a friend! Did you receive this newsletter from a friend? Sign up to receive your own copy! To manage your subscription, click the "Update" or "Cancel" links below. Your information is safe. Authentically Speaking will never share your email address with anyone.   About Hallie Crawford Hallie Crawford, MA, CPCC Career Coach Extraordinaire www.HallieCrawford.com www.IKickAssTshirts.com www.FlyingSoloBook.com (404) 228-6434 hallie at halliecrawford dot com www.IKickAssTshirts.com
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