Wednesday, January 6, 2010

[Career Path] Don't set goals in the New Year

Create Your Career Path Newsletter: January 2010

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Create Your Career Path
 From Certified Career Coach Hallie Crawford January 2010
Helping you identify your ideal career path, navigate your transition, and nurture your career

   

In this issue

Complimentary Teleclass
Survive the Job Crisis: Creating Career Possibilities for Yourself in 3 Short Steps

Career Corner
Setting Tangible Career Goals

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Complimentary New Year Strategy Session: Resolution time! Are you ready to make your dreams a reality? We have opened up our first few weeks in January to schedule complimentary New Year Strategy Sessions.

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Happy New Year Isodifj!

Hope you had a wonderful holiday! Can you believe it's 2010? It sounds so futuristic. And it's the time of year when we look towards our future. What do you want to accomplish in your career this year? Did you think of a couple of things? Good... now think even bigger.

Don't set goals in the New Year: That's right I suggest you don't set goals this new year – instead, think BIG. Identify your highest desires, set big intentions, and clarify your dreams. Goals can sometimes be things we feel we "should" do or "have to do", and it causes us to play small. That's no way to go about your planning. Start with your highest dreams and desires, then plan and set goals from there. What would be really exciting for you to achieve this year? Think big. To help you set your dreams in motion we have Complimentary New Year Strategy Sessions available here.

In this issue we're talking about creating career possibilities and setting tangible goals (after you've identified your dreams of course). After our trip to Chicago for the holidays, I spent time clarifying my big dreams for this year. One is to embody the holiday spirit all year long. It's inspired by this story: One of the volunteers at a group I spoke to in December walked over to my table. He bought 2 of my books and said, "Give these to 2 people who really need your help." I was floored. This simple generous act had such an impact on me I wanted to share it with you. I left that event in a great mood from the positive energy of people reaching out to help each other.

Complimentary Career Advice:

  • Teleclass
    Survive the Job Crisis: Creating Career Possibilities for Yourself in 3 Short Steps
    - Wednesday January 27th, 12 noon ET.
    Find out live the 3 things you need to do right now in order to create career possibilities for yourself. Go here to listen to an audio intro and sign up for this class.

  • Presentations - Let your friends and family know if they're in Atlanta!
    Crossing Bridges: Creating Career Possibilities for Yourself in 3 Short Steps
    - Monday January 4th, 10:00 am - Christ Centered Career Group (C3G) Healthcare Accountability Group - Alpharetta, GA.

    Crossing Bridges: Creating Career Possibilities for Yourself in 3 Short Steps
    - Wednesday January 6th, 6:00 pm - Junior League of Atlanta - Junior League headquarters on Northside Drive.

See you next month! Here's to having a career you love,

Hallie Crawford, Certified Career Coach


Identify Your Ideal Career Path Coaching Group

Get ready to blast off towards your ideal career!!

Are you lost about what you want to do in your career? Are there so many career ideas in your head that you can't choose just one? Do you feel stuck where you are?  Would you like to have a career you're passionate about?  Then you've come to the right place because we are going to show you how to have a career that is fulfilling, rewarding, and FUN!

Our next Identify Your Ideal Career Path Coaching Group begins January 14th. In this coaching group, you get the same coaching process we use with our individual clients to help them find the career that's right for them, but at a fraction of the cost!

Read more here or contact us for a complimentary consultation to learn more.

 


Career Corner

Setting Tangible Career Goals

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One of the most challenging aspects of making a career change is learning how to harness your dreams and make them happen. Bring your fantasy of "the perfect career for me" back down to earth and turn it into a workable plan that you can knock out step by step. I suggest you begin by setting tangible goals.

Let's start with the goal. When your mind is feeling creative and unrestrained, you might write down a career objective that sounds something like this:

Quit my job, open flower shop.

This is a great starting point and indeed a goal to aspire to, but the problem is that this goal has no time frame. You can see that you still need a practical working plan to help carry out this goal, along with a time frame to make it happen. Does this mean the goal is no good? Not at all! The idea is to keep this as your Master Goal, but then create smaller, practical sub-goals with time frames that you can fulfill in order to reach this major milestone in your professional life.

When the time comes to set your personal goals... make sure they are tangible, measurable, realistic and include a time frame. Your goals should be achievable, yet also a stretch so you're pushing yourself beyond what you'd normally do in order to move forward.

Read this article in its entirety here.

*If you need help with defining your goals, contact us for a complimentary consultation.*

"...I now have clearly defined goals and an action plan to create my ideal career." ~Anne Marie, Chicago, IL
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Hallie Recommends

Free Report - Top Three Tools to Identify Your Ideal Career - I'm very excited about this new special report we have to help you identify your ideal career! This free report WILL help you begin to clarify the ideal career for you. Includes downloadable free report PLUS 4 bonus Mp3 audios!

 

Who's Depending On Your Dream - A wonderful inspirational video on the importance of setting your goals and following your dreams.



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