Happen To Your Career | Career Transition, Career Changes, Figure Out What You Want, Jobs, Strengths, Starting Businesses

How do you make a career change when you’re burnt out, have no time and can’t figure out what fits you? That’s what Eric wanted to know! He was an engineer working for an oil company. He realized his job was not aligning with his values and felt the pull to do something that would make the world a better place. Learn how Eric found a career that fits (plus how he landed it!)   What you’ll learn  The importance of finding your signature strengths  How to create your ideal career profile  How to target only companies and opportunities that fit your career change goals    Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Six Career Experiments To Help You Discover Your Ideal New Role (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)  Figuring

Dave Stachowiak is the founder of Coaching for Leaders and the host of the Coaching for Leaders podcast.  He’s the Executive Vice President of Talent Development with Dale Carnegie of Southern Los Angeles and has led training programs for top organizations like the Northrop Grumman Corporation, The United States Air Force, the Boeing Company, and the University of California system.  He’s a senior instructor with Dale Carnegie Training, and Board Certified Coach.  Dave talks to us about the importance of accepting your career journey as anything BUT a straight line!  The twists and turns are not only to be expected, but to be appreciated!  For help finding the work that moves you, enroll in our FREE 8-day video course at figureitout.co!

Think being a park ranger is about as far from the business world as you can get?  Think again.  Jody Maberry says the time he spent as a park ranger gave him a solid education in public relations, public speaking, negotiation, and the customer experience.  He traded the cubicle for the great outdoors, got his MBA, and discovered that not only could business lesson be applied to the parks system but the parks had lessons to share with the business world too. A master storyteller, he’s the host of the Park Leaders podcast, hosts the Creating Disney Magic podcast with former Disney exec Lee Cockerell, and has recently launched the Jody Maberry Show. For help finding the work that fits you, enroll in our 8-day video course at figureitout.co!

Have you been wanting to start a business of your own?  Is overwhelm about all of the aspects of running a small business held you back?  Christy Wright works with entrepreneurs through coaching and through her speaking events as part of Dave Ramsey’s team.  She talks to us about the unique issues that women face in starting and maintaining businesses.  They think differently.  They run their businesses differently.  They define “success” differently.  More women than ever before are stepping into their gifts and bringing them to market.  Learn how you can too!  For help finding the work you were meant for, enroll in our free 8-day video course at figureitout.co!

Not where you want to be in your life?  Your career?  Have you embraced the fact that it’s all within your control and you have the power to change what’s not working?  Ashley Stahl is a career coach who helps 20-somethings and 30-somethings to find their purpose and land more job offers.  She also helps up and coming coaches to launch and succeed with their practices. What your life looks like is up to you!  For help finding the work that fits you, enroll in our 8-day video course at figureitout.co!

Geoff Woods is the host of the Mentee Podcast.  His approach to connecting and building mentor relationships has taken him from medical device sales to now, starting a company with the founder of Keller Williams, the largest real estate company in the world.  In episode 66, he gives us some very tactical advice on how to find and land your own “army of mentors”.  He’s back again, but this time to dive deeper into his approach to initiating and building meaningful relationships with the people who inspire you most.  It has never been easier to reach out to those you admire.  Geoff talks about the one simple thing that is key to building relationships and why most people don’t do it.  For help finding the work that’s right for you, register for our free 8-day course at figureitout.co!

We’re told to go to school, get a great job with the best salary possible, and then to build our lives accordingly.  But, what if we could turn this approach around?  What if we designed our lives FIRST and then went out and earned to support the life we truly wanted?  Clark Vandeventer and his family have done just that.  They’ve identified what they want and have developed a diversified method for generating income that fits the lifestyle they’ve designed for themselves.  If you’ve ever been curious about becoming location-independent, this is the episode for you!  For help finding the work that fits what you want in your life, sign up for our free 8-day course at figureitout.co!

Jerrad’s work was literally making him sick. The long hours and constant demands of the job had begun to wear on him to the point where he was waking up in the night with stomach pains. He knew something needed to change. This wasn’t what he wanted for himself or his family. He and his wife took action. Together they began designing the life they wanted. We know that there are a lot of other folks like Jerrad out there, stuck in careers that are making you miserable, and we wanted to share his story as proof that you don’t have to settle. You have more control over your circumstances than you might think. And you can either let your “life happen to you…or you can happen to your life!” For help finding the work that fits you, visit figureitout.co!

“You can’t do what you want to be doing and get paid for it.” “I need to find my passion first.” “Stuff that comes easy can’t be valuable.” “I’ve seen other people have success with that, but it would never work for me.” What mental barriers are you carrying around with you? You may be aware of some of them. Some of them might be buried a little deeper. We run through a handful of the most common limiting beliefs we’ve seen in our work. We break each one of them down and give you the tools to arm yourself against them when they show up on your journey to finding the work you’ll love! For access to our 9-episode “What Fits You” series, visit whatfitsyou.co!

Are you stuck? Have you had the realization that you need a new job, entirely new career or maybe even want to start your own business, but you can’t see a way to make it happen? Know where you want to go, but just can’t seem to get there? So, what’s holding you back? Debt? Fear? No time? Something else? We’ve got you covered. We walk through 5 of the most common barriers that most people come up against when they’re trying to make a career change and we give clear, actionable strategies for moving past each and every one of them. What You’ll Learn The importance of prioritizing to make a career change, and why you have more time and more money than you think! How you can apply the same principles Scott used to get out of major debt in 3.5 years to break free of your own debt Why mindset is everything and how you can set yourself up to achieve whatever you set your sights on   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com      Free Resources What career fit

Does the idea of having just “one true calling” seem a little too limited for you? Do you find yourself being drawn to a variety of different career options? You might be a multipotentialite! In her last year of law school, when she decided that she didn’t want to become a lawyer, Emilie Wapnick began studying entrepreneurship.  Frustrated by her own inability to settle on a single “calling”, she founded Puttylike.com as an online resource and community for multipotentialites like herself.  She believes that multipotentialites have the responsibility to innovate and may even hold the key to solving some of the world’s biggest problems. She’s even delivered a TED talk on the subject! For help identifying your strengths, skills, and potential, and to learn how to turn it all into work you’ll love, visit http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

How would more success or more money change your life? Would you buy a better car? A nicer house? Live by the beach? Dan Norris tells us that life hasn’t changed very much at all for him following the success of his company WP Curve, one of the world’s fastest growing WordPress support providers. And it’s by design. When you know what you want in your life it becomes possible to build your life around you! Dan’s written two books, The 7 Day Startup, which became a Top 10 Bestseller in 3 Amazon categories, and now Content Machine which is all about creating a 7-figure content strategy and scaling it through automation, delegation, and a content team. For help finding the work that fits you, sign up for our free 8-day course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

Wish you were more productive? Mike Vardy’s got some really helpful strategies for maximizing the 24 hours we all get each day. Mike is a thought leader in productivity. He’s an author, speaker, and founder and President of Productivityist.com, a company that helps people stop “doing productivity” and start “being productive” through online and offline channels.  Before founding Productivityist, he was the managing editor of Lifehack's productivity blog. Learn what you can do to clear your mind and maximize focus. Find out how you can reduce the number of brainpower-depleting decisions you make daily and free your mind up for what really matters. And see how harnessing the power of routines can help you best serve your goals…because “time is the only resource you don’t get back.” For help finding the work that fits you, enroll in our free 8-day course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

We’re celebrating 100 episodes of Happen to Your Career, the show that brings you inspiration to make the move to a career or business you love and equips you with the tools and roadmaps to make it happen! First and foremost, we want to thank YOU for being here on this journey with us! You are WHY we do what we do! So, please grab a warm beverage, settle in and join us as we walk back through the evolution of the show and the business! Get an inside look at HTYC behind-the-scenes and hear firsthand what it takes to make a dream Happen! For help finding the work that fits you, enroll in our free 8-day course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

What would life be like if you were working from your unique strengths and talents most of the time? What could you accomplish? Micha Mikailian has been an entrepreneur since the age of 15! From starting the first online Yellow Pages as a teen to his latest company Intently, he’s learned his unique areas of talent and skill and seen a high correlation between the successes of his businesses, his own fulfillment and career satisfaction, and the amount of time he’s able to spend in his “zones of genius.” For help identifying YOUR zones of genius, enroll in our FREE 8-day course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

So, what does success look like for you? Will you know when you’ve reached it? What will you do afterwards? Aaron Walker has attained tremendous success by all measures. He has built and sold some of the most successful businesses in the Nashville area. But he was looking for something more and when friends Dave Ramsey and Dan Miller coaxed him into speaking and coaching, he knew he’d found it. He’d found significance. Aaron shares his journey with us and shows us that attaining success is not the end goal and that happiness is a choice. For help finding the work that brings you meaning, enroll in our FREE 8-day course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

Interviews, public speaking, sales pitches - these can be intimidating. Most people don’t really look forward to them. That’s a given. But, would it help if you had a proven strategy for summoning the confidence you know you need to get the results you want? Michael Port is the author of Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Book Yourself Solid, Book Yourself Solid Illustrated, The Contrarian Effect, and The Think Big Manifesto and has been called an “uncommonly honest author” by the Boston Globe. His latest book, Steal the Show: From Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches, How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your Life, is all about learning to play the right role for every situation, motivating, informing, and persuading others, just by being yourself! If “All the world is a stage”, why not write your own part? For tools and exercises to help you find the work you were meant to do, enroll in our FREE 8-day “Figure it Out” course at http://happentoyourcareer.com/figureitout!

Burnout is not a joke. Paula Davis-Laack is a self-described “recovering lawyer” whose own personal experiences with burnout landed her in the hospital 3 times. Now a burnout and resilience expert and founder and CEO of the Davis-Laack Stress and Resilience Institute she is dedicated to helping professionals manage stress and prevent burnout. She is an internationally-published author and has even worked with soldiers in the US Army as part of the Army’s Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness Program. For help finding the work that fits you, enroll in our free 8-day course at figureitout.co!

Public speaking is one of the top fears, if not the number one fear most people face. In more severe cases it can cause people to avoid situations that might help them move their careers forward. David Nihill wants to help us all get over this fear and become better public speakers and storytellers. He was born in Dublin (and claims no one here in the U.S. understands his accent!). He earned a Masters in Business and began working with the Irish government to help startups. He’s been working with startups ever since, though now it’s through his FunnyBizz Conference series where he uses a comedic approach to help content creators leverage the power of storytelling, comedy, and improv! For help finding the career that fits you, visit figureitout.co and register for our free 8-day course!

Have you ever worried about losing your job? Even if it was a job that was making you unhappy? Kirby Verceles went through some wild ups and downs when the small company she worked for was in the process of being acquired. The soul-searching that she immersed herself in at that time gave her the answers and direction she needed and she came out on the other side with a position so suited for her it almost seems as if it were created for her! Kirby shares her process of self discovery and reminds us that no matter how stressful things can get, if you keep your core strengths in sight, you will come out ahead! For help finding work that fits you, enroll in our FREE 8-day course at figureitout.co!