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

Do finances come first or does your career? Deacon Hayes of wellkeptwallet.com helps provide the answer to this question.  When I first met Deacon, it was apparent that he has it together, I mean the guy paid off $52,000 worth of debt in just 18 months! He and his wife made the decision and committed to making it happen! After he saw the power of being intentional with his finances he realized that many people that were having financial troubles were also in careers that they didn't enjoy (wierd I know!) so he set out to create his own podcast to help understand and move to work they love (does this sound familiar?) In this episode Deacon helps us understand the impacts of debt on your career AND what to do about it.  Find Deacon at http://wellkeptwallet.com  Oh by the way! Want some help figuring out how to do work you love? What about help figuring out what you should pursue for your career and making a decision? Take our FREE two week course by mail that helps you make that decision! Find it at http://happ

Are you stuck trying to figure out how to decide what to do? This episode takes you through making that decision. It also ends our month long series on helping people like you answer that very same question. Don't get stuck!    Instead Happen to Your Career! 

When you know what you want out of a career but don't know how to apply to the current market for jobs or businesses... we don't need to tell you that you have a problem. In this episode Mark and Scott discuss ways to solve that problem.  

Wow, this is a long one! But well worth the listen as Mark and Scott get deep into intentionally deciding to mesh your career with your life! They discuss the five areas they use at HTYC to coach others to get from where they are to where they want to be! Check out all the episodes at http://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast-2/

This week Scott and Mark talk about determining what you want in your career.  They discuss several techniques you can use on your own to understand better what you want in your career — be warned, it’s not always what you think it should be! What You Want Often when people think of what they want, they think of it in terms of what they don’t want. In order to truly know what you want, you need to list what you don’t want, then use that as a starting point for what you do want. Follow this 3-Step Process to discover what you truly want:

mark sieverkropp discusses how to chased down your dreams and tackle them through projects. He steps out the ways to go about it and takes people through the book that just released on Amazon.com Feb 3. for more go to http://happentoyourcareer.com/projectsuccess/  Have you ever uttered any of these phrases? What if we told you that they were all lies?? “I’m not where I thought I’d be at this point in my life.  I thought I’d be farther along.  I thought I’d have a better job, a nicer house.  I’d be respected in my field…and now I’m not working in the field I thought I would be!” “I’m just too busy to chase my dreams…there’s no way that I could ever start doing what I really want to do, I have too many responsibilities, too many bills.” “Even if I knew where to start, I couldn’t possibly chase after my dreams–it wouldn’t be responsible!  My spouse and children are counting on me!  It’s just not possible to do what I love to do–no one ever really gets to do what they love doing.” “My life’s pretty g

Tom Dixon is a Career Coach at MondayisGood.com.  Tom leads a Demand Planning Team for a Fortune 500 Team as well as writing his career blog and voluteering as part of a Career Resource Network.  Tom's Career and Job Search experience and techniques are all developed from "in the trenches" experiences.  They are tried and true through Tom's own experiences.

Katie McCarthy is the founder and host of the Give Good Podcast.  She is a personal growth and development enthusiast, a voracious consumer of information, a world traveler, a student of life, a coach,  listener and above all else a Good Giver!  In this interview, Scott and Katie discuss the power of making a decision and following through on those decisions. [Tweet ""We are the sum of the conversation that we are in." @momentsofmoxie"]   Books & Resources Katie McCarthy Mentions in the Interview Brendan Burchard Entrepreneur On Fire Podcast with John Lee Dumas    "Until one has committed, there is hesitancy.  The chance to draw back.  Always ineffectiveness.  Concerning all acts of initiative, and creation there is one elementary truth.  The ignorance of which kills countless ideas, and splendid plans.  That the moment that one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.  All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.  A whole stream of events issues f

Emily Chase Smith comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. She's had many business ventures, some more successful than others. She graduated law school at 21.  She lived overseas for 5 years in Prague, Czech Republic with her family and now focuses her law practice on bankruptcy. Emily now works with entrepreneurs and business owners to help them manage their money more effectively.  The guiding principle of her life is freedom.  In this interview, Emily explains to Scott how understanding her value and helping others recognize the value you provide can lead to more freedom than you think is possible!

In this episode, Tania talks with Scott about how to connect with others, how to understand your skills and passions and her experiences leading up to helping newbies in careers or countries!

Richie Norton is the bestselling author of The Power of Starting Something Stupid as well as the #1 Amazon download Résumés Are Dead and What to Do About It. He is an international speaker and consultant for the corporate growth and personal development industries, a social entrepreneur, and CEO and Founder of Global Consulting Circle. Richie has been featured in Forbes, Businessweek, Young Entrepreneur, Huffington Post and other national publications both in print and online. In 2010, Pacific Business News recognized Richie as one of the Top Forty Under 40 “best and brightest young businessmen” in Hawaii. Neither Scott or Mark had talked to Richie prior to this interview, but Richie is a huge part of the reason that HTYC exists today!  Listen toMark interview Richie to hear that story and tons of amazing tips and suggestions for your career!

Dan is the author of the New York Times best-selling 48 Days To The Work You Love, No More Dreaded Mondays and Wisdom Meets Passion. He has been a guest on CBS’ ‘The Early Show,’ MSNBC’s ‘Hardball with Chris Mathews, and the Dave Ramsey Show. Dan has spoken at the White House Christian Fellowship, and is in high demand at national conferences speaking on aging and changes in the workplace as well as at universities and churches. Over 130,000 people have subscribed to his weekly newsletter, his 48 Days Podcast consistently ranks in the top 3 under Careers on iTunes, and the 48Days.net business community is viewed as an example around the world for those seeking to find – or create – work they love.  In this interview, Scott and Dan talk about the importance of trying different things to get to work that you love. Please share this episode with your social circles and leave us a review on iTunes!!

In this interview, Scott talks with author Joshua Waldman talk about his journey working in corporate America to teaching others to utilize social media in their career search.   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 Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) 

Wondering how to know if you'll like your new career or company before you transition? Good news. We’ve put together 6 ways you can get some reassurance. Take a listen! Or if you want even more detail go over to http://happentoyourcareer.com/206     Learn how you can try out a new career path with minimal risk and in a relatively short period of time. Learn the six experiments for test driving new careers and how to apply them to best fit your situation. How to validate a new career path to move ahead smartly and leave the old baggage behind. Avoid dead man goals and instead learn to make goals that allow you to grow, learn, and face uncertainty. Is being wrong really such a bad thing? Making intentional mistakes can open new doors for you by allowing you to grow your confidence and see what you are capable of. Making mistakes and growing is a muscle you can grow. What do children’s fairy tales have to do with career growth and experimenting? Listen and find out. Learn how you can do work for a company on yo

What if you could find the career that fits you by reframing your weakness? Or what if your greatest weakness was really your secret weapon? It turns out it actually is:    Ross struggled with his ADHD, a weakness that he thought held him back in his career. After he started paying attention to what was actually happening, he learned how to reframe his weaknesses as “anti-strengths” and was able to find a career that was made for him - strengths and anti-strengths included.   Find the guide, transcript, and more at https://happentoyourcareer.com/292 To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast 

When most people think of their career, they think of their job. A place where they go everyday because they have to, not necessarily because they want to.  Back in 2005, this was me. I thought that you choose your degree and work really hard through College and go out into the workforce and then you things get awesome!  Turns out almost nobody has that experience, even after you get 10-15 years into your career less than 13% of people around the world are truly enamored with what they do for work. Yes that means that according to Gallup organization nearly 87% of people would not describe their current work as “Deeply Satisfying” or “Highly Engaging”. Translation: Chances are really high that If you didn’t need to make an income, You definitely wouldn’t spend your time where you’re at right now.  That’s exactly where I was, too, all those years ago. Not only was my job a bad fit for me, but my 2 hour a day anxiety ridden commutes left me nearly 50 pounds overweight, not being very nice to my wife Alyssa, and