My career coaching and mentoring work is guided by what I wrote about in just five rules.
But isn’t it ironic that Rule #1, “Take Action”, is the one which often causes people to hesitate! Maybe because they’ve been conditioned over many years by the advice of such popular wisdom as:
“Fools rush in where angels fail [...]
The time management material starts about 2 minutes into this 7 minute video.
(This is an excerpt of module 6 - from the IT Career Engineer Special Report. Now available on CD. But it’s very relevant to anyone making choices over how they spend their time each day. The fundamentals of time management are the same [...]
Two quotes from the end of this marvelous ESPN Tough Guy video:
“I’m a provider of fear for those who want it.”
“If you’re mentally tough, you can stand up against the world.”
So why do apparently sane people do crazy stuff like that - and in the bleak mid-winter, for crying out loud?
For all sorts of reasons [...]
Time management is such an irresistible topic for personal development authors and career change coaches! It’s exactly like that Oscar Wilde quote about temptation; “I can resist everything except writing about time management”!
But, as we know all too well, the plain truth is that you cannot manage time - you can only choose how to [...]
There was one question submitted on the topic of successful career change using goals, coaching and mentoring:
http://markmccluretoday.com/question-and-answer-time
1-Fred Friedman wrote:
Q1-Isn’t career change just running away from problems you’ll meet again anyway?
A1- Let me start by reminding you that there are no such things as problems - only opportunities
Sorry for that helpless Dilbert-esque outburst - but [...]
Many years ago I was part of a group of very dedicated track and field athletes.
We made a choice to train hard 6 days a week in winter and spring - thru rain, snow or shine…
… So as to be in peak shape for a handful of big events in the summer.
Occasionally one of us [...]
You might be thinking I’ve got this title all wrong.
Surely it should be, “ask and you will receive”?
No, it is indeed ask and you will be rejected!
And I believe in that strongly enough to have “Ask” as one of the 5 strategic approaches I adopt in my business and life.
Every picture tells a story - [...]
It’s usually career and life coaches that come up with the questions!
Let’s turn that around and have a question and answer session where you get to ask what’s on your mind.
Topic: “Successful Career Change Using Goals, Coaching and Mentoring”
Rules: One question per reader please.
Ask your question as a comment to this post and I will [...]
Today’s Friday 11 January!
At least for me it is.
And rather than start the day with a barrage of email, I’ve chosen to write at least every weekday morning.
The goal is simple - write 2 blog posts each day (usually before 10:30) but publish just once per day.
Over time (many months), this will yield 2 desired [...]
Attention Career Changers!
Dedicated coaches love challenging not only our clients (which we are paid to do!) but ourselves.
Here’s a question I ask myself regularly - at least monthly now:
Am I committed to successful career change but not necessarily to the result?
It becomes a very powerful question when you struggle to describe the ‘result’.
Go on. Try [...]
