Friday, September 5, 2008
Well….
Is it?
Do you?
These are probably 3 of the most important questions potential career changers can ever ask themselves - especially those who’ve come to coaching already convinced they want the coach to help them make a career change from the <insert expletive> job they presently have…
… and such “conviction” is often not the case.
You see, […]
Just yesterday China’s top hope for an Olympic Gold Track medal, Xiang LIU, unfortunately had to withdraw from his 110 meters Hurdles race because of injury.
It’s always sad when an athlete is unable to perform because of something beyond their control.
Especially so when there is a once in a lifetime opportunity to do so at […]
I reckon there’s nothing worse than pretending to be unafraid of roller coasters - when inside I’m a trembling jelly of terror.
A few years ago my daughter (maybe 9 at the time) asked me to go ride the coaster in a Japanese theme park.
And, brave dad that I wanted to be, I agreed to […]
You know how some potential career changers stay stuck within fearful imaginary scenarios - and then use that imagined fear to avoid taking action…
… with the result that nothing much changes.
Well, if that sounds like you - and you want to do something about it - then here’s a special offer that can help.
I’ve developed […]
Last December I wrote about taking Prof Edgar Schein’s Career Anchors online assessment test that also comes with a downloadable 72 page participant workbook.
(The test is administered and published by Pfeiffer, a division of John Wiley & Sons inc. The test link is here).
Here are 8 comments I want to make after going through […]
Just like career choices, some fruits are grown naturally.
And others aren’t.
Take your pick.
- Mark McClure
As a Career change and Life coach I get quite a kick from helping people “do more of what you love”.
But, as with many things in life, results can take time and are often different from what was first conceived.
Yet, in my coaching practice I do meet clients who are prepared to honestly assess their […]
There’s an old, somewhat worn out personal development / goal setting exercise that usually goes something like this:
“Imagine you’ve just six months to live.
What would you do?
Where would you go?
Who would you spend time with?”
I (and some of my coaching clients) invariably have trouble imagining our own future demise - it’s been no easy […]
“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.”
Professor Albert Bartlett
I came across Prof Bartlett’s work while I was googling how to better explain percentage changes to my sixth grade daughter recently.
Having taught Maths & Physics in the UK many moons ago I was intrigued enough to check […]
Have current “problems” in world financial markets (probably an understatement, I know…) spooked your career change plans?
I don’t blame you - people have a natural (survival) inclination “to batten down the hatches” in uncertain times and concentrate on staying afloat.
And I know all too well for a lot of potential career changers that means […]
