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Every single year Alyssa and I sit down to set our goals for the year. It’s something that I’ve grown to look forward to every year. It’s the time where we’re being intentional about what our next year is going to look like!  Usually we sit down sometime in November to take a first pass at it and decide what we want to do more of and what we want less of in our life!  This year we decided we’d do something different, we decided we’d let you in on part of that conversation. Specifically the parts about what went well and what we want to do differently.    To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

No matter what stage you are in your career, there is always something to learn. You could follow typical methods by taking a course. Or you could 4x your results in half the time by using Ultra Learning: the learning habit that would make Hermione jealous (even with her time turner). Scott Young shares how he discovered this method to learn the entire 4-year MIT curriculum for computer science...in 1 year...without taking any classes. See how you can also apply this method to your career and life.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

There is one thing we mention on the show again and again and again,  but we’ve never talked specifically about it or how to use it on the podcast, even though it is one of the most impactful things we work with our clients to create. Sharissa Sebastian, one of our coaches, joins us to share a behind-the-scenes look at what an Ideal Career Profile is, how it makes career change that fits possible, and what some of the challenges are along the way when you’re making a change and how it helps alleviate those pains. To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Nadia was struggling already to find her ideal role. Enter COVID. Now it felt nearly impossible and she was told by recruiters that there was no way she was going to get hired right now. Especially since she had limited experience in her roles of choice as an expert in SAP Business One. Furthermore her resume was mostly from her time as a Teacher. So how could she make a seemingly impossible change when the deck was stacked against her? Not using conventional methods - that’s for sure! Enter: a different approach to changing careers with limited experience. To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

What if there was a simple way to develop the determination that all successful gritty people have? It turns out that there is. Shannon Huffman Polson learned to develop courage, resilience, and leadership in the most male-dominated organization in the world and shares her experiences with you. You’ll learn what Shannon did when she was told by her commanding officer that she would never fly an attack plane, and you’ll see how you can also become resilient or more gritty as you face your obstacles. To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Introverts tend to get a bad rap in social situations. They can be viewed as slow decision makers or socially awkward. I know because I’m an introvert. Holley Gerth, author of “The Powerful Purpose of Introverts,” joins us to share her insights as an introvert herself. She shares that there is a spectrum of introversion (she’s 96% introverted). You’ll learn that your introversion is actually a superpower (not a weakness to overcome) and how to use how you’re wired to your advantage and excel in your life. To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Everyone we work with is looking for meaningful work. But what does meaningful work actually look like? What do you actually need to be able to do meaningful work? Obviously, there are specific things that are different for each person, but we have found that there are 8 big things that people need to do meaningful work. There are also 6 things that detract from meaningful work.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

The way High Performers approach career change is different than everyone else. Also, the way that career change (that leads to meaningful work that also pays well) works is different than most people think it does. We've share these principles before, but we've never put it all together (at least not outside of our paid programs). Until now. Our HTYC team has spent countless hours putting together a career change guide, putting together all of our learnings from working with thousands of people in their career changes. On the podcast today, Joshua Rivers and Phillip Migyanko join Scott on the podcast to share a behind-the-scenes look into the biggest lessons our team has learned.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

This episode isn't for everyone. I was invited to come talk on my friend Dave Stachowiak’s podcast Coaching for Leaders to come and talk about the biggest reasons high performers leave other organizations.  We discussed some key things that most leaders and high performers don’t even realize. Like for example why high performers have a tendency to stay TOO LONG. Also the reasons that we see high performers leave aren’t the same reason everyone else leaves. We’re airing a portion of that episode right here on the HTYC podcast.  If you’re in a leadership role, you’ll benefit doubly from this episode because you’ll learn about how to retain high performing people AND you’ll no doubt hear a few things that are true for your situation and what you want in your next opportunity.  To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Imagine that you just lost the career you love. What do you do now? Can you possibly find something that is as good or fulfilling? How can you possibly find that role? David Nurse was a coach in the NBA and at the height of coaching success, he lost his job. In this conversation, you’ll learn how 4 new doors can open for you when one door closes and how you can pivot to make your next career move, even if it’s a role you didn’t even know existed. To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Have you had that moment you were watching a tv show or reading an article and said, “Wow! That would be so cool!”?  Christine Hofbeck relentlessly pursued a dream for 16 years, even when her friends and coworkers thought she was crazy for putting in applications year after year. In today’s episode, you’ll hear about how her experiences and the pursuit of this dream completely changed her life and her work and even how she had some incredible embarrassing moments in front of millions of people.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Most people find it difficult to draw personal boundaries at work. But what happens when you’re in one of the world’s most extreme environments and workplaces known to humans? Rachael Robertson led the Australian operations while she lived in Antarctica for one year. In today’s episode, you’ll learn life-altering lessons about avoiding regret, drawing boundaries, changing the culture around you, and how to be successful in the most challenging of environments.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

What if you could become more effective and more fulfilled in your work at the same time? Turns out it’s far from impossible.  In this conversation with JJ Sutherland, CEO of Scrum, Inc., you’ll hear how changing the way you view your work will increase your happiness AND enable you to do twice the work in half the time.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

I used to be in recruiting and conducted thousands of interviews. In almost every single interview I, people say they want the same thing: “I want a place where I can grow”. When I would press them on it - “What does growth mean for you?” - nearly all of them didn’t have an answer. Or the answer was something like, “I want to be able to contribute to the organization.” I thought this was fascinating because we all intuitively know we want and need to grow. But very few of us know what that actually means. To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

What if you could fast forward 2 years and see how taking the time, effort and energy to make a career change to meaningful work would impact your life?    I’ve learned that for many of us, it’s really difficult to imagine just how different life would be in the next role, let alone thinking years in the future about how doing meaningful work impacts the other areas of your life.    Areas like your finances, your health, your relationships… even how you show up as a spouse or a parent.    I’ll give you a clue. It’s often much more drastic of a difference than what you might realize.    The only problem is it’s hard to explain what changes in your life.    So here’s what we did, We talked to Laura 2 times, a year and a half apart. Once right after she made her transition and then again 18 or so months later.    That way you could hear first hand exactly what changes (and what doesn’t)    We mashed these two pieces of audio together so you can hear them back to back.    There’s pretty much nothing else like this out there in the world to help you understand exactly whether or not a career change is worth it for you (because it’s not easy!) 

How do you know when you’ve made the right decision about your career. Because honestly sometimes it’s pretty difficult, what if you think you know what you want, only you make the change then it doesn’t work out. I got to talk to someone today who’s been down that. Louise is a Brit who relocated to Australia and now she has a job she loves but before it was not great for years in fact, I mean sure she had a ton of success in her career. The only problem was that it wasn’t the success she wanted. So she changed jobs, then did it again. Turns out it didn’t work.

You know that really popular question that you see all over the internet that goes something like “what would you be doing if you didn’t have to worry about money” or it’s close cousin “What would you do for free right now”. The whole point of these questions are to try to help you figure out how to spend your time or what you should do for work.   But we also realize that the things like your hobbies like golfing or scrapbooking or reading the Harry Potter series for the 3rd time might not be viable options for your career.    OR are they?    What would it look like if you could turn someplace you’re spending your time and energy on already, maybe even a hobby or passion project, into your full time for real paid career.

My friend Linnea described her “epiphany moment” to me the other day. She said she’d been binge-listening to our podcast. She kept hearing story after story of people finding their way to career happiness. Linnea listened to these stories on her commute to work, on the treadmill at the gym, and while she cooked dinner at night. She was hooked. But Linnea didn’t launch into action for herself until she re-listened to an episode called How to Confidently Land Your Dream Job.  In this second go-around, she heard something she longed for: self-actualization. The featured guest of the show, Laura, seemed totally confident and totally happy with her career choice. The self-actualization in Laura’s voice made Linnea’s skin tingle. She knew she couldn’t stay settled in her role any longer. In that moment, Linnea began her short, six-month journey to career happiness—a journey that took her 4 titles above her position! I’m so excited to share Linnea’s story with you. (Well actually, to let Linnea share it with you directly!) One of my favorite parts of my job is handing over the microphone to students from Career Change Bootcamp. There’s something really powerful about transforming from an anonymous binge-listener into a featured success story. In my interview with Linnea, she kept describing her experience as “everything’s come full circle.”  A few years ago, my wife and I paid down $138,000 of debt using Dave Ramsey’s plans, and we experienced something similar, but that’s a story for another time. (Or you can click here to read it right now if you just can’t wait!) Whether you’ve just joined our network or you’ve been hearing success stories for a long time, I believe your epiphany moment is coming! How cool would it be if Linnea’s description of her success is the epiphany moment you need? Trust me. This story is worth a listen (or a read!). Click here to see how Linnea leapt 4 titles in only six months. Your epiphany is coming!

So, we all know how the career change process works, right? Here’s a simplified version: You feel stuck in your job You start to identify what you want You try to work things out with your company You do some networking You land a job interview You get a job offer You accept the job offer You life happily ever after The problem is that it doesn’t always work this way. In fact, our guest today worked hard to find a great role within her organization. After networking internally, she was finally got the job offer - but then she turned it down. What? It might not make sense now, but turning down that offer was one of the best things she did to advance her career.

Do you have trouble defining yourself or what you do? How about breaking down what it is that your strengths really are? Are you an introvert and struggle sharing your accomplishments with others?   Today, I get to share a conversation I had with Elizabeth, one of our coaching clients, as she navigated these same questions. We also explore what she enjoys most about what she does and why she likes it. We also talk about the importance of playing the long game when it comes to building relationships.   As we jump into the conversation with Elizabeth, we already established some of the things she wanted to talk about and the fears she had. One thing she mentioned was talking time off to figure out what she should do next.