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10 Career Change Myths

If you dream about having a different you can't change, vow to keep your eyes
career, but don't act on that dream, you open and to look beyond the
may be operating under the assumption of obvious.Career Myth #6: Asking "What's
a career myth. In this article, I expose the best thing for me to do?" is the
10 myths, sayings you've heard before right questionThis is one of the most
that simply are not true. Let's explore common questions asked when considering a
them.Career Myth #1: You can't make a career change or a career move. It seems
living doing something you really, truly like a logical analysis - weigh the pros
loveThis is the grand-daddy of career and cons and evaluate the balance.Do not
myths, the belief that you can't have a ask yourself this question!! It rarely
"practical" career doing something that leads you to the answers you're seeking.
you were passionate about. It has to be It will lead you to feeling overwhelmed
one or the other.This myth is rooted in with options (sound familiar?), or
fear. Fear that we have to sacrifice our feeling like you have to choose what's
happiness to make a living. Don't buy the practical over what seems to be
myth that you can't earn a living by impractical.The question that will lead
doing what you love.When I first started you to answers is simple (but not easy!!)
coaching, I heard from plenty of people It is "What do I really want to do?" This
that it would be very difficult to make a is a very different question than "what's
living doing this work. I just decided to best?"Career Myth #7: If you don't like
find coaches who were successful, and to your job, you're probably in the wrong
learn from them (simple, eh?).If you find careerCause and effect, right? One way to
yourself buying into this myth, consider tell if you're in the right career is
this question - As you look back on your whether or not you like your job. If
life, what will you regret more? you're dissatisfied with your job, it's
Following your passion or following your probably a sign that you need to
fears?Career Myth #2: It's a tough job re-examine your whole career choice. This
market/economyEven when the newspapers is frequently what I hear from new
and other news sources say that clients who have decided to work with a
unemployment numbers remain steady, that career coach. They know something isn't
job growth is at a standstill, or that right because they don't like their jobs.
we're experiencing slow economic Their natural assumption is that their
recovery, not to mention downsizing and dissatisfaction is a symptom of a larger
outsourcing, don't believe it.It's a myth underlying issue - their career
because it doesn't reflect the whole choice.This is an example of false logic.
story, the fact that that it's a Not liking your job might be telling you
different job market today. It's a you're in the wrong job. It doesn't
changing economy. How we transition from necessarily mean you're in the wrong
job-to-job is different. Hiring practices career. It doesn't even mean you're in
have shifted. So the job market has the wrong job. You could just be working
changed, but that doesn't necessarily for the wrong person or the wrong
make it tougher. What makes it tougher is company. It takes a skillful approach to
that we've been slower to change. We've discern the source of discontent, and I
held on to old practices and old think it's very hard to do it on your own
behaviors. That's not to say that old (shameless plug for career coaches
ways still don't work, but they're just here!)Career Myth #8: Everyone needs a
not as effective.So I challenge you to mission statementDo you know what your
just believe that it's a perfect job mission is? Mission statements are
market for you to find work. I've had my supposed to guide us, keep us on track,
college students try this, just for a and help us move forward. But what if you
week, and, more times than not, several don't have one? Does that mean you're
of them find job leads or make important destined to never fulfill your potential
connections during the week.Career Myth career-wise?A client who was a successful
#3: Changing careers is riskyWhat's professional contacted me because she was
riskier than leaving what you know to at a career crossroads. She felt that if
pursue the unknown? Changing careers only she could find her mission in life,
means leaving behind a piece of your she would know which career path to
identity - your "I'm a lawyer" response take.She had a clear goal for coaching -
to the "what-do-you-do?" question. It find her mission! Instead, the most
might mean admitting to yourself that you amazing thing happened. She decided that
made a mistake with an initial career she didn't need a mission. She chose to
choice. Or it might mean acknowledging trust that she was already fulfilling her
that you're unsure of what's next. And mission statement, even though she didn't
smart people always know what's next, know what it was. After the client
right?Nope. Successful career changers shifted her focus from finding her
often don't have a plan. In Working mission to living her life, an amazing
Identity: How Successful Career Changers opportunity came her way and she pursued
Turn Fantasy into Reality by Herminia it.Here's a little tip: If your mission
Ibarra, she provided evidence that statement is elusive, stop chasing it. Be
waiting until you have a plan is actually still and let it find you. And in the
riskier than just doing and meantime, keep living your life and see
experimenting.Nothing, absolutely what happens.Career Myth #9: Expect a
nothing, is riskier than not changing career epiphanyWhen you see a link to
careers if you're longing to do so. "Find Your Dream Job," do you immediately
Here's why: The longing won't go away. It click on it to see what's there? Do you
will always be there, under the surface, look at every "Top Ten Career" list out
waiting for you to do something about there to see if anything catches your
it.Career Myth #4: Always have a back-up interest? Do you know your MBTI type? If
planSometimes having a back-up plan is you do, you might be falling prey to the
the smart and prudent course of action. career epiphany myth.I'd love, love, love
Back-up plans are so grown-up and it if most of my clients had a career
responsible. But what happens when you're epiphany that indicated to them, in
standing with one foot in and one foot crystal-clear terms, their next step.
out? In my experience, we usually close Instead, I see career "unfoldings" or a
the door and retreat. We are reluctant to journey of discovery much more regularly.
commit to ourselves, and we end up That is, being willing to not ignore the
denying ourselves the satisfaction of obvious, the pokes, the prods, and listen
playing full-out, getting dirty and carefully to the whisper within. Yep,
sweaty. We end up with feelings of regret forget harp music and angels, for most of
and the nagging "What if?" us, the career epiphany is a quiet
question.Back-up plans diffuse our whisper.Career Myth #10: Ignoring your
energy. Diffused energy equals diffused career dissatisfaction will make it go
results. Give all that you've got to your awayOh, if only this worked in the long
dream/passion/risk and you've got a run!! Granted, it does work at first.
better chance of being successful.Career When you find yourself beginning to
Myth #5: There's a perfect job out there question your career, you'll find it's
for everyoneHow long have you been rather easy to push the thoughts aside
searching for yours? You just know, deep and pretend they aren't there. You know
inside, that there's an ideal job that's what I'm talking about: the "what ifs"
perfect for you out there. It matches and the list of regrets.Over time, the
your personality, skills, and interests random thoughts become nagging thoughts.
to a tee. And it pays well. If only you You spend more and more time daydreaming
could figure it out. If only you knew about options. You build your list of
what it was.Is there a perfect job out reasons to ignore your growing career
there for you? No. And here's the good dissatisfaction:You're too old.You don't
news - there are more jobs than you can want to take a pay cut. You don't want to
imagine that would be "perfect" for you. go back to school. You missed your
Chances are you've even come very, very opportunity 5, 10, 15 years ago. With
close to a few of those perfect jobs clients in this situation, we work on
already. So what happened? And how do you identifying and challenging these fears.
recognize one of these so-called "perfect Sometimes the fear of change remains, but
jobs"?Ever see the perfect gift for there becomes a greater commitment to
someone, but it was months till his or living than to feeling the fear.Challenge
her birthday? Then when you go to find So now that you know that one or all of
the item later, you can't. Another lost these myths have been holding you back,
opportunity and you, once again, berate what are you waiting for?Stacey Lane, MS,
yourself for not buying it when you first CPCC, loves the challenges of working
saw it.So maybe you've run into a perfect with bright and talented professionals
job in the past, but because of the who are struggling with their career
timing, you passed by the opportunity. Or direction and reaching their potential.
maybe you were so focused on something Using an innovative four step process,
else, that you missed an obvious clue. Stacey specializes in helping clients
Instead of dwelling on the past, which develop smart career strategies.




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