It takes a large amount of time to do a career pivot - and even more time to make the bigger changes that we discuss often on this podcast. Even though you end up with a role that fits you and delivers what you really want in your life, it can be difficult to find the time to make it happen. But you’ll never “find” enough time - you have to create the time. Phillip Migyanko and I discuss specific tactics that you can use to create 30+ hours a month to focus on your highest priorities.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/ 

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How to Free Up 30 Hours A Month To Focus On Your Priorities: The Magic of Automation

Many people seem to get lucky in life - they get the best jobs, the best houses, the best cars. That’s because the science of happiness works whether you are intentional or not.  To get the best results, though, you must be intentional in your actions surrounding your life and career. Jenn Lim shares how she learned to identify what was really important to her after she was laid off from her job and her dad was diagnosed with cancer. She learned how to be intentional and use science to create her own luck.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/ 

Intentional Happiness: The Importance Of Being True To Yourself

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!)    To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/  Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Seeing into the Future of Your Career

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.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/  Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

What would you do if you weren’t in your current career?

Many people list their “passion project” as a side hustle, but we’re convinced you can be passionate about 100% of your career. Listen to find out 3 creative ways to turn a skill you already use into lasting career happiness.   Find the guide, transcript, and more at https://happentoyourcareer.com/251   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast

3 Ways to Turn the Work You Love Into Your Full-time Role

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!   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/  Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

How Linnea Leaped 4 Titles in Only 6 Months

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.   P.S. Our guest today was also on episode 278, where we shared a live coaching session she had with Scott!   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/  Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Turning Down a Job Offer to Advance Your Career (and your happiness)

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.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/  Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Disappearing Episode 2: Transferring Out of a Good Job - Actual Coaching Call

Once you decide to make a career change, you’ll have many roadblocks and mental barriers to overcome. Often, people allow their own fears to stand in the way to make that change. You know that you NEED to change, but you don’t see how you can actually pivot to where you want to go. After working with people for years, it’s been proven that the hard work, endless days, sleepless nights, and the energy it took to make a successful transition in their career is worth it in the end.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/  Email Scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

Get Out Of Your Own Way: Stop Blocking Your Own Path To Career Change

What if you were stuck in your job. Not because you couldn’t leave and not because it was a “terrible” situation, I’m using airquotes for terrible, but instead because you just didn’t know what else you’d do instead.  Kristy Wenz started a Marketing and Communications company a while back, and at first it was awesome! It was everything she wanted and was challenging her in all the right ways. Then one day she found she was hitting the snooze button and she’d never done that in her entire life. She knew she’d need to leave, but seriously what else would she do, if not this then what? That’s where we got the opportunity to meet her. Here’s her story of exactly how she went from listening to this very podcast all the way to getting creating her very own job offer working in wine, tourism and most of all writing and communications. Here’s her story.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/  Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Disappearing Episode 1: Getting a role created for you

Not all career changes work out - the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. So what do you do when you realize that your previous career actually fit you? How do you pivot back into that career path after some time has passed (and the field has likely advanced)? Louie shares why he changed careers from medical imaging into IT, the struggles he faced when he made that change, and how he pivoted back into medical imaging, ultimately leading him to career and life happiness.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/ 

Career Change 180: When A New Career Actually Doesn’t Fit

You may have had a role that matched your skills and experience, but it drastically changed over time. Now it doesn’t fit your strengths. So, what do you do? In less than 2 years, Nick’s customer service role morphed into a sales role - which did not fit him. He explains how he went from uncovering his strengths, to making connections and having conversations to learn what roles could fit him, and finally landing a role that actually plays to his strengths.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/  Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

When Your Role No Longer Fits: How To Uncover Your Strengths To Make A Dramatic Change

Many people are afraid to take risks because it’s easier to stay where they feel safe and comfortable. But the problem is that if you aren’t willing to get uncomfortable, you could be cheating yourself out of career happiness. Stephanie was plagued with an aversion to risk and was comfortably unhappy in her role. Once she finally saw the writing on the wall, she decided to face her fears and embrace the unknown to find her ideal role. To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/  Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc Email Scott@happentoyourcareer.com

Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There

What if you could build a plan that would make sure success was inevitable? Would you do this for your career change? Would you do this for other areas of your life?  We would (and we do) with clients all over the world. This disappearing episode shows tidbits of a new chapter in our upcoming book AND how to think about career change differently! 

Disappearing Episode: Planning for Inevitable Success in your Career Change

Many companies focus on the idea of “Employee Engagement”, but much of that concept is employer dependent. What most people don’t realize is that there are things you can actually do to take ownership of your role yourself and make it work for you. Rachel Cooke joins us today to share how you can take control to deliver your best work, and thrive in your role.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/  Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

Take Control: How To Thrive In Your Role And Become Your Best Self

Want to do work you love? This is the show that provides the inspiration, tools, and roadmaps to move from where you are to work that matters to you and uniquely fits your strengths and talents. if you "Happen to Your Career" then you can happen to your life! Scott Anthony Barlow has been featured on CNBC, Yahoo!, Forbes, The Muse, and Career Builder as a world reknowned expert on Career Happiness. His company, Happen to Your Career employs some of the world's leading career coaches and uses research based practices for Career happiness!

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