45 Days and 29 Work Days

Can you believe it - 2010 is nearly gone? With the end of the year comes the push of reports and budgets, completing projects, and preparing for the interruptions of the holiday season.


Here are some questions to keep us moving:


1. What is the one thing that I can do NOW that will make the biggest difference in my life? It may be personal, professional, or relational - just choose that highest and most compelling goal.


2. Who needs my support, service, or attention in alignment of that goal? Whose support could I request?


3. How can I organize my time, actions, and priorities such that I can achieve or make significant progress on that goal?


4. What do I need to do for myself in alignment with that goal?


5. What do I want to be saying to myself a year from now about my progress or achievement of that goal?


6. What might I be doing, thinking or feeling that would sabotage my ability to make it happen?


Time is quickly passing. It is the little things we do and say in each moment of our NOW that create the results.


Take Charge -- Get Moving!


Love and light,
Diane

Fresh and Engaged?

For many of my unemployed friends and clients, the unemployed state continues to be a much longer ordeal than anticipated. In past years, landing a new position was a matter of doing the basic steps: resume, network, recruiters, interviews, landing. The rule of thumb was a month for every $10K income desired. 


Today the old rules don't apply -- it is the creative and persistent job seeker and sales person who comes out ahead. 


How do you stay "fresh" over the long, long, and even longer job search? In fact, how do you stay engaged as a sales person in the longer sales cycles of today's market? 

• Understand the New Reality. The rules of the game have changed and to win, you have to be willing to change too.

• Reexamine your goals. Has your target moved or disappeared? A friend has been seeking a position as a college administrator with a substantial salary and benefits. His qualifications and expertise are extensive and would serve any institution well. However ... and here's where life is unfair ... he is over 60 years old and is not willing to relocate or take a lower salary, nor is he willing to consider "repackaging" his skills in order to himself into a new arena. The longer he is out of his career, the less desirable he is to potential employers unless he engages with life and work differently.

• Has your industry disappeared or downsized? No matter how painful change may be, it will be even more painful to try to hold on in a dying industry. Let go of the past so you can be able to notice different opportunities.

• Get creative. Break down your past experience into SKILLS that are marketable. NETWORK in order to build relationships. 87% of jobs come through a relationship, someone who knows you, knows about you and your work, or word of mouth. Make sure the right people know you.

Staying fresh and engaged in your work, especially the work of career transition, takes a lot of consciousness. No one will tell you it's easy. And don't overlook the value of engaging a success partner - a coach makes a big difference. You are worth the effort!

Take Charge -- Get Moving!

Love and light,

Diane