Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search

Maybe you really enjoyed your job when you started…years ago. But now, you stroll into work each morning disengaged and hopeless. You're not alone. About 50% of people go through this exact cycle in their job: excited, learning stops, they feel stuck. Hear how Laura confidently and successfully switched industries after being at a job for 8 years.   What you'll learn   How to know when it's time t...

Are the expectations of others holding you back from doing work that is truly fulfilling? Most of us feel like we have to behave like one person when we're at work, and a different person when we're at home or in our social circles. That in itself creates a social expectation. If you want to be yourself at all times, you're bucking the trend. Because, in our world today it's  not "normal" to get p...

Everyone and their mother is going to email you about your resolutions and goals now that it's the beginning of 2018.  I don't want to do that to you. Plus you already know I have a serious aversion to doing what everyone else is doing? So instead I thought I would email you an example of what NOT to do and then give you a complete step by step process of how completely reframe your future! What's...

In this conversation with Chris we get deep into how: Take off some of the pressure by learning the difference between a startup and an income generating project. Learn how a side hustle is different from being a full blown entrepreneur. There is nothing wrong with you if you don't want to quit your job tomorrow and take a big risk to start your own thing. You have other options. Not everyone is m...

I remember in 2006 I had just been fired from a job that I hated.   I was pretty determined to not have to go back to "just another job" where I would spend my days just waiting for the weekend as I grinded it out in meetings that had no meaning to me.   So I began learning everything I could about people who get well paid AND love their work. Let's call these people "Happy High Achievers"   One o...

ABOUT EMILIE ARIES Emilie Aries is the Founder and CEO of Bossed Up, an organization that promotes a program that helps thousands of women step into their own power as the boss of their lives and careers. After having fought career burnout herself, Emilie made it her mission to share her experience and continue to educate women on how to craft happy, healthy, and sustainable career paths that focu...

Learn why it's important to be authentic and honest during the interview process and how it can put you a step above the rest. How can hard conversations lead to better opportunities? Learn how defining the lifestyle you want and including that want into your job search can make all the difference. The fear of money may be holding you back from making a change. Learn how to overcome that fear and...

What if you could have a system to rely on to make all your important decisions?   My friend Pete Mockaitis and I had a great conversation on the podcast today about how our decisions and needs evolve over time, and he shared a decision-making framework with two critical questions you can use as "mental weightlifting" to help make smart decisions faster.   I love his framework because it allows yo...

Let me tell you about a great problem to have -- and a question that came from one of our students inside of Career Change Bootcamp , our signature program.   Laura said:     " I'm really interested in a particular company, and I've now spoken to four people who work there. I've gotten really good at being genuinely interested in learning about roles and companies without actually "asking" anythin...

Walk through the four questions you must ask yourself before giving yourself permission to make a substantial life change and leave the work that doesn't fit you. How to determine if you can make a clean getaway or if it's time to find a bridge job to get you where you want to go. Find out what can happen if you jump right into an opportunity just because it's there without first doing the work to...

Today's guest, Dan Cumberland, is a former youth pastor who suffered what he described as a "theological breakdown" early in his career. The power of suggestion took him down a career path that never quite fit him, but seemed right at the time.   (Can you relate?)   In his journey to get back on a path that matched his personality, Dan researched and developed his philosophy behind fulfilling care...

Aaaaaand...I'm back!   I hope you enjoyed last week's message from Lisa and Josh to celebrate our 200th episode of the podcast.   (I still cannot believe it's already been four years of podcasting. We covered a lot of ground in those episodes!!!)   And don't worry: there are still plenty of topics that we could do 200 (or more) episodes on.   For example: do you recognize any of yourself in this s...

Today marks the 200th episode of the Happen to Your Career podcast.   Can you believe it? (We hardly can!)   Scott started the podcast 4 years ago, back when he was also working in a corporate job that he liked well enough...but wasn't his dream.   He had a WAY bigger vision for what he wanted to create in his life, and how he wanted to help people.   So when you've heard him talk about how to tra...

Do you want to have an answer to the "What do you do?" question that's as powerful as that one?   If you do, you can start by asking yourself the question: "what am I on this earth to do right now?"   Give the question some time to percolate in your brain, and then grab paper and pen to start capturing the ideas and language that come to mind for you.   Or, if your brain feels slower than a semi t...

One thing I've noticed after coaching for years is that the way you do one thing in your life is usually a sign of how you do everything.   Let me explain: if you put perfectionistic pressure on yourself to pick out your one right career path, you might also put that pressure on yourself to find your perfect, flawless (unicorn) romantic partner, to be the perfect friend, or improve your fitness by...

Have you ever heard of Soccer Tots?   In 2011 I hadn't either.   It's where you take little kids and they jump through hula hoops, run around cones, occasionally kick a soccer ball and sort of attempt to listen to their frazzled looking teacher. (Think; Pre Soccer)   I was supposed to leave midday on a flight for work and it didn't make sense for me to go to the office so Alyssa suggested that I c...

  So, true story: almost everyone on my team here at Happen to Your Career is an introvert. (Myself included!)   Which is kind of surprising for a company that teaches people all about how to use relationship-building and presentation skills to create new opportunities in your professional life, right?   Well, contrary to popular belief, we introverts aren't completely socially anxious and hiding...

Ever thought about becoming a coach? If so, press play immediately on this episode where Scott Barlow welcomes back Marc Mawhinney, the founder of Natural Born Coaches program and podcast, where he helps coaches create real, profitable (and real profitable!) businesses.   On this episode, you'll learn how Marc got into coaching (and the books that have been his biggest inspiration), how building a...

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Writing like a Pro in the business world seems like a huge undertaking that is easier said than done. Luckily, we have Danny H. Rubin as our guest today. Danny Rubin is "THE writing guy." Danny has studied communications since college and has worked as a TV News Reporter and Consultant and has come back around to what he loves most, which is writing. He uses his greatest strength to teach practica...

What do you do when you decide your current job no longer fits your values? You fill your iPhone with numbers from all of the CEOs you've just made friends with by interviewing them for your blog.   (Obviously)   Wait… What? That's just one of the many ways that our client and HTYC Podcast listener Eric Murphy used to make a career change to his dream job. (take a listen below!) Eric Murphy was wo...

What is the real goal of having a career anyway? It's a topic of conversation that comes up time and time again: SUCCESS. It should be noted that the definition of success is subjective. There are some people that are perfectly content on that "traditional" path of success, from getting a degree to landing a job that pays for a fairly decent lifestyle. They get promoted and continue working, perfe...

Are you the kind of person who wants a job that  aligns with what you value   or what you're interested in ? Or better yet, do you want to feel like you're meant to do work that has the ability to  leave the world a little bit better, and makes you feel fulfilled ? As high performers, people like you and I are always looking for ways to improve ourselves and our situations. We want to take what we...

The art of life crafting. Ever heard of it? It's about defining what you want in your life, taking that vision, and prioritizing where you put your energy and effort to achieve those goals. Simple enough, right? You'd be surprised how many people don't take advantage of the benefits that life crafting can bring into their lives. Not only will it open doors to everything that is possible for you, b...

As High-Performers, we like to make sure we have the majority of our bases covered before we dive head-first into the deep-end of our career change. But, sometimes we find challenges where we least expect them. When we look at career change, we know that taking on this big life change requires a great amount of time, energy, financial planning, and a solid support system to lean on when the career...