In a previous blog, I wrote about “wakening up” and taking a large jump and changing my career. It did not happen overnight. IT has been a journey involving my work, private life, family and friends.

For me the steps to changing my career have included:

• Realising I needed to change my career
• Working out what it was I wanted to do
• Looking at my values, both at work and home and identifying what is important to me
• Understanding what skills and experience I needed to have a new career
• Performing a gap analysis between what skills and experiences I had an what I needed
• Creating a journey plan to get there
• Creating a support group around me who were positive and shared my goal while being the sounding boards for ideas
• Moving through the journey plan, keeping focused on the end goal.

Questions:

• Has it been easy – Not always
• Have I enjoyed the journey – Most of the times
• Are my pleased with the change – Absolutely!

What would my top tips be for anyone else changing career?

• Believe in yourself – the power of positive thought is enormous
• Start a gratitude diary, filling it in every night so you go to sleep knowing there is goodness in your life
• Have a support group around you who will inspire, motive and encourage you
• Celebrate small wins along your journey
• Work with a Coach who will take you along your journey, motivate you to work through the obstacles and challenges; and celebrate your wins along the way.

Ask yourself

If you were to make a change, what would you need to do, what would your journey plan look like? Are you ready to find out?

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