Do you want to change your career path? One important thing. You can change your life and change your career path at any age and at any time! You should realize that you have only one life. You can’t waste it doing what is dragging your down. If you feel in your current work uncomfortable – your intuition trying to force you to change. Trust it.
✦ START TO CHANGE YOUR CAREER PATH IN A 6 STEPS ✦
✦ STEP ✦ 1 Define why you want to change your career path
If you’ve decided to change your career path, there are reasons for that. Ask yourself about it. What’s motivating you to do it.
Maybe your salary is too small? Or do you want to move to foreign country? Change industry you working on? Convert hobby into a business?
Consider your reactions to your current job and how it impacts your life. Write down the advantages and disadvantages of current work/industry/business.
▶ HELPFUL QUESTIONS:
✔ Does what I do make me feel happy?
✔ Do I want to do this for the rest of my life?
✔ Does the money from my work satisfy me enough?
✔ If I had no limits, what would I do?
✔ Is there anything in my professional life that makes me sad, angry or stressed?
✦ STEP 2 ✦ Define your interests and skills
Now it is time to choose what you want to start to do instead of what you doing now.
For some professions, you will need additional education with a diploma. Some occupations require only special courses and certification. But there are many industries you can learn by yourself, or use your current skills. You need to know about industry requirements. And how to gain or improve skills.
▶ Search opportunities.
▶ Learn and grow.
▶ Develop yourself.
TIPS:
● Ask help people who work in industry/job/have a business of your interests. They can give you valuable advice. Try to find them in your family, friends or social media groups and profiles. Don’t be scared. Don’t feel shame. You will find the right people for sure.
● Use professional help. Business coach, accountant, career coach etc. These people have the information you need.
● See what your competition is doing. It doesn’t mean you have to copy them to achieve success. It is not a good way. For example, if you want to open a beauty salon, just visit some of them and see the prices. How they treat clients. How the interiors look likes.
✦ STEP 3 ✦ Plan your new career path
After the research about the industry or position you are interested in, it is time to make a plan. This is an essential step because the process is not easy. But is not impossible. You just need good preparation.
Organize the collected information.
✔ Plan how much time do you need to improve your skills.
✔ How much money do you need?
✔ If you have a full-time job, you have to plan when you will be working on changes.
It will be required of your very good time and money management. Plan it step by step. And track the progress.
✦ STEP 4 ✦ Take care of yourself
The career path change will be an intense process. So more than ever, you should care for yourself.
Tune your mindset for success. Your attitude is an important part of the process. For sure you will experience difficult moments. And doubts or fear. Is normal and natural. So being physically and mentally prepared is crucial.
Is impossible to think positive every hour. Learn how to rest and let go, but never give up.
Remember, mindset is everything.
✦ STEP 5 ✦ Financial security
Change requires security.
Do not quit your full-time job or your current business immediately you created the idea about the career path change. To fully focus on it, you have to feel secure. Means – roof over your head, food and bills paid on time. Remember is not a race.
Quit your job only when you have a contract with the new one. Start a business if you have a financial pillow. Always have a B plan. If you will create a C, D and E – perfect!
Take a risk, but be smart and responsible.
✦ STEP 6 ✦ Test yourself
Ok, time for a test!
It is an exciting moment because you have to use your knowledge and skills in real life. How?
Send resume to your dream company. Send portfolio to clients. Offer your products to people and ask them about the feedback.
In the beginning, it can be stressful for you. Is a normal reaction. But trying costs you nothing. Without it, you can’t move on.
You have to know also, that always will be somebody better, smarter, or more experienced. But it doesn’t matter! It can’t be the reason that stopped you. You don’t need to be perfect.
➤ REMEMBER ONE THING
100 people have the same idea as you.
But only 50 of them have enough courage to start doing something with this idea.
25 will quit when they will experience the first failure.
The next 15 people will quit soon because they are not consistent.
Then we have the last 10 people who have the possibilities to be successful in this idea/business/industry/work.
Only 10 people.
➤ 3 IMPORTANT ADVICE
1. If you get 10 rejections, try to find another 1 opportunity. You never know where is the winning, so you have to try as many times as you can.
2. Competition is not as great as you think. People are not perfect, but some of them just don’t want to give up and that is the superpower.
3. Always prepare the B plan. ALWAYS!
Check the previous articles:
➤ ‘HOW TO CREATE A LUXURIOUS EVERYDAY LIFE‘
➤ ‘7 STYLE SECRETS OF WELL-DRESSED PEOPLE’
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