Have you decided to take the leap into a different career? Or maybe you've decided to start your own business? Making the decision to start a new business or completely head in a different direction into a new career path isn't an easy one. Our guest, Jaime Masters, speaks from her very own experience of leaving her successful career as a project manager behind and jumping into the unknown. She is now an incredibly successful business coach with a strong network of millionaires. Her journey into...
Aug 15, 2016•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast We talk about career transitions and finding and turning your passions into a career you love all the time, but what happens when you love where your career is now and you want to work on incorporating some of your other passions into your work life? Maybe your career has nothing to do with the additional knowledge, skills, or passions that you want to leverage to create a better future for yourself. All you know is that you're motivated and ready to make some moves to start working on something...
Aug 08, 2016•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you realized that the career path that you're currently on might not be the one that you see yourself on for the rest of your life? If you're ready to put an end to your career burnout and start doing something that matters to you, listen in on our conversation with today's guest, Paul Maskill. What You Will Learn You will learn that you have the power to control your own destiny Taking a step back to re-evaluate your current situation will give you the insight you need to set yourself up t...
Jul 30, 2016•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you ready to put yourself in the position to make more money? Whether you are changing your career entirely or aiming for a promotion within the company you already work for, our guest, Josh Doody, is here to share some insight on how to negotiate a raise or a promotion for yourself. Listen as he explains these processes (although similar, they have slightly different steps). What Your Will Learn: - A step-by-step approach to negotiate a raise, promotion, or salary offer - How-to determine y...
Jul 24, 2016•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you want to combine your passion and your career to create a life that gives you a reason to get up in the morning? Are you ready to go out on a limb for the life you envision for yourself? If you know the career and life path you want to follow but aren't sure where you can find the time to make it happen, our guest, Jay Papasan, shares the story of his career and how he makes the time to sort through life's chaos to get it all done. Need help prioritizing? Check out Jay Papasan's "Time Bloc...
Jul 11, 2016•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’ve taken the top questions that have been asked by you, our audience, and are sharing our thoughts through our own experiences of career changes. We answer your questions from questions of career change mindset, to changes of strengths and interests, and whether searching for the dream career is even worth it. Wondering how to get started in finding the work that fits you? Enroll in our free 8-day video course at figureitout.co !...
Jul 04, 2016•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast What’s your dream career? Are you convinced there’s something more out there for you than what you’re doing currently? You might be on the Dreamer’s career path. Expert Career Coach on theMuse.com and founder of Ready Set Rock, delivering powerful career and business training, Evangelia Leclaire helps us understand that even dreamers’ careers go through phases. She walks us through her own personal career journey and shows us that the phases are not sequential, and there is something to be learn...
Jun 06, 2016•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast How do you make a career change when you’re burnt out, have no time and can’t figure out what fits you? That’s what Eric wanted to know! He was an engineer working for an oil company. He realized his job was not aligning with his values and felt the pull to do something that would make the world a better place. Learn how Eric found a career that fits (plus how he landed it!) What you’ll learn The importance of finding your signature strengths How to create your ideal career profile How to target...
May 30, 2016•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dave Stachowiak is the founder of Coaching for Leaders and the host of the Coaching for Leaders podcast. He’s the Executive Vice President of Talent Development with Dale Carnegie of Southern Los Angeles and has led training programs for top organizations like the Northrop Grumman Corporation, The United States Air Force, the Boeing Company, and the University of California system. He’s a senior instructor with Dale Carnegie Training, and Board Certified Coach. Dave talks to us about the importa...
May 16, 2016•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Think being a park ranger is about as far from the business world as you can get? Think again. Jody Maberry says the time he spent as a park ranger gave him a solid education in public relations, public speaking, negotiation, and the customer experience. He traded the cubicle for the great outdoors, got his MBA, and discovered that not only could business lesson be applied to the parks system but the parks had lessons to share with the business world too. A master storyteller, he’s the host of t...
May 09, 2016•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you been wanting to start a business of your own? Is overwhelm about all of the aspects of running a small business held you back? Christy Wright works with entrepreneurs through coaching and through her speaking events as part of Dave Ramsey’s team. She talks to us about the unique issues that women face in starting and maintaining businesses. They think differently. They run their businesses differently. They define “success” differently. More women than ever before are stepping into thei...
May 02, 2016•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Not where you want to be in your life? Your career? Have you embraced the fact that it’s all within your control and you have the power to change what’s not working? Ashley Stahl is a career coach who helps 20-somethings and 30-somethings to find their purpose and land more job offers. She also helps up and coming coaches to launch and succeed with their practices. What your life looks like is up to you! For help finding the work that fits you, enroll in our 8-day video course at figureitout.co!...
Mar 07, 2016•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Geoff Woods is the host of the Mentee Podcast. His approach to connecting and building mentor relationships has taken him from medical device sales to now, starting a company with the founder of Keller Williams, the largest real estate company in the world. In episode 66, he gives us some very tactical advice on how to find and land your own “army of mentors”. He’s back again, but this time to dive deeper into his approach to initiating and building meaningful relationships with the people who i...
Feb 29, 2016•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re told to go to school, get a great job with the best salary possible, and then to build our lives accordingly. But, what if we could turn this approach around? What if we designed our lives FIRST and then went out and earned to support the life we truly wanted? Clark Vandeventer and his family have done just that. They’ve identified what they want and have developed a diversified method for generating income that fits the lifestyle they’ve designed for themselves. If you’ve ever been curiou...
Jan 31, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jerrad’s work was literally making him sick. The long hours and constant demands of the job had begun to wear on him to the point where he was waking up in the night with stomach pains. He knew something needed to change. This wasn’t what he wanted for himself or his family. He and his wife took action. Together they began designing the life they wanted. We know that there are a lot of other folks like Jerrad out there, stuck in careers that are making you miserable, and we wanted to share his s...
Jan 04, 2016•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast “You can’t do what you want to be doing and get paid for it.” “I need to find my passion first.” “Stuff that comes easy can’t be valuable.” “I’ve seen other people have success with that, but it would never work for me.” What mental barriers are you carrying around with you? You may be aware of some of them. Some of them might be buried a little deeper. We run through a handful of the most common limiting beliefs we’ve seen in our work. We break each one of them down and give you the tools to ar...
Dec 28, 2015•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you stuck? Have you had the realization that you need a new job, entirely new career or maybe even want to start your own business, but you can’t see a way to make it happen? Know where you want to go, but just can’t seem to get there? So, what’s holding you back? Debt? Fear? No time? Something else? We’ve got you covered. We walk through 5 of the most common barriers that most people come up against when they’re trying to make a career change and we give clear, actionable strategies for mov...
Dec 21, 2015•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Does the idea of having just “one true calling” seem a little too limited for you? Do you find yourself being drawn to a variety of different career options? You might be a multipotentialite! In her last year of law school, when she decided that she didn’t want to become a lawyer, Emilie Wapnick began studying entrepreneurship. Frustrated by her own inability to settle on a single “calling”, she founded Puttylike.com as an online resource and community for multipotentialites like herself. She be...
Dec 07, 2015•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast How would more success or more money change your life? Would you buy a better car? A nicer house? Live by the beach? Dan Norris tells us that life hasn’t changed very much at all for him following the success of his company WP Curve, one of the world’s fastest growing WordPress support providers. And it’s by design. When you know what you want in your life it becomes possible to build your life around you! Dan’s written two books, The 7 Day Startup , which became a Top 10 Bestseller in 3 Amazon ...
Nov 30, 2015•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Wish you were more productive? Mike Vardy’s got some really helpful strategies for maximizing the 24 hours we all get each day. Mike is a thought leader in productivity. He’s an author, speaker, and founder and President of Productivityist.com, a company that helps people stop “doing productivity” and start “being productive” through online and offline channels. Before founding Productivityist, he was the managing editor of Lifehack's productivity blog . Learn what you can do to clear your mind ...
Nov 23, 2015•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re celebrating 100 episodes of Happen to Your Career, the show that brings you inspiration to make the move to a career or business you love and equips you with the tools and roadmaps to make it happen! First and foremost, we want to thank YOU for being here on this journey with us! You are WHY we do what we do! So, please grab a warm beverage, settle in and join us as we walk back through the evolution of the show and the business! Get an inside look at HTYC behind-the-scenes and hear firsth...
Nov 16, 2015•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast What would life be like if you were working from your unique strengths and talents most of the time? What could you accomplish? Micha Mikailian has been an entrepreneur since the age of 15! From starting the first online Yellow Pages as a teen to his latest company Intently, he’s learned his unique areas of talent and skill and seen a high correlation between the successes of his businesses, his own fulfillment and career satisfaction, and the amount of time he’s able to spend in his “zones of g...
Nov 09, 2015•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast So, what does success look like for you? Will you know when you’ve reached it? What will you do afterwards? Aaron Walker has attained tremendous success by all measures. He has built and sold some of the most successful businesses in the Nashville area. But he was looking for something more and when friends Dave Ramsey and Dan Miller coaxed him into speaking and coaching, he knew he’d found it. He’d found significance. Aaron shares his journey with us and shows us that attaining success is not t...
Oct 19, 2015•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Interviews, public speaking, sales pitches - these can be intimidating. Most people don’t really look forward to them. That’s a given. But, would it help if you had a proven strategy for summoning the confidence you know you need to get the results you want? Michael Port is the author of Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Book Yourself Solid, Book Yourself Solid Illustrated, The Contrarian Effect, and The Think Big Manifesto and has been called an “uncommonly honest author” by the Boston Globe. His lat...
Oct 05, 2015•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Burnout is not a joke. Paula Davis-Laack is a self-described “recovering lawyer” whose own personal experiences with burnout landed her in the hospital 3 times. Now a burnout and resilience expert and founder and CEO of the Davis-Laack Stress and Resilience Institute she is dedicated to helping professionals manage stress and prevent burnout. She is an internationally-published author and has even worked with soldiers in the US Army as part of the Army’s Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness ...
Aug 10, 2015•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Public speaking is one of the top fears, if not the number one fear most people face. In more severe cases it can cause people to avoid situations that might help them move their careers forward. David Nihill wants to help us all get over this fear and become better public speakers and storytellers. He was born in Dublin (and claims no one here in the U.S. understands his accent!). He earned a Masters in Business and began working with the Irish government to help startups. He’s been working wit...
Aug 03, 2015•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever worried about losing your job? Even if it was a job that was making you unhappy? Kirby Verceles went through some wild ups and downs when the small company she worked for was in the process of being acquired. The soul-searching that she immersed herself in at that time gave her the answers and direction she needed and she came out on the other side with a position so suited for her it almost seems as if it were created for her! Kirby shares her process of self discovery and reminds...
Jul 27, 2015•54 min•Ep 84•Transcript available on Metacast Ok. Let’s talk. Today we’re digging deep into what’s REALLY stopping you from finding what you want in your career. Have you taken jobs because they were available? Have you started a job thinking it would be something that it turned out not to be? Are you stuck trying to decide what to do next? Trouble is, most people think finding work that fits them starts with looking forward. We think it starts with looking backwards. Most people will work their entire careers without ever truly figuring ou...
Jun 29, 2015•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thinking about starting a business? You don’t want to miss this interview then! Andrea Lake is what you’d call a serious serial entrepreneur. She’s founded over 14 businesses since the age of 18, some of which include StickerJunkie.com, YogaJunkie, and Delinquent Distribution (the company that owns sales rights to merchandise for some of the world’s biggest video games...think Minecraft and World of Warcraft!). Now, she’s focusing on training and mentoring others to build their own successful bu...
Jun 22, 2015•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Work as we know it is changing, whether we like it or not. Are you prepared? Taylor Pearson is a “systems-obsessed entrepreneur, marketer, and philosopher” with a passion for helping other entrepreneurs. He’s worked on the Tropical MBA podcast, done community management for the Dynamite Circle, a top mastermind forum for location-independent entrepreneurs, and managed marketing and sales for 7-figure ecommerce businesses. He talks to us about the shifting landscape of the job market and gives va...
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