Don’t wait until you have “total understanding.” Don’t wait until you feel like you have a “perfect plan.” Right now, we want to encourage you to put your new knowledge to work. Most people find success in ANY area of their lives — from career to health to relationships — by taking IMPERFECT action BEFORE you think you’re ready, and then continue to make adjustments. But what most people do instead is to wait. They think they’re not ready. They make the challenge in front of them SO HUGE in thei...
Nov 16, 2019•16 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast You know it’s coming, but it still freezes you in your tracks like a deer in the headlights. Maybe it’s right after you sit down in the visitor’s chair, across the desk from the interviewer. Or maybe it’s ten or fifteen minutes into your conversation- just when you start to think you might escape this time. But then it hits you. The interviewer flips through your file, folds her hands on top of her desk, looks at you expectantly and says the words that strike fear in the hearts of every job-seek...
Nov 15, 2019•15 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast The more you know about what makes you truly happy and satisfied, the more you can bring it into your life. Once you identify your strengths, you can identify what you want in your life. You can hone in on the types of activities you’re best at and that make you happiest. Then you can work backwards from there to figure out the types of jobs where you can find those activities… and what types of companies hire for those jobs! This is the opposite approach that 99% of the world takes. Most people...
Nov 14, 2019•19 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast What the heck are Signature Strengths? We’ve talked about how your signature strengths aren’t just skills like, “I’m really good with Excel.” There’s more to it: It’s that intersection of things you’re really, really good at with things you really, really love — combined with your experiences, disposition, and a few shakes of both nature and nurture. “Signature Strengths are your unique combination of experiences, skills, knowledge and even the way you’re wired. It’s the stuff that makes you, yo...
Nov 13, 2019•20 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast It isn’t just things you’re good at, or things you’ve been praised for - although that’s part of the equation. Instead, we see it as the intersection of two things: Your strengths: what you can truly be great at — maybe even the best in the world if you spent the time and energy developing them! And Your passions: what you enjoy and love. Then add in your skills, experiences, knowledge and predispositions… and voila! You’ve got YOUR “signature strengths.” We’ve put this 6 part audio course toget...
Nov 12, 2019•16 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast Let’s start with a question: Why do you care about your strengths? Maybe you’ve spent time looking at job opportunities online, getting depressed at how few jobs you’re qualified for, interested in, or willing to do for low pay. Or maybe you’ve recently had the realization that “this can’t be all there is” to work You might have even taken every assessment, personality test and quiz out there only to find out that you’re still in the same place. You, just like many of the people we work with, fo...
Nov 11, 2019•10 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast If you look into your past, you’ll see many different experiences, from hobbies, volunteer work, to career experiences. Many times, these different things may seem disconnected. They may even seem insignificant in the scope of your career. But, the threads of your experiences come together to create the person you are. When you discover the connection between these threads, you can begin to identify these “secret” strengths that have always been in your life. When you know what these are, they h...
Nov 04, 2019•41 min•Ep 308•Transcript available on Metacast Big Decisions. You know how these work. Our brains usually fight us and want us to stay in our comfort zones. Plus if you’re like me you can turn nearly anything into logic. Yes I know that I’m not loving my work and my boss is a overbearing but there could be another opportunity 4 months from now. Many people find themselves torn when it comes to staying in the same place vs. making a change. They know and feel deep down inside that something isn't right, and they struggle with taking a chance ...
Oct 28, 2019•36 min•Ep 307•Transcript available on Metacast There’s never an ideal time to get laid off or completely change your career, but a professional setback might actually lead to a far better opportunity you’ve never considered before. Melissa Shapiro was already contemplating a career change, but then was laid off before she could position herself for the next move. She discovered that evolving and adapting weren’t only important for success – it was absolutely necessary to move up in the professional world. Melissa took her new-found time and ...
Oct 21, 2019•38 min•Ep 306•Transcript available on Metacast This might come as a bit of a shocker, but we don’t always post our job openings for our company. [Gasp] “I thought you were in HR for years, Scott. How could you?” I was. I worked in many different companies and sectors. Government, Manufacturing, Fortune 500. I’ve been on all sides of the table too. When a hiring manager has a need, they usually are doing their best to make sure they’ve got someone in mind already. I saw with my own eyes each of those organizations also hired without posting p...
Oct 18, 2019•18 min•Ep 305•Transcript available on Metacast Let me ask you a question: When do you have the most power to negotiate? Out of all the possible times, the very best time to negotiate your pay, job, terms or anything else is when you’re making a career change to a new company and new job. Specifically right after they’ve made you an offer. Why is that? Well, Let's talk about some truths from their perspective. Once you get to where they have given you an offer it is a big deal for you and for them. Very often they have spent a huge amount of ...
Oct 17, 2019•32 min•Ep 305•Transcript available on Metacast Have you wondered how you can move from being a good job candidate to being a great candidate? Have you identified your big “value-adds” from your past job experiences and how you can apply them to any industry? Have you wondered how to open more doors of opportunity during informational interviews? Several times over the past several months, we brought some past guests back onto the podcast to catch up with where they are now and how things have changed since we last had them on the podcast. So...
Oct 14, 2019•57 min•Ep 305•Transcript available on Metacast To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/ Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc...
Oct 11, 2019•40 min•Ep 304•Transcript available on Metacast I've been studying high performers and top performers for approaching 20 years now. Lots of things have surprised me about how top performers do things differently. But quite possibly the most surprising is how high performing people ask for help. It’s completely different than the average person. I found that most people don't think about this as a skill set. What I've learned though by studying top performers, there are actually very specific things that they do when they go to ask for help. I...
Oct 09, 2019•12 min•Ep 304•Transcript available on Metacast What if you get rejected from what you thought was going to be your purpose? What if the work you thought would be meaningful isn’t? When you get rejected from that - even just one rejection - you start to really question all of your skill sets and the journey that you've been on. If that’s you - you’re going to learn how to turn an end into a beginning of what’s next in your life. To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/p...
Oct 07, 2019•28 min•Ep 304•Transcript available on Metacast When thinking about meaningful work and the various pieces that need to come together, it might cause you to wonder, “Are these even possible together, and, if so, how do real people actually find these opportunities?” With the help of science and some real people who have done a great job finding meaningful work and career happiness, we’re going to break down the answers for you. So, the question becomes: “How do you find this elusive work that’s meaningful and meets your other needs like a cer...
Sep 30, 2019•22 min•Ep 303•Transcript available on Metacast Organizations that focus on employee experiences create more profit. Employees want more meaningful work and work experiences and are willing to take less pay for it? So why haven’t companies really started paying attention to this? Or are some organizations beginning to wake up and realize that more and more of the workforce is wanting more meaningful work? Thanks to Philips for their openness and access to both their leadership team and employees as we put this all together. Check out more abo...
Sep 23, 2019•24 min•Ep 302•Transcript available on Metacast There’s so much conflicting information out there about what creates more fulfilling, more desirable work: Is it the job? Is it the company? Is it the type of role or occupation? Is meaningful work really even obtainable in the first place? The short answer is “yes,” but in reality it happens differently than what most of the world thinks it does. Thanks to Philips for their openness and access to both their leadership team and employees as we put this all together. Check out more about what Phi...
Sep 16, 2019•21 min•Ep 301•Transcript available on Metacast This is a special episode. This is episode 300! We are bringing on a bunch of people today to give you a behind-the-scenes look at several aspects of the HTYC podcast. We’ll hear from several members of the HTYC team, we also have several surprise guests, all sharing a bit of how we all met Scott and how HTYC has helped us. We’ll also have some of the best tips if you feel stuck in your career. And we’re going to have a little fun at the same time (because that's what we do). To binge-listen to ...
Sep 09, 2019•56 min•Ep 300•Transcript available on Metacast Many of us get exhausted. Maybe it’s because of a lack of sleep. Maybe it’s from working too much or too hard. Maybe it’s from stress. But being exhausted doesn’t mean that it has to be a negative in your life. Laura Morrison was used to be exhausted, but now it feels different. "So, I still leave work exhausted. It's just that now the exhaustion is from kind of flexing my brain and personal development and kind of much more excitement about the work that I'm doing and being invested in it.” To ...
Sep 03, 2019•33 min•Ep 299•Transcript available on Metacast What if I told you that the number 1 way to land your dream job is having confidence? Would you feel like you’re on the path to getting there...or just stuck? Well, if your answer is “just stuck”--you’re not alone. In our latest podcast episode Laura, one of our stellar Career Change Bootcamp Graduates tells us how it took her nearly 3 years to leave a job she wasn’t passionate about because she felt the same way. Tune in to hear how she went from disengaged to confident--and so can you!...
Sep 02, 2019•49 min•Ep 298•Transcript available on Metacast “Now looking back at it. I never really asked myself the questions of whether I wanted to to do this. It is just normal. Many of us do that.” That’s what Michal Balass had said when I asked her where her career started. She went on to explain that she spent years getting her Doctorate and when it came time to get a job she did it without thinking… because that’s what you do! It is normal. Unfortunately doing things the normal way without question put Michal in the same place many others are: In ...
Aug 26, 2019•43 min•Ep 298•Transcript available on Metacast By now you should have a decision! Yeah! Let's celebrate! But if you don't yet...It's ok! This is a lifelong process and some people want and need more help than the email course! We have created other types of help because I whole heartedly believe and know just how important this is! I have seen lives change again and again when our students get clear on what they want! By the way, if you want to get this sent straight to your email box to you can always go to FigureItOut.co and drop in your e...
Aug 22, 2019•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s up to you now! We’ve done all we can do to get you on the path to the job that you love. All that is left is to decide to take the next step. Here’s 3 tips (and one video) to help you make this decision: Everything does not depend on this. You’re well prepared! “Magic happens when you’re in motion” – Richie Norton . By the way, if you want to get this sent straight to your email box to you can always go to FigureItOut.co and drop in your email address. And that will get sent right to your e...
Aug 21, 2019•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Here’s the reality: Decisions are hard. They don’t sound like they should be hard, but they stop people every single day, usually many many times a day from doing something productive. So much so that I personally spend much of my energy eliminating unimportant decision making from my life that I won’t care about years or even weeks from now. Decisions like what do I have for breakfast or what should I wear today or what order should I begin my day take only small amounts of energy, time and eff...
Aug 20, 2019•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our minds are amazing. We can do absolutely unbelievable things with our brains! One thing we can do is we can very effectively filter and sort information. This is a huge benefit to us, but can also cause a lot of problems in the form of cognitive bias. This just means that as human beings the way our brains function can actually bias us toward or away from certain things like steering us away from those areas that might be uncomfortable and toward familiarity. But what if you could take some o...
Aug 19, 2019•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Remember in the last lesson when we talked about how most people miss the simple logic: you have to know where you’re going to be able to figure out how to get there. Well, this applies to more than just the job you have or a business that you run. Just try to separate out your work from the rest of your life! You can’t. The people you spend the most time with or don’t spend the most time with is often influenced by your work. So is your personal growth as a person, where you physically spend yo...
Aug 18, 2019•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast What do you want? It’s a simple enough question. I’ll bet you can't easily answer that question? Go ahead and give it a try! I’ll wait! Harder than it seems right? But what if you could intentionally and succintly answer that question? When you have the answer to what you really want in your career and in your life and really go after it, it allows you to do things most people would consider exceptional or even impossible. And that is exactly what we’re going to cover today! By the way, if you w...
Aug 17, 2019•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast IS REFLECTION ON THE PAST YOUR KEY TO CAREER HAPPINESS? The short answer is “H-E- double hockey sticks to the NO”. (mostly because I love hockey and a little because reflection is not the magic bullet alone!) But what’s the longer more nuanced answer? To be clear; reflecting on the past alone is not going to get you where you want to go in your career or your life. It will take intentional action to move toward work that fits you, your values, and your strengths (and even your income expectation...
Aug 16, 2019•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY KNOW THEIR STRENGTHS… I hear them say things like “I learn fast” or “I’m good with people” but most people have not spent enough time or effort to truly understand what it is that they are great at or have the potential to be great at! Maybe these are true, but these aren’t specific enough to really be what you are great at. What is it that makes you great with people, What is it specifically that you enjoy in the interaction with others, is it even the interaction at...
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