(Re)discover Your Career Flow: What Do (Really) You Want?
Career: What is that supposed to mean?
According to the dictionary, the definition is "an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress".
And what about career happiness?
A happy career sounds like the perfect match. Just like the perfect love: everybody wants it, yet it seems unreachable.
But how is career happiness defined? And more importantly, by whom?
Is it defined by the 4,000 ads that are weighing you down each day on (social) media, telling you what you are supposed to think is a good life? Or is it defined through your peers or boss? What do you need to be happy? Do you need to be extremely determined night and day to get the approval of your boss?
How about an alternative to that?
Yes, take your own thoughts into consideration: What is it that you really want?
When I was going through my own coaching, I remember vividly how my coach asked me: “What do you really want?” He asked me this question again and again for one hour straight. I answered: “Not this, not that. Not this, not that.”
He stayed on it as a good coach would. In the end, we got to a place where I started to gain clarity.
Later he asked me to write an application for the job I really wanted to do. When I sent it to him, I did not know it would be almost exactly like my job is today!
So here's something you can do in your journey toward career happiness:
Get clear on what's really important to you
You can do that on your own, in a coaching session, or join for the event here. Be sure to focus and not BS yourself. That’s not always easy but worth it, that’s why others should help.
Understand yourself and what’s truly important to you
What kind of journey do you want? Try this simple exercise: Just remember the most pleasant and rewarding situations in your career so far. What happened? What did you do? What brought you there? What did it look like? What steps did you take to get there?
Are you ready to improve your career happiness?
Let's (re)discover your career flow together by realizing what drives you and reflecting on what's important to you. Book a free 30-min session to discuss your coaching journey!
