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| Welcome Message from Chris |
Here in "Crossings", as well as on my blog, I've been hinting at a transition I'm experiencing. It's time to start letting you, my Career Crossing community, in on it, fully. This area of my business has been so rewarding. I get to share a lot of tips and advice in creating the mindset for making a transition in your career. But it's been very general, not targeted enough. While I can talk all day with you about creating focus and taking action, without a specific focus, you may not get as much value. As a result, it's important to zero in on or get specific about your passion so your message, tips and advice hit home...deliver more value.
When I think of zeroing in on a particular area of transition, I think about where my passion is. I have had the tremendous opportunity to work with some brilliant solopreneurs recently who are looking for new ways to deliver their powerful and authentic messages to the world through their marketing. And the joy I've gotten from doing so has been enormous. Take note, this is a great indicator as to when you should make a transition. It's because of this opportunity and my recent marketing education that I am making this transition to a new business.
I will still be working with those in transition - can't seem to get too far away from it - but I will zero in on those part-time solopreneurs who want to transition, full time to the business they love. I think this is a highly overlooked area and most marketing coaches focus on existing full time solopreneurs. This is a gap I both lived in and have the personal experience and knowledge to fill. By sharing my marketing experience and success, coupled with clear transition strategies, I can help brilliant solopreneurs bring more good things to their clients and make this a nicer place to live!
I will continue to talk about the mindset and tools needed to make a transition, so you will continue to benefit from the "transition specialist". However the messages will be interlaced with marketing tips and strategies to improve business results.
It is my hope that you will stay with me, so that if you are presently building a business part-time with the desire to transition full time, that I can help you and you can continue to learn more with me. And if you aren't building a part time business today, you can get insight into making the transition and radiant marketing strategies and will stay to learn more.
I have thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated sharing Career Crossing with this wonderful community and hope to share many more years with you in this transition and beyond.
But hold on...I'm not done yet! My last "Crossings" newsletter will be December 16th. (I will publish under a new name.) Stay tuned for that issue where we will celebrate your membership in this community with gifts and surprises!
Success, is yours...
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POSTPONED: Career Crossing Teleseminar!
Forget about making New Year's resolutions for 2010...Get ready to achieve your dreams and goals by telling a different story.
Hopefully you saw my email about postponing the teleseminar. This was for a couple of reasons. My health was impacting my ability to fully develop the high value content I wanted to deliver to you and that was unacceptable for me. And secondly, I wanted to include support for those who are a "budding" solopreneur (solo entrepreneurs) building their businesses part time.
So in short order I will have the content in shape and you'll see a new date! Thanks for your patience and understanding! |
Featured Strategy:
Still lost in translation |
I recently read some responses to an online question about "what people would do if they knew they would be successful". Typically the question is: what would you do if you know you could not fail. So it's an interesting take on it. I was a bit surprised at the answers - maybe you won't be...
- Not certain how to change my direction
- Fear that it wouldn't work out
- Fearful of transitions
- I face fear on a daily basis
So why, since I work with clients around change, transitions and opportunities for their lives and careers, would I be surprised? Because the question said they would be successful and the responses were still laced with fear. So while I was making a word play in the title of this article; perhaps it is a matter of "Lost in Translation" (2003 movie by the same name). Maybe they read "success" and still fear crept into their thoughts. We know that there are those who fear success, sometimes even more than they fear failure.
Ok, fear is a very natural, normal response to change and transitions. It's what protects us from the external dangers - but it can also inhibit us from our internal opportunities for growth.
The management of a life, career or just our day-to-day, presents us with dangers and opportunities. As we've always been told, it is our perception of those dangers and opportunities that can make them so. I'll give you a personal example.
Many years ago, I was offered the opportunity to leave the comfort of a home and city I'd grown comfortable in. I had established a life and while it wasn't permanent for me, it held lots of growth and challenging opportunities - both personally and professionally. Making this move meant a significant change in my career, home and lifestyle. I would be isolated and alone - from my perspective. I was also moving away from the center of power and influence for my career by taking this offer. For me, this was a dangerous proposition.
A good friend helped me work through the pros and cons, the dangers vs. opportunity and I chose to move. It would provide me with both personal and professional development, which I wouldn't have gotten where I was. As it turns out, I was far more supported, encouraged and successful in that move. More than I have been since, in my career. It was the best thing I could have done to move me forward.
But when presented with the opportunity, all I saw was "Danger, Will Robinson" (some of you will get that reference...hopefully all!). The true benefit or opportunity was lost in translation and therefore lost on me. That's why not allowing the fear to inhibit my choice to move worked for me. By the way, I recall this one move whenever I'm facing a hard choice or danger vs. opportunity in my life. It's a great motivator!
Certainly the solution to any danger vs. opportunity crossroads is made easier when you have a good friend, partner, mentor or coach to help you see both sides of the coin; or if you have evidence in your past of where it's worked out - which it always does. But absent all of that, you do have an internal compass that helps you to navigate or "translate" your way to the best solution by how you feel - it is your "never-lost" in transition guidance system. You can strengthen it by using the tools below.
Continue reading this article on my blog
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December 2 - Networking Dynamics Meeting
December 5 - New Haven County Women In Business Meeting
December 8 - Contacts & Compacts Meeting
December 9 - Working Women's Forum
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| Important Career Transition Resource |
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It's time that ALL career professionals take back control of their careers and use the opportunity to do what they have been working towards, building skills for and become increasingly clear about to bring more freedom in what you do, more security because it's what you want and more control because it's your choice.
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Chris Makell is the founder of Career Crossing, a company devoted to teaching career professionals around the world how to simply and easily, transition and transform their careers. As a result you will re-focus, re-energize and re-ignite your career purpose, passion and income!
Highly regarded as the career transitions expert, Chris has over 25 years experience and expertise in teaching and inspiring clients to identify opportunities and creatively structure solutions which achieve desired results. Through her courses, mentoring/coaching programs and products, she delivers simplistic step-by-step strategies which career professionals confidently and successfully implement.
If you liked today's article, you'll love Chris' step-by-step solutions to help you re-discover how to turn the challenge of change and transition into your greatest opportunity. You can fearlessly achieve more freedom and greater control in the career and life you are meant to lead.
Remember to forward a copy of this newsletter to a friend or colleague; it may be just what they need to take their career to another level. When doing so, please forward it in its entirety, including our contact and copyright information. Thanks and enjoy!
Crossings Newsletter is written by Chris Makell and Career Crossing - www.CareerXing.com . If you have any questions or comments, please send them to: Newsletter@CareerXing.com
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