Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design

The audiobook version of "Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change & Meaningful Work" is now available on Audible! In celebration of the launch, today's bonus episode includes Chapter 2: Happy High Achiever Milestones.

Click here to order the audiobook book on Audible!

Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print copy or ebook here!

Direct download: HTYCB019_1.mp3
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Kristy had landed her dream role traveling the world, drinking wine (and getting paid to do both!) She had put in a lot of hard work to figure out her ideal career and make a career change, but it turns out she still wasn’t done! Kristy Wenz shared her initial career change story from communications to wine travel on the HTYC podcast in 2018. In today’s episode, she returns to discuss how she’s continued optimizing her career into better and better iterations of her dream career.

What you'll learn

  • Why learning to say no is so important when optimizing your career 
  • How to overcome the fear of leaving your once ideal role 
  • The importance of creating your list of must-haves

Kristy's original episode - Episode 255: How Kristy Celebrated Small Victories on the Way to Her Dream Career (Apple Podcasts / Spotify

 

Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now!

Have career change questions? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation

 

Free Resources

What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! 

Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.

 

Related Episodes

  1. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts
  2. Designing Career Experiments and Testing New Careers (Spotify / Apple Podcasts
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This is part four of our series on the seven elements of meaningful work and covers “Growth." 

If you want to do work that is meaningful, you must first understand the elements that contribute to a fulfilling career. Many things have an impact on fulfilling work, but there are seven key elements that have a significantly higher impact than all others.

In this bonus series, Scott will take you through each of these seven elements individually, so you can get a full understanding and start creating your own definition of meaningful work. 

 

Listen to Part 1 on Contribution: Spotify / Apple Podcasts

Listen to Part 2 on Flexibility & Autonomy: Spotify / Apple Podcasts

Listen to Part 3 on Quality of Life: Spotify / Apple Podcasts

Direct download: HTYCB018.mp3
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This is part three of our series on the seven elements of meaningful work and covers “Quality of Life."

If you want to do work that is meaningful, you must first understand the elements that contribute to a fulfilling career. Many things have an impact on fulfilling work, but there are seven key elements that have a significantly higher impact than all others.

In this bonus series, Scott will take you through each of these seven elements individually, so you can get a full understanding and start creating your own definition of meaningful work. 

 

Listen to Part 1 on Contribution: Spotify / Apple Podcasts

Listen to Part 2 on Flexibility & Autonomy: Spotify / Apple Podcasts

Direct download: HTYCB017.mp3
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Have you ever wondered if it's possible to pivot out of your current industry? One of the biggest challenges when it comes to career change is the inability to see outside of what you know and the career that you're accustomed to. HTYC career coach, Taj Dashaun found himself in this very place after his football career ended when he graduated from college. In today’s episode, Taj gives expert advice as he details the ups and downs of his many career pivots.

What you'll learn

  • The important distinction between how you want to live vs. what you want to do
  • How to know it's time to make a career pivot
  • How to transfer your skills to a new industry

 

Have career change questions? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation

Our new book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is out now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the book now!

 

Free Resources

What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! 

Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.

 

Related Episodes

  1. Figuring Out Your Perfect Career Match (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

  2. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Direct download: HTYC503.mp3
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This is part two of our series on the seven elements of meaningful work and covers “Flexibility & Autonomy.”

If you want to do work that is meaningful, you must first understand the elements that contribute to a fulfilling career. Many things have an impact on fulfilling work, but there are seven key elements that have a significantly higher impact than all others.

In this bonus series, Scott will take you through each of these seven elements individually, so you can get a full understanding and start creating your own definition of meaningful work. 

 

Listen to Part 1 on Contribution! (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Direct download: HTYCB016.mp3
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A career change can seem daunting, but what if your life depended on it? Thomas lay on the ground for 2.5 minutes, paralyzed. A career-ending neck injury changed his life and career as he knew it in an instant. Learn how a former NFL player used his passion to find purpose and fulfillment off the field.

What you’ll learn 

  • How to Identify your passion vs. your purpose 

  • An exercise in trusting your gut when it’s time to leave a career 

  • Who to add to your team of advisors to help navigate your career change

  • How to overcome the fear that is holding you back from career fulfillment

 

Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation

Our new book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is out now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the book now!

Have career change questions? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

 

Free Resources

What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! 

Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.

 

Related Episodes

  1. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

  2. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Direct download: HTYC502.mp3
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If you want to do work that is meaningful, you must first understand the elements that contribute to a fulfilling career. Many things have an impact on fulfilling work, but there are seven key elements that have a significantly higher impact than all others. In this bonus series, Scott will take you through each of these seven elements individually, so you can get a full understanding and start creating your own definition of meaningful work. This episode is part one and covers “Contribution.”

Direct download: HTYCB015.mp3
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Climbing the corporate ladder will bring you success, but will it bring you happiness? Learn how a senior-level manager rallied after a shocking job loss, figured out his top career priority, and pivoted into multiple offers from companies he was eager to work for.

What you’ll learn 

  • How to prioritize what is most important to you in your career
  • How Dan experienced true career happiness by stepping down from the executive level
  • The importance of going back to your roots to find exactly what your career has been missing
  • How to pivot after job loss and use it to your advantage

 

Our new book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is out now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the book now!

Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

Want to chat with someone on the team about your situation? Schedule a conversation

 

Free Resources

What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! 

Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.

 

Related Episodes

  1. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: HTYC501.mp3
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