Happen To Your Career

Starting your own business has become quite the buzz these days, but let's be real—it's not for everyone. Sometimes people confuse their desire for more freedom and flexibility with the need to become their own boss. However, there are certain folks and situations where starting a business could be the perfect career move. The question is, how do you know if entrepreneurship is the right move for your career? Our guest, Amy, shares how she came to the realization that opening her own business was the right move for her, and how she built a support system that allowed her to take the leap into creative entrepreneurship.

What you’ll learn 

  • How to know if you should open your own business or if you just need to make a career change
  • Where to find your biggest supporters and motivators when starting a business
  • Questions to ask yourself if you’re considering becoming an entrepreneur

 

Have you read the book yet? Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available in print, ebook and audiobook! If you want to know how to make an intentional career change to work you’re excited to wake up for, visit happentoyourcareer.com/book!

 

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. Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts))

 

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Say goodbye to the boring grind and hello to a career that brings out the best in you! Gallup's research has revealed the one thing that has the biggest impact on whether or not your work is fulfilling. Can you guess what it is? (You probably can from the title of this episode…) It's whether or not your strengths fit the role you're in. That's right, the key to unlocking fulfillment in your work lies in fitting your strengths to your career. In this episode, Scott discusses these findings with Dr. Jim Harter, the Chief Scientist of Workplace and Wellbeing at Gallup!

What you’ll learn 

  • How organizations can create a thriving culture of engaged employees 
  • The research and data-backed knowledge that supports the link between strengths and finding fulfilling work
  • How to have more meaningful conversations with your leader (or your team if you are a leader!)

 

Have you had the chance to read our new book? “Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work” is the best place to find all of the most valuable HTYC advice, and it’s now available in print, ebook, and on audiobook (hello, podcast listeners!) Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information

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. Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

 

 

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Is making a career change really worth the effort, perseverance, and time it takes? Listen to Vicky’s inspiring journey from feeling stuck to thriving in a new role, and decide for yourself! 

 

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! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information.

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. Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
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There’s been one episode that we’ve received an overwhelming amount of feedback on. More than any other episode in the history of this podcast, and more than any other story in the Happen To Your Career Book, because people resonate with this story so deeply. So that is the story we're going to share today as a special bonus episode! If you find yourself inspired by this story and wish to make a similar change in your own life, reach out by clicking here to schedule with our team 👉  https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule/


Schedule a meeting with our team! 👉  https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule/

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Whether it’s responding to emails as they come into our inbox, no matter the hour, or agreeing to meetings after our established working hours, setting boundaries at work has become increasingly challenging. Today’s technology makes it almost too easy to think we have to “always be on." Learn how to set healthy boundaries at work with insights from Rachael Robertson, a world-renowned authority on leading in extreme environments!

What you'll learn

  • How to influence your work culture for better boundaries
  • How to be successful in the most challenging of environments
  • Practical strategies for holding boundaries

 

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

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. An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify /Apple Podcasts)
  2. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
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Unhappy in your current job? It’s possible your ideal role is right in front of you, you just haven't uncovered it yet! Jenn's story provides specific steps and examples for discovering your ideal role within your current organization.

What you’ll learn 

  • How to decide if changing roles internally is the right move for you 
  • How to experiment with roles within your current company
  • How to have conversations about an internal career move with leaders in your organization

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

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. Designing Career Experiments and Testing New Careers (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

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

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You know you bring immense value to your organization and feel that you deserve to be paid more than your current salary. But how do you go about asking for it? Where do you even begin? And more importantly, how can you ensure that your request is met with a positive response? In this episode, Scott speaks with Justin, a technical engineer, who found himself in the same situation. He ended up staying with the company he loved and successfully negotiated a raise, exceeding the amount he initially expected!

What you'll learn 

  • Why leveraging outside job offers is not always necessary to get a raise
  • How to push past your comfort zone to ask for the raise you deserve
  • Tips for framing your value to the company and making a compelling case for a raise

 

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

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. An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify /Apple Podcasts)

  2. Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Direct download: HTYC513.mp3
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Imagine your child thriving in their career from an early age instead of feeling confused and lost in their first 10 years on the job. Many of us are already thinking about what work will look like for the next generation and how we can help improve it before they even enter the workforce. In this episode, we explore the best ways to approach talking to kids about work and careers, and share insights on how to ask the right questions and guide your child toward a fulfilling career path!

Episode 329: Helping Your Kids Prepare for Their Future Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

 

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!

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. Six Career Experiments To Help You Discover Your Ideal New Role (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

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Making a career change later in life can seem like a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be. Scott had built a great career working for the same company for 18 years. When he began to realize he no longer felt challenged at work, there were 2 main limiting beliefs holding him back: “I feel like I’m too late in my career, and between work and family obligations, I’m too busy to make a career change.” Hear how Scott overcame these obstacles and ultimately beat out more qualified candidates to land a new role he’s really excited about!

What you’ll learn 

  • How to fit a career change into your life no matter how busy you are 
  • Using strengths to overcome limiting beliefs 
  • How networking expedited Scott’s career change

 

We want to hear from you! Take our first-ever listener survey: https://happentoyourcareer.com/survey

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. Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify /Apple Podcasts)
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What if I told you there was a way to engineer yourself to become a top candidate for your dream organization? Jenna had been a bedside RN her entire career, but always felt misaligned and like she was just tolerating her job. When she finally decided she wanted more out of her life and career, she narrowed her job search down to just one organization she wanted to work for. Learn how Jenna built connections with her ideal organization, persevered after rejection, and became the top candidate when the same role she had been initially rejected for opened back up.

 

We want to hear from you! Take our first-ever listener survey: https://happentoyourcareer.com/survey

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. Figuring Out Your Perfect Career Match (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
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Should you stay or should you go? If you're so stressed you feel like you can't function normally, or you feel completely misaligned with your work, or you're no longer able to have a social life, or maybe all the above... something does have to change! However, you actually have more options than simply staying or quitting.

In this episode, Scott is joined by HTYC career coach Megan to discuss the 3 questions you must review to decide if you should quit your job without another lined up, plus alternatives to quitting that most people have never considered!

 

We want to hear from you! Take our first-ever listener survey: https://happentoyourcareer.com/survey

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. Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
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What if you didn’t have to escape your job? What if the place you were your happiest and the place you felt most alive was actually where you worked? Steph had known for almost 9 years that she felt the most alive, and the most like herself, in fitness studios, but she had never allowed herself to believe that she could actually build a career in fitness. Steph had a great career in the Marine Corps, and then with Amazon, but she never felt like she was doing work that was true to her. In this episode, she discusses her realization that she could make a living doing what she loved, and how she took the leap to pick up her life and go after it. 

What you’ll learn 

  • The importance of building a career in alignment with your life
  • How to use feedback from your support system to find a career that fits you
  • The importance of defining success for yourself when pursuing work you love

 

We want to hear from you! Take our first-ever listener survey: https://happentoyourcareer.com/survey

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. Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
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In this bonus episode, Scott answers the following question we received from a listener: “How do I figure out what I want to do when my entire career up until this point has been defined for me?” 

We want to hear from you! Take our first-ever listener survey: https://happentoyourcareer.com/survey

 

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Have you taken every assessment and personality quiz out there only to find that you’re still in the same place? While the knowledge of being a “relator” or “achiever” or “learner” is interesting, you still don’t have a raise, a new career, or work that makes you happy. To help you escape this roller coaster to nowhere, HTYC’s own Cindy and Kate are taking over the podcast to help you understand your unique mix of strengths, and then apply that knowledge in a way that is useful and valuable to your career and life.

What you’ll learn 

  • How to understand what your mix of strengths mean to you
  • The scientifically proven link between strengths and career satisfaction
  • How nurturing your unique set of strengths can lead to more meaningful work

 

Mentioned in this Episode

 

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.

The Ultimate Guide to Using Your Strengths to Get Hired

 

Related Episodes

  1. Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

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

 

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!

 

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This is the final part of our series on the seven elements of meaningful work and covers “Values."

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

Listen to Part 4 on Growth: Spotify / Apple Podcasts

Listen to Part 5 on Signature Strengths: Spotify / Apple Podcasts 

Listen to Part 6 on Supportive People : Spotify / Apple Podcasts

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Transitioning out of the military is no easy task. From the rollercoaster of emotions to the lifestyle changes, and of course, finding a civilian job. Julia had loved her time in the military, but that chapter had come to a close and she needed to figure out what her next career would be. When she began her job search, she felt completely out of her element, struggled to relate her military experience to civilian job postings, and found herself considering jobs well below her military pay. In this episode, you'll hear how Julia went from not knowing what she wanted to do next to landing an amazing role in the corporate world and defining her ideal life as a civilian. 

What you’ll learn 

  • How to find confidence in your career after transitioning out of the military 

  • The importance of thinking in terms of an ideal life instead of just an ideal career 

  • How to translate job descriptions in a new industry to help you realize if you’re a good fit or not 

 

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

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. Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

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This is part six of our series on the seven elements of meaningful work and covers “Supportive People."

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

Listen to Part 4 on Growth: Spotify / Apple Podcasts

Listen to Part 5 on Signature Strengths: Spotify / Apple Podcasts 

 

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A lack of career clarity can leave you feeling directionless. Luckily there is a practice that can help you discover what makes you unique, what motivates you, what you enjoy in your work, and can help you build a more intentional life and career: Reflection. In order to achieve her own career clarity, HTYC coach, Briana Riley, built a reflection practice that she uses in her coaching today.

What you'll learn

  • An exercise you can use to gain clarity and build a more intentional life and career 
  • How self-reflection can help you define your ideal career 
  • How asking for help can accelerate your progress to a fulfilling career

 

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

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. Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

 

Direct download: HTYC505.mp3
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This is part five of our series on the seven elements of meaningful work and covers “Signature Strengths." 

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

Listen to Part 4 on Growth: Spotify / Apple Podcasts

Direct download: HTYCB020.mp3
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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!

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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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How can you create more fulfilling work in your role and for your team? Two HTYC leaders, Scott & Cindy, take you behind the scenes to explain how the HTYC team creates fulfilling work by doing things a lot differently than the rest of the world. They share the specific processes that work for HTYC, and provide practices you can implement in your role today to begin the journey to more fulfilling work!

Direct download: HTYCB014.mp3
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HTYC has evolved from a blog project that helped people get raises and promotions to a company with an entire team dedicated to changing how work is done worldwide. Today’s episode discusses how the future of work is changing and how taking control of your career can help change the way the world does and thinks about work.

What you’ll learn 

  • What it means to change the way the world does and thinks about work
  • How to take control of your career
  • What you can do to help change the way the world works

 

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. Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: HTYC500.mp3
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What do you do when you decide your current job no longer fits you? Whether it’s an external shift, like your priorities change, or an internal shift, like a misalignment of values, you know something is off. HTYC career coach, Megan Crawford worked in recruiting for over 12 years until she realized her role no longer aligned with her values or what she wanted out of her life. On today’s episode, she discusses her career change journey from recruiting to coaching, including tactical steps you can take if you’re in a similar position!

What you'll learn

  • How to use fear of the unknown and uncertainty to fuel your career change
  • What to do when your new career isn’t what you thought it would be
  • The importance of acknowledging that you’re no longer in a career that fits you

 

Have career change questions? Email "conversation" to 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. Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: HTYC499.mp3
Category:Careers -- posted at: 1:00am PDT

In this bonus episode, Scott answers the following question we received from a listener: "I love my career but my spouse hates theirs. How do I support my spouse?" 

Have a question you would like to hear answered on the podcast? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

 

Direct download: HTYCB013.mp3
Category:Careers -- posted at: 1:00am PDT

Do you feel connected to your role currently? Do you feel important? Do you feel like you’re close to burning out? Many companies focus on employee engagement, but their idea of growth and engagement isn’t guaranteed to be exactly what you want or need. In today’s episode, Rachel Cooke of Lead Above Noise talks about the four different types of growth and how you can drive your own career growth.

What you’ll learn 

  • How to know what’s holding you back from doing your best work
  • How to figure out your definition of career growth
  • The four components that create a really powerful employee experience

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: HTYC498.mp3
Category:Careers -- posted at: 1:00am PDT

Working mothers make up a significant part of the U.S. labor force, accounting for nearly one-third of all employed women, according to the latest census. So how do you find the time to prioritize your family and do your job well? Samantha and Kate hop on the podcast to talk about their experiences as working moms, the importance of filling your own cup, and methods they’ve found to make their lives run (somewhat) smoothly as working moms.

 

Email Kate: kate@happentoyourcareer.com

Email Samantha: samantha@happentoyourcareer.com

Direct download: HTYCB012.mp3
Category:Careers -- posted at: 1:00am PDT

I cannot tell you the number of times I have heard someone say “work is supposed to be hard that’s why it’s called work” or even “work is supposed to suck.” It’s the mindset that we have been engrained to have as a society. Luckily this narrative is very misguided, and people are starting to realize that work doesn't actually have to suck. Natalie had, what many people would call, a “great job.” She was learning and growing, had great coworkers and mentors, and was making great money, but ultimately she wasn’t happy. In this episode, Natalie discusses how she figured out the solution to her career unhappiness was switching industries, and how she made it happen.

What you’ll learn 

  • Why switching industries may not be as drastic of a career change as you may think
  • How to conduct career experiments through reachouts 
  • How to negotiate in a way that feels true to yourself 
  • How to use your current network to find your ideal role 



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 

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. Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: HTYC497.mp3
Category:Careers -- posted at: 1:00am PDT

ADHD impairs your executive functions, which enable you to plan, focus and juggle multiple tasks simultaneously. This diagnosis can cause work, specifically, to be extremely challenging, yet many adults with ADHD have extremely successful careers. In this special bonus episode, Cindy talks about managing her workload as an adult with ADHD. She discusses how she sets herself up for success in her role and gives tactical advice on how you can do the same!

 

Email Cindy: cindy@happentoyourcareer.com

Check out Scott's new book that Cindy mentions in the ep!

Direct download: HTYCB011.mp3
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If you’ve been feeling like you need a change, your gut may be trying to tell you something. 

Ben Fox, one of HTYC’s career coaches, has learned to lead with curiosity and listen to his gut intuition in order to live life without regrets. This combination has led him to experiment with many jobs throughout his life. 

He also knows what it’s like to feel lost when it comes to your career. He spent many years after college hopping from job to job, not knowing what he wanted.

What he didn’t realize at the time was that all of those seemingly random jobs were actually allowing him to experiment with his career, and eventually he was able to take his learnings and pinpoint his ideal career. 

Listen to hear Ben and Scott talk about learning to listen to your gut intuition, career experiments, and what to do right now if you’re considering making a career change.

 

What you’ll learn 

  • How to use career experiments to assemble your ideal role 
  • What to do when you’re questioning whether or not you should make a change 
  • How to leverage your gut intuition to guide your career 

 

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 

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. Figuring Out Your Perfect Career Match (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
Direct download: HTYC496.mp3
Category:Careers -- posted at: 1:00am PDT

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