Thanksgiving Career Change: Your Future Self Will Thank You
“You were right. I’m thankful to my younger self for doing the work to change my career.” Kim said as she reflected on her career change from stay at home mom in Essex, Connecticut to a grant writer for a non-profit near Hartford. When Kim met me four years ago in our Old Saybrook offices, […]
Career Counseling: Breaking The Pattern
“I guess you just changed my life.” Martha said as we wrapped up the meeting. She had contacted Career Counseling Connecticut because she felt stuck. Hopelessly stuck. As she went through her thoughts, it seemed clear that Martha had locked herself into a distinct pattern of thought: “I have to do this job and stay […]
You made my options clear
The mission of Career Counseling Connecticut is to empower our career counseling clients to find careers they love. But our differentiating proposition – at least compared to psychologists who masquerade as psychologists – is that we provide concrete, realistic options to our clients. Paul was one such client. He had ideas, not even ideas, but […]
Be the writer of your own movie
That phrase is what Ben said was the click moment that made him change his career. Ben had graduated from Emerson in Boston with a degree in film. After spending a few years in New York mostly working as a waiter at night and as a low paid production assistant on some projects, he decided […]
Is great work worth $1 million…$20 million?
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, relays a story in his autobiography about his first company (not Zappos). He was offered $1 million. He was in his early twenties. He turned it down. Why? At the time, he thought the company could grow a lot more. But he also was enjoying his work. A year later, […]
Career Counseling Equals Happiness Counseling
“I keep coming because I feel happier when I’m here and when I feel happier I get inspired to do what I should do to change careers.” Alice relayed when I asked why she wanted to see Career Counseling Connecticut’s counselors on a regular basis even though we usually can help our clients craft a […]
Dramatic Career Change Starts With Small Steps
When I walk through different career change scenarios with Career Counseling Connecticut’s clientele, the most popular option – at least initially – is the “out of the box” dramatic change option. Those who are “sick of their career” want to do something different and quite often they are attracted to something that would be dramatically […]
Getting ready for career change in 2017
“Set up the pieces in November and December and then start the career change process in full force in January.” I told Jessica, a twentysomething from Hamden, Connecticut. She was in a customer service job that she described as a dead end. As tends to be the case, she contacted Career Counseling Connecticut only after […]
Did you realize you are in a career revolution?
The funny thing about some historical epochs is that those experiencing the revolutionary change don’t realize they are part of a historical shift. The Industrial Revolution is viewed as a 75 year period. Most people living at the advent of this work paradigm shift had no idea that everything was changing during their lives. I […]
Work as the anxiety cure
“I’m too busy. I don’t have time to worry.” Winston Churchill when asked if he was worried during the 18 hour days he was working. Those engaged in work that they find meaningful “worry” but in a different way than those who are disengaged. They are immersed in problem solving in the present. They are […]