Get Your Career Mojo On (Part 2) - Reclaim and Reframe
How Is Your Career Mojo?
Is your career mojo a go, no-go, or somewhere in between?
This topic is coming up frequently in the discussions I’m having about a successful return to work. Many are excited about the prospects and the future of work, including those who are working to secure a new position.
However, according to a recent article published by Harvard Business Review, there has been an estimated 1.5 million white-collar workers furloughed or laid off for six months or more in the US alone. Many are asking the question, “Where do I go from here?”
When this topic comes up in my coaching conversations, we explore four key components of career mojo:
Knowing yourself well. For example, what are your strengths? How do you perform best? How do you learn best?
Identifying your core values.
Determining how your values fit with who you are today.
Taking action with purpose, power, and increasing ease.
Reclaim Your Career Mojo
Thinking about the person you are—what makes you “you”—in a realistic, positive light can help you reclaim your career mojo. Ask yourself:
How have I grown in the last decade? The last year?
To what extent would I want to trade places with who I was 10 years ago? What about two years ago?
How much do I romanticise my earlier years?
Who do I think I want to become—and how close am I to becoming my ideal self?
Because our work is central to who we think we are, it’s essential to explore and identify our ideals. This is a purposeful step in becoming and evolving. When we tap into what motivates us here and now, we find passion, energy, and direction. We are going to explore this more in the final part of this blog series.
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