Embracing a cause that is bigger than yourself fuels internal change, creates community and clarifies your personal intention. It’s conscious work toward a greater purpose. This doesn’t necessarily mean changing jobs or careers, but perhaps identifying the elements of significance in your own work or vocation.
As we recover from the economic tumult, and high unemployment, many continue to rethink their career and redefine success – for themselves. People are popping with innovative ideas, allowing their personal brand to shine through and restructuring how and when they work. Career transition
“SOBCon is a gathering of social media avatars infused with a passionate purpose to change the landscape of human interaction on the web while building community.”
And after reading Alexandra Levit’s Water Cooler Wisdom blog, it’s clear why I’m a bundle of joy and energy.
#SOBCON 2010
I’m in Chi-Town to participate in the #SOBCON social media intensive and I see it as the harbinger of things to come, breathing new life into my work life experience.
This week, I stumbled upon what I’ll call a blueprint for a contemplative personal journey toward success, courtesy of marketing guru and blogger Seth Godin. His free e-book, What Matters Now includes wisdom from great thought leaders on positive changes and ideas toward making 2010 a year of success that matters, work that makes a difference in our changing times. What I prefer to call – “vocation.”
Life coaches come in many forms and we hire them for many reasons: personal development. career, fitness, stress reduction and even work life effectiveness . While it’s mostly anecdotal, The National Coach Federation website
Influenced by societal dictates of success, we sometimes focus on looking outside of ourselves to define a satisfying career, instead of what would really make us happy; a job or career that allows our true “authentic” passion to manifest.
It was easy to follow the events around the passings of a number of legends over the last week. But the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon and a few other household names made news mostly because of their respective legacies; their life’s work.
Oprah, Madonna, Hillary Clinton. These iconic female legends carry immeasureable marketing weight. The voices of these women are written in stone, as their personal brands have permeated the internet and beyond. Even as they have evolved, these brands have been concretized in the consciousness of society in general, let alone their contributions to the historic implications of the feminine brand.
While scrambling for a job, in the hectic chaos of that search sometimes we forget to look in our own backyard for resources. There, one can find not only a contact or two, but perhaps some inspiration in the work life challenges that come along with the job search.
