Career Inspiration: Don't fight the winds of change

By Sab

Hi there,

Wow. We have a new government. Seems you can’t stop the winds of change. So how is your career change doing? I think that if you’ve felt the ‘call’ and longing to break out and find a career that’s right for you, you have to roll with it - it‘s the nag that won‘t go ‘til you‘ve resolved it! I know it’s scary, but here at CareerShifters we have success stories of people who have done it. And we hope that one day you’ll be up there with them too!

Inspirational links

This is interesting, throws up more questions than answers but I really liked the section about lawyers (“lack of control over workload and compromised ability to reach stated goals are the two biggest causes for burnout in jobs”):
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/05/ten_questions_w.html#axzz0nh2Ott1A

This has a lot of career change and career shift stories:
http://www.bonjournal.com/ezine/issue05passions.pdf

Here’s a great personal journey of a mans career change in his mid-fifties:
http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/a-career-renegade-story-howard-karp-rides-again/

And Jonathan Fields’ personal story of multiple career changes is inspiring:
http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/about/

Have a great week,

Sab


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