Posted by Dave Lorenzo - Business Coach

Smart Lemming had a great post a few weeks back about Career Reinvention.  In it, Lori introduced us to Pamela Mitchell, CLC, the CEO and Chief Vision Officer for The Reinvention Institute™. Pamela offers us us 10 Principles to help guide us as we shape our future.  

Here are my favorites (with commentary):

Understand that in order to be truly happy, your career must serve your life.

You work to live you don’t live to work.  Find a job that will support the kind of life you want.  Think about it:  You spend 1/3 of your day at work.  That’s too much time to be unhappy.

Get used to living outside your comfort zone.

Take a chance and apply for that dream job.  If you get rejected, apply for another.  If you need new skills, go back to school.  It doesn’t matter if you’re 40…or 50.  You can still learn. 

The key to making a change is to take some action.  Get started and let the momentum take over.   

Be wiling to pursue new contacts.

There are literally hundreds of opportunities out there waiting for you.  You just need to make some new friends and spend some time with them on a regular basis.  Most people don’t like networking because they view it as “forced” or “contrived”. 

Do yourself a favor.  Go to a networking event hosted by the local chamber of commerce.  Go just to learn about other businesses in the area.  If you feel brave, offer to help one of those businesses with a problem or challenge in your area of expertise.  You’ll be amazed at how quickly you make new friends – and realize some new opportunities.

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