Happen To Your Career Book Bonuses

Thank you so much for purchasing the book! All of the bonuses included with your purchase of the book are listed below (by chapter where they are referenced in the book)!

If you don’t have time to view all the bonuses, here’s the top two that I would suggest for you to check out right now:

The “Figure It Out” 8 day mini-course. Sign up for free. You’ll receive a daily email with exercises that will help you begin identifying your ideal career. We’ve had 40,000 people enroll and thousands of thank you emails! Just click here and enter your email.

The charts, visuals and graphics that I mention in the book and audiobook.

Bonuses Listed by Chapter

1. Why You Must Change

Michael – HTYC Podcast Episode 395: How a finance executive at a major film studio went from burnout to learning that work could actually be fun.

2. Happy High Achiever Milestones

Stephanie Bilbrey – HTYC Podcast Episode 428: With an aversion to risk and being comfortably unhappy in her role standing in her way, Stephanie only found what fit her after shifting her focus to what made work ideal for her, and moved from higher education to communication strategist.

3. The Five Hidden Obstacles to Change

Jenny – HTYC Podcast Episode 405: From research scientist to university director, it took Jenny three years to work through fears and anxieties, but she did it and landed her ideal role.

4. Begin with the End

Larry – HTYC Podcast Episode 445: Larry realized he knew all about beer and went from brewing craft beer to consulting and coaching breweries on how to be financially successful.

Kristy Wenz – HTYC Podcast Episode 406: After twenty years in PR, Kristy didn’t think she could get a job in another industry. Now she travels the world, tasting wine for a living. 

Cheri Thom – HTYC Podcast Episode 434: After Cheri found herself in a role she didn’t love, she figured out how to overcome her fear of being unqualified and landed an ideal role.

5. Plan for Inevitable Success 

Template for a Plan for Inevitable Success 

Book Recommendation:

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Angela Duckworth

Linnea – HTYC Podcast Episode 402: Linnea got four promotions in six months while looking for her ideal career. She did it by being unafraid to try things on for size and to ask the tough questions

6. Declare Your Priorities

Kristy Wenz – HTYC Podcast Episode 255: At the beginning of her journey, Kristy defined four major desires in her dream career: travel, wine, history, and culture. Today, she gets to work in each of those areas, but her role didn’t just fall into her lap.

7. Sometimes We Only Think We Know What We Want

Book Recommendations:

Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert

The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin

The Four Tendencies, Gretchen Rubin

Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath

Eric – HTYC Podcast Episode 128: Eric was working ten-to-fourteen-hour days in his engineering role. Every single day he felt the urge to work with an organization that was giving back to the world. He had no idea that he was so far off.

8. Contribution

Cindy – HTYC Podcast Episode 451: Cindy is passionate about helping people in the first step toward finding work they love. She’s also one of the first people you talk to at HTYC.

11. Growth

James Sannan – HTYC Podcast Episode 449: James faced his conflict of stagnant growth and tried to correct it by changing roles within his company. He discusses how he was able to find the growth he needed to thrive in his career.

12. Signature Strengths

Maggie: How to leverage your existing skills and land your dream job! 

HTYC Podcast Episode 480

The CliftonStrengths Assessment (formerly known as Strengths-Finder 2.0 Assessment) helps you learn verbiage to articulate your strengths. Note: This assessment will not give you occupations to pursue.

13. Supportive People

Book Recommendation:

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, Dan Ariely

Dan – HTYC Podcast Episode 444: Re-evaluating his priorities, Dan learned that an executive level role wasn’t right for him. Even though his new role is technically a step down, he now makes more and is able to focus on what he does best.

14. Values

Eric – HTYC Podcast Episode 450: It took Eric a whole year to find the right role. Along the way, he had to learn to ask the hard questions and say no to many “good” opportunities.

15. Your Ideal Career Profile

Here’s an example of an Ideal Career Profile that you can turn into a template for yours. 

16. Designing Career Experiments

Laura Morrison – HTYC Podcast Episode 421: Laura was “happily exhausted” in her career struggling with a newborn. This led to a shift in her priorities. She talks about how this shift occurred from deeper self-awareness and another career change.

Mike – HTYC Podcast Episode 174: Over the life of Mike’s career, he has worked in many different cities. Learn what the differences are between local versus remote job searching and how career coaching can take you from being a good job candidate to a great candidate.

Celena – HTYC Podcast Episode 453: Celena worked in the corporate world for many years. Here’s how she decided to make a career switch to early retirement.

17. Adjusting to Setbacks

Adam Bloom – HTYC Podcast Episode 437: A lawyer for many years, Adam went from career jail to learning how to set himself up to pivot into what he really wanted to be doing. h

Vicky Meng – HTYC Podcast Episode 392: A finance professional with scattered experiences at the same company, Vicky was able to overcome her fears and doubts to land her ideal career in one year.

18. Learning to Thrive in Your Career

Tanya Malcolm-Revell – HTYC Podcast Episode 183: A TV producer in New York City for years, Tanya went from career burnout to landing her new career by leveraging her previous work and life experience.