Finding the Time

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Feeling overwhelmed? Do you feel like there’s just never enough time to get to everything you want or need to do? Is a lack of time holding you back?

Well, we’re breaking down some of the most common myths around lack of time! We’ve also got some practical solutions that will help you reclaim some of your precious hours!

We know there are only 24 hours in the day.  So how is it that some people seem to be able to do SO MUCH more?

The key is really to view time as a resource, just like money.  In fact, the saying “time is money” is very much a reality.  Take an honest look, a complete inventory of how you are currently spending your time and start to evaluate.  Decide what is truly valuable to you and what isn’t.   Then, armed with this information, you can make decisions about how you want to spend your time based on what really matters to you.

When you’re doing the things that you actually WANT to be doing, the things that add value to your life and make you happy, a crazy thing happens.  YOU start to bring more value into the lives of others!

Scott’s Schedule
Our Challenge to You:

Pick one of the strategies mentioned in the show and let us know how it works for you!  What are you going to do differently with your time now?  Let us know here in the comments or drop Scott an email at Scott@happentoyourcareer.com!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • Why it’s not a genuine lack of time, but your perception of a lack of time that causes overwhelm.
  • Three strategies for reclaiming your time
    • Cutting out things that are non-value added
    • Scheduling
    • Outsourcing
  • How to identify what really matters to you (and where you WANT to spend your time).
RELEVANT LINKS AND RESOURCES

For more information on identifying what’s valuable in your life and taking action:

Time-saving tools mentioned in the episode:

To get in touch with Josh Rivers, podcast producer extraordinaire, email Scott@happentoyourcareer.com!

GET IN TOUCH WITH US!

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Fear Means “Go!” with Greg Faxon

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ABOUT GREG FAXON

Before becoming a personal coach, Greg Faxon worked with Fortune 500 companies on refining their market research and strategy. Now he helps “high-performing” and “high-potential” entrepreneurs to live deliberately and grow businesses that make an impact.
Greg gives us some powerful insights on fear, specifically on how it can be an indication that you are on the right path. He believes our fear can be used to push ourselves past where we currently are and toward living a life “on purpose.”

The key is to accept that fear is part of the deal, that just like the weightlifter who understands that discomfort comes with the territory when building muscle, embracing our fear will make us uncomfortable, but will also make us stronger.

When you continue to do the things that were scary, you start to build this great emotional hit from it and it becomes a habit very easily because you’re like “Wow, I feel phenomenal – like that scared the crap out of me, and I still found a way to do it?” That feels great. 

Greg Faxon
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • Why fear isn’t always a bad thing.  In fact, it might even be evidence that you are on the right path!  You’ll learn why fear is something to “blend with”, rather than to run from or to try and crush.
  • How building the “bravery habit”, doing things that scare you often, can catapult you to success (and can even become addictive!).
  • Why most people have trouble “letting go” and trusting in their decisions.
  • The distinction between “choice” and “practice” in living your life.
  • That you most likely already know what you want to do with your life and how the process of “uncovering” vs. “discovering” will lead you to it.

GregFaxon.com – you can find Greg’s True North Toolkit and Creative Avoidance guide here.

Greg’s post:  21 Better Questions To Ask Rather Than “What Should I Do With My Life?”

For more information on getting past fear and getting into motion:

Also mentioned in the episode:

Getting Things Done by David Allen

GET IN TOUCH WITH GREG!

GregFaxon.com

Twitter:  @GregFaxon

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Authenticity: Your Path to Success with Greg Giangrande

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ABOUT GREG GIANGRANDE

Greg Giangrande has been called “one of the most highly-regarded executives in his field” by Adweek. As Executive VP and Chief Human Resources Officer for Time Inc. he oversees HR globally for 8,000 employees. He’s held executive level HR positions at News Corporation, The Hearst Corporation and HR leadership positions at Conde Nast and Random House.  Greg also writes a weekly advice column called “Go to Greg” for the NY Post and makes appearances on Good Day NY.

He’s also called all of the shots in his career, accepting only the opportunities that were aligned with what he calls his “True North.”

I never wanted to look back and regret not having spent enough time, or shortchanging my kids in that role. I could deal with regretting not having spent enough time in my professional career. But I don’t think I could deal with looking back and not having spent enough time raising my children.

Greg Giangrande

Greg’s anchor, his “True North” has always been his dedication to his family and keeping his career in balance with that has guided his decisions.

Greg believes that most people tend to overcomplicate their career decisions.  What it comes down to is holding tight to what matters to you, then focusing on providing as much value as you can, learning where you can excel and then doubling down on that!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • The importance of defining your “compass points” and your “True North” – finding direction in your career is simpler than you think!
  • How to make yourself indispensable and attract more opportunity at work.  *Hint:  it’s all about providing value
  • How to differentiate yourself from your peers.
  • The difference between “activity” and “productivity” and how knowing that difference can help you skyrocket your career to the next level.
  • What your “Reputation Index” is and how to manage it!

GregGiangrande.com

Go to Greg – Greg’s New York Post weekly advice column

Time, Inc. bio

For more info on the value of being your authentic self:

HTYC 059 The Power of Being Yourself with Jenny Foss

For more information on understanding what matters to you and discovering the work that fits:

GET IN TOUCH WITH GREG!

Twitter:  @GregGiangrande

GregGiangrande.com

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Get Intentional, Get Results with Olivia Gamber

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ABOUT OLIVIA GAMBER

Olivia Gamber has climbed up the corporate ladder quickly and at a super-young age, is now the Manager of Talent and Organizational Development at Taylor Morrison. She tackled her post-graduation career uncertainty in a way that set her apart from the rest of the pack. Through self-discovery and intentional action she was able to launch an impressive career and now she’s helping her Gen Y peers to do the same through OccupationalOlivia.com.

Beforegraduating with a Master’s Degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology Olivia started researching possible careers for herself and began reaching out to people she felt could help her in her search.  Sending out as many as 10 messages PER WEEK to people she’d had introductions with, but also to people she didn’t know personally at all, she requested a few moments of time to learn about their different career paths.  Olivia not only got the information she was after but also greatly expanded her network AND found her first position through one of these contacts.

The insights she gained through these conversations allowed Olivia to “get inside the minds of hiring managers” and to effectively market herself as an ideal candidate.

By focusing on what she wanted on the “front end”, Olivia was able to avoid spending time and energy on the non-targeted activities that she says hold back most of her peers.  But it didn’t stop there.  She took what she learned and stepped out into the job market.  The job market is where you will get the critical feedback you need to continue growing in and shaping your career path.

Olivia says,

You can only go so far just sitting in your room thinking about your wants and your dreams – ultimately it has to intersect with the market.

Grab Olivia’s FREE 3-day Career Breakthrough course here!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • How you can stand out from the crowd by being proactive and following up after initiating contact with someone.
  • The importance of building and nurturing relationships.
  • How to start gaining clarity on what you want in your career and then how to get there through taking persistent and intentional action.
  • Why being bored in your job is something that’s very much in YOUR control (and NOT your boss’s fault after all!) how you can combat it!
RELEVANT LINKS AND RESOURCES

OccupationalOlivia.com – for “Next Level Career Success”; get Olivia’s 5-day Crash Course to get unstuck and get noticed!

How Can I Be So Bored If I’m So Busy? – Olivia’s Linkedin Pulse article mentioned in the episode

Get Olivia’s FREE 3-day Career Breakthrough video course!  It will help you get unstuck and get on the path to finding work you love!

For more information on taking action and discovering the work that fits you:

For more information on growing and maintaining your network:

GET IN TOUCH WITH OLIVIA!

Twitter: @TheOliviaGamber

Facebook:  Occupational Olivia

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It’s Now or Never with Doc Kennedy

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ABOUT DOC KENNEDY

Fear of failure cripples. It keeps you from taking action on the things you know can lead you to realizing your dreams and living up to your potential. Doc Kennedy let the fear paralyze him for a long time. But, after a volunteer position gave him the skills and the confidence he needed and his dream of becoming a filmmaker started to look like a reality, he decided to go all in!  He transitioned into filmmaking full-time.

Starting out as a freelancer with little work lined up, Doc soon started to experience the more stressful side of being self-employed, living off of his “side fund” while building his business. He knew though, that if he hadn’t made the leap when he did, he wouldn’t have done it at all.

The timing wasn’t going to get any better than it was.

Doc Kennedy

Doc is now hitting his stride, after many lessons learned in his first year as an entrepreneur.  He freely acknowledges the huge role his mentors played in his new career and has set up Filmmaker’s Focus now as a way to help the next wave of aspiring filmmakers!

There’s a lot to be said for just getting started.  This is what differentiates the successful from those who just look on from the sidelines.  The time will NEVER be just right.  Get into motion and you’ll be surprised at what you can accomplish!

I’m nowhere close to where I envisioned myself, but thank God I’m not where I was.

Doc Kennedy
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • How to push past the fear of failure and move towards your dream career.
  • Doc’s advice for those getting ready to make a career transition.  He shares what he did that worked AND what he wishes he’d done in preparing for his career change.
  • The power of taking action
  • The importance of building a financial “runway” to ease your transition to a new career.
  • The role of mentors in your career development and the value in giving back and helping others in their career paths.

Filmmaker’s Focus – “dedicated to the aspiring filmmaker”; resources and inspiration for growing your craft!

Dream Warriors podcast – “the fight for your dreams”; get inspired to pursue YOUR dreams with stories from people who’ve followed theirs!

HTYC’s Scott Barlow on the Dream Warriors podcast! – Scott shares his journey to starting Happen to Your Career

For more information on pushing past the fear of failure and getting into motion:

For more information on the power of growing your network:

For more information on starting a business on the side:

Also mentioned in the episode:

The Mentee Podcast episode with the UFC’s Bruce Buffer

GET IN TOUCH WITH DOC!

Email:  doc@filmmakersfocus.com

Twitter:  @filmmakersfocus or @dockennedy37

Instagram:  @filmmakersfocus

Facebook:  Join the Filmmaker’s Focus Facebook Group!

YOUR TURN!

What’s stopping YOU from pursuing your dream?  How long will you let it continue to stop you?

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Plant Your Flag, Live Your Purpose with Matt Shoup

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ABOUT MATT SHOUP

Positive. Passionate. Powerful. Purpose. Identify your “flag” then go Plant it! Everyone has their own unique gift, talent, and benefit that they bring to the world. Wrap your mind, your heart, your soul, everything about you around that, then build on it!

Highly successful serial entrepreneur, speaker, coach, and Jiu Jitsu purple belt Matt Shoup is back for the THIRD time on the show. His latest book, Plant Your Flag: The Warrior’s Battle Guide to Life, Love, and Leadership is due out in early July.

There are four ways to live your life:

1.  You can be a “No show”, moving through life unaware of your potential and the impact you may have had on the world.

2.  You can be a Spectator, watching everything from the sidelines, but never putting any “skin in the game.”

3.  You can be a Fighter.  Now you’re all in.  Taking stands and fighting. If you are in the fighting space and you find yourself wrung out, burned out…you are in the wrong fight.  You are not in the Warrior space yet.

4.  You can be a Warrior.  This is where you show up, you stand up for what you believe in, and you shield up.  You’ve chosen the fight that is tied to your deepest core values, principles you would die for.  You are living your purpose.

The Warrior stage is not a “happy ending”.  The real fight has just begun.  Now you are in the fight that really matters.  The bigger the stand, the bigger the fight.

The Warrior space is a scary, loud, yet peaceful space.

Matt Shoup

In working to identify your “flag”, make the decision to be present.  Show up.  You have to get out of the seats and off the bench, you need to show up, then decide to engage.  Start punching, start swinging. Go stand for something and see what it’s like.  Always be pushing to get to that next space.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • The importance of identifying your core values, unique skills, and talents in finding your “flag” (your greatest purpose in life).
  • The four ways to live life and how to move toward greatness in the Warrior space.
  • How your “recipe” is the key to your results.
  • Why your purpose is NOT your vocation.  You should be living your purpose in EVERY area of your life.

MattShoup.com 

Magic Brownies Will Always Get You High blog post – What’s YOUR recipe?

Pre-order Matt’s new book, Plant Your Flag: The Warrior’s Battle Guide to Life, Love, and Leadership!

Matt previously on the HTYC podcast:

For more information on getting off the sidelines and getting into motion:

Also mentioned in the episode:

Alan Watts’ What Do You Desire? 

Zen Pencils 098:  Alan Watts, What if Money Were No Object? [cartoon rendition]

GET IN TOUCH WITH MATT!

Email Matt at matt@mattshoup.com

Or visit MattShoup.com and schedule a time to chat with Matt!

Twitter: @MattShoup

YOUR TURN!

Have you identified YOUR “flag”?  What will you stand for?

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Career Q & A!

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE

We’re trying something new!  Today we answer some of the most common questions we get from HTYC’ers!

Stuck in a job with no idea of what else you would or could do?

Or maybe you have some idea, but aren’t sure how to get started towards a new career?

Having trouble deciding between two different career paths?

Struggling with motivation?  Comparing yourself to others?

Feeling trapped because of debt?

Well, you’re definitely NOT alone.

Because we get these questions so often, we wanted to make sure that our answers reached as many people as possible.

Note:  This episode is heavily action-oriented.  So, if you’re ready to jump in and start moving today grab a pen!  Go through the Past Jobs Exercise with us to see how your past experiences can help guide you to your future!

The funny thing is with careers, you don’t even have to know what the exactly what the job title is, or the business title is or that thing you’re going to sell is…you just have to know enough of what you want or what’s important to you so that you can look for those opportunities and take advantage of those opportunities instead of pass them by when you see them throughout the rest of your life”  

Scott Barlow
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • How figuring out what you value, what you enjoy, and what you can be truly great at is the path to finding work you’ll love.  It’s not about attaining the perfect job first, THEN being happy.
  • How getting clear on what you want then taking action will open up more options and more opportunities than you can imagine!
  • How your past job experiences leave clues that can help you find your dream career!  Pay attention!
  • Why, when you take control of your career and make decisions that are right for you, anything is possible.  Job titles and particular fields don’t necessarily dictate your salary or number of opportunities for employment.
  • The powerful hold that debt can have on you and why you should avoid it at all costs.
  • How looking at other people’s careers shouldn’t stop you or discourage you!  Quite the contrary!  Everyone started somewhere.  It took Anthony Bourdain almost 20 years between the time he graduated from cooking school and when he finally found notoriety.
  • The importance of getting out of your comfort zone!  Trying new things is where the growth happens!
RELEVANT LINKS AND RESOURCES

Get our FREE ‘Figure it Out’ 8-day email course! – packed with tools and exercises to help guide you to work that fits YOUR unique strengths and skills!

For more information on career exploration and getting into motion:

For more information on finances and debt:

GET IN TOUCH WITH SCOTT!

Email Scott directly at Scott@happentoyourcareer.com

YOUR TURN!

What are you struggling with right now?  Leave us a comment or send an email!  Let us know how we can help!

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Accelerate Your Success through Mentorship with Geoff Woods

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ABOUT GEOFF WOODS

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn

Geoff Woods was in a job he loved and making good money, when his 35-year old colleague suddenly had a stroke. Deeply affected by this, Geoff recognized he needed to create additional income streams to secure his own family’s future. He began to seek out guidance from people who had attained what he wanted for himself.  He now counts the man who ran the sports agency that inspired Jerry Maguire and the founder of Make-a-Wish among his mentors!  Master networker and host of The Mentee Podcast, Geoff shows us the step-by-step process for creating the relationships that we need to get us to where we want to go!

The fastest way to getting what you want in life is through the council of those who’ve already achieved it.  Seek those people out, be sincere and vulnerable in your request for help, and find ways to provide value to them.

It’s definitely not all about you!  The best way to approach people you want to build relationships with is to listen and ask them how YOU can help them.

Geoff points to a critical skill he learned early on in his sales career:

“The ability to step outside of your own self and analyze what that other person cares about.

Talk in their language, on something that matters to them, that makes them feel good. That makes them like you. That is how you move things forward.”

 – Geoff Woods

Don’t discount the value of your existing network either!  Telling the people in your day-to-day life what you are up to can have huge rewards!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • How your relationships can have a direct impact on your level of success.
  • Why the best way to get where you want to go is to learn directly from the people who are already there.
  • Why talking about your goals with everyone, in your day-to-day interactions is the “little hinge that swings big doors”!  You never know who can help you!
  • Geoff’s 5-step process to finding and obtaining the right mentor for you.  Once you’ve identified your potential mentor, you’ll need to know how to approach them and what to say to them.  Geoff’s got that covered!  Hint:  “Let me buy you a coffee so I can pick your brain” is NOT the best approach.

For more information on getting clarity on what you want:

For more information on growing and maintaining your network:

For more information on presenting yourself powerfully and memorably:

GET IN TOUCH WITH GEOFF!

Send Geoff a message

Twitter:  @geoffwoods

YOUR TURN!

What’s the biggest thing you’re working on right now?  Who is the ideal person to help you with it?

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Dating Advice (applied to your career) with Jeff Goins

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ABOUT JEFF GOINS

Alright.  So, what does dating have to do with careers anyway?

As it turns out, a LOT actually. Jeff Goins, author of the new book The Art of Work, talks with us about power of commitment in finding, following , and succeeding in your “calling”, that thing you were born to do!

Jeff Goins has written four books to date.  His latest, The Art of Work, draws from his own personal experiences in creating his career as a writer, as well as case studies and additional research to take the reader through a proven process for discovering the work they were meant for.  He shows us that our “calling”, whether we believe it or not, is as much about the rest of the world as it is about us.

No one succeeds in a vacuum.  It takes the support and guidance of others along the way.

We do not get to where we’re going in life on our own. We need mentors and guides and supporters to get us there.

Jeff Goins

What’s more, tackling life’s challenges with a “go big or go home” attitude isn’t always the best approach.  Often times, it will be the more gradual, intentional, and committed approach to these questions that leads us to our greatest successes and deepest longterm fulfillment.

Finding our true purpose, that “thing that endures” through the highs and the lows, the thing that leads us to making our mark on the world, only comes to us when we enlist the support of others and allow them to contribute to us and then stick around long enough to see what our dream can become!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • The “dating vs. marriage” career analogy:  How by spending your life jumping from dream to dream (“date to date”), and never fully committing to any one dream, you will not see the reward, that “thing that endures”, the impact you might have had on the world.   Your level of commitment in whatever you choose to do directly correlates to the results you see.
  • The importance of having a strong network of supporters and mentors.
  • Why “building a bridge” vs. “taking the leap” from where you are to where you want to go, taking the gradual, “unsexy” approach might just be the best way to make a successful career transition.
  • How what you learn working for someone else can prepare you for starting your own business.
  • How to see pursuing your “calling” not as a selfish act, but as a responsibility to yourself and to those whose lives you will impact.
RELEVANT LINKS AND RESOURCES

Goinswriter.com – where you can find all things Jeff Goins!

Tribe Writers – Jeff’s online writing course

Jeff’s books:

The Art of Work:  A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do

Get your FREE copy of The Art of Work until March 24th!

You Are a Writer (so start ACTING like one)

The In-Between:  Embracing the Tension Between Now and the Next Big Thing

Wrecked:  When a Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life

For more on finding and pursuing your calling, the work you can’t NOT do:

GET IN TOUCH WITH JEFF!

Contact Jeff at Goinswriter.com 

Twitter:  @jeffgoins

YOUR TURN!

What do YOU want to commit to but haven’t been able to up to this point?  What difference would this commitment make in your life?  In your career?

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Passion Project to Dream Job with Mark McClung

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ABOUT MARK MCCLUNG

If the idea of turning your passion into your dream job sounds exciting, this is the episode for you! Mark McClung is a man with marketing and entrepreneurship in his veins. In high school he was active with DECA, an international organization that develops emerging leaders in business. He’s had his sights set on attaining a high-level marketing position from a young age, and through persistence and leveraging the skills he was able to gain through his “passion projects”, he turned his dream into reality!

As a college student studying marketing and advertising and wanting some “real world experience”, Mark walked into small businesses and offered to help them with their marketing efforts.  A local ice skating rink took him up on his offer and his first “passion project” was off and running!  His next project involved connecting hotels with local restaurants through tabletop advertising.  He made enough money to put himself through school, learning a few incredible valuable lessons and picking up some impressive skills along the way!  Mark says he’s learned everything from graphic design to accounting to the nuts and bolts of running a business.  Working with his wife on a business that provided classroom design ideas for educators taught him even more, including SEO and Google Analytics.

Everything Mark gained from all of his projects helped him land the marketing position with Hyundai he’d had his eye for so long.  He uses his blogging and public speaking now to inspire others, particularly young adults, to pursue their “passion projects” as a way to discover more about themselves, to acquire valuable career skills, and to create the opportunities they want!

Mark’s advice is to “treat everything as a learning experience.  If it’s something you enjoy, it won’t seem like work to study it.”

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • The very important distinction between a “passion project” and a “side hustle“
  • How the things you love to do can translate into a lucrative side business and ALSO teach you the skills you need to position yourself as the perfect candidate if your dream job involves working for someone else.
  • How to develop a long term, “big picture” mindset and see how the things you can start doing today can lead you to wherever you want to go in your career.
  • Why, if you have a passion and want to see where it can take you, getting started is the best thing you can do!

My Daily Mark – Mark’s home on the web

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DECA – an international non-profit organization that develops young leaders and entrepreneurs

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GET IN TOUCH WITH MARK!

Twitter:  @mydailymark

YOUR TURN!

What are YOU passionate about?  What skills are you looking to develop?  What’s YOUR Dream Job?

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