Redesign Your Career
Module 5: Make it happen

Welcome back to Redesign your Career.

This week’s module is all about getting going towards the lifestyle you truly want.

Part One

It’s decision time

In order to have the dream career you have to make the decision. Get moving now. If you are going to change your job, start by deciding what job best suits your purpose and chosen lifestyle. Decide to get newspapers or magazines, register with specialist agencies and write letters or phone for an application.

If you need to get some special training in order to have the lifestyle you want, get the information you need on the courses available so that you can make the decision on the best one for you.

Be flexible, look at local courses, residential courses, distant learning, mentoring options or any other route that may get you to where you are going. Remember, there is more than one way to achieve the lifestyle you want.

Beware of delaying tactics in the guise of, ‘I haven’t got all the information yet’. A trick to overcome this type of procrastination is to gather all the information before you start, decide on the date you will choose, the course you will participate in, regardless of the amount of information you have gathered.

By setting yourself a date to make the decision regardless, you overcome the excuses for not booking yourself on the course to change your life.

Part Two

The power of a mentor

If you want to change your direction and say, set up your own catering business, decide what needs to be done. Who do you need to speak to for information, support and guidance? Perhaps you could consider getting a mentor who is already successful in the catering trade. Ask friends, and friends of friends if they know anyone in the industry.

In theory, you’ll be a competitor. But if you choose someone who lives a reasonable distance from where you’ll be setting up, and your business won’t take away their customers, they may be willing to help you by telling you the best way to do things and what to avoid, saving you time and money. Decide how many actions you will take each day to make your dream life come true.

Commit to your dream lifestyle

The exciting times we now live in have made it easier for you to decide that your life was not fulfilling your dreams. You have recognised that the world is constantly changing and the changes are ever more frequent and more dramatic. You are living and working during the most incredible period of the human race and you are lucky enough to be selecting a perfect career for yourself! Decide now to stick to your plans and commit to your dream lifestyle.

Part Three

Live your life today

We can spend more than a third of our lives at work, so it makes sense to make your working life work towards your life purpose and values. It’s up to you to keep up this exhilarating new start and you can only achieve this by continuously taking action.

Action can take two main forms.

  • The physical form of action is activity ­ -  actually doing something.
    You have a list of things to do, so get started!
  • Making decisions
    You’ve already made the decision not to be tied down to a life of mediocrity, not to just be content with your lot in life and not to sit in your comfort zone and vegetate. You have spent time getting clarity on what you want from life, so don’t sit on your discoveries! Now is the time to decide to keep to your plans and decide to make it happen for you.

Part Four

Part Five

Action!

Actions of the Week

1. Take out your list of things to do and add three more actions one in each of the following categories:

  • A decision that will improve my chances of success.
  • An action that will accelerate me into my new life style.
  • A gift or treat just for me to celebrate my commitment to myself and my future.

Well done! Now you have a list of things to do and dates to do them by.

Decide to be different to the rest and, decide to keep to your commitments to yourself.

2. Before moving on to the last module of this course DO at least one of the actions in each of the categories above.

Complete them, don’t just start them. Make it your business this week to get big red ticks beside them and mark them DONE.