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Its-Never-Too-Late-To-Find-Your-Calling.Pdf It’s Never Too Late to Find Your Calling Version 1.1 ChangingCourse.com Copyright Notice All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical. Any unauthorized use, sharing, reproduction, or distribution is strictly prohibited. Copyright © 2013 NOTE: Individual contributions are copyright to the individual authors. Legal Notice While attempts have been made to verify information provided in this book, neither the publisher nor the authors assume any responsibility for errors, omissions, or contradictory information contained within this book. This book is not intended as legal, investment, or accounting advice. The purchaser or reader of this book assumes all responsibility for the use of these materials and information. Valerie Young and ChangingCourse.com assumes no responsibility or liability whatsoever on behalf of any purchaser or reader of these materials. Table of Contents Part 1: Rethinking Work Get Ready to Find Your Calling ...................................................................................................... 4 The Life First – Work Second Approach to Career Planning ..........................................................7 What If Your Calling is a Place? ..................................................................................................... 18 You Don't Need a Job to Make a Living ........................................................................................ 22 Part 2: Strategies for Discovering Your Ideal Work 10 Ways to Hear Your Calling ....................................................................................................... 27 What’s Your Type? ........................................................................................................................ 52 Focus on Essence .......................................................................................................................... 56 Five Lives – And How to Live Them All ....................................................................................... 58 No McJobs .................................................................................................................................... 62 Using the Super-Simple, Unique & Weird Job Idea Jogger to Chart a New Course .................... 66 How to Redesign Your Life One Step at a Time ........................................................................... 67 Out of the Corporate World and Into the Garden: Getting on Track After a 25-Year Detour ...... 71 How One Income-Generating Idea Leads to Another .................................................................. 74 Part 3: From Dreaming to Doing Start Your Own Opportunity File and Open Your Mind to Endless Possibilities ........................ 76 Are Successful People Really Luckier? You Bet They Are ............................................................ 78 Where Do You Go From Here? ...................................................................................................... 81 About the Authors .................................................................................................................... 83 Other Books by Valerie Young .............................................................................................. 85 Get Ready to Find Your Calling I think most of us are looking for a calling, not a job. Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. ~ Nora Watson Hello, I’m Valerie Young the Founder of ChangingCourse.com, where I’m also the Dreamer-in- Residence. Just because you are an adult doesn’t mean you know any more about what you want to be “when you grow up,” than you knew when you were a kid. At least I didn’t! For most of my life, I kind of “fell into” things from college majors to jobs. It wasn’t until I was forty-years-old that I finally figured out what I wanted to “be.” Now I am living my dream doing exactly what I love and I’d like to show you how you can too. This book is divided into three parts: Part 1: Rethinking Work Part 2: Strategies for Discovering Your Ideal Work Part 3: From Dreaming to Doing Along the way, you’ll meet half a dozen ordinary people doing some pretty extraordinary things. People like: . Mother and homemaker Alison Talbert. Alison turned her love of traveling and shopping into a successful import-export business. Ex-Marine Tom Scheib who started an unlikely business raising, of all things, reindeer. Former Hollywood recruiter Sheila Brown. Sheila walked away from her Beverly Hills lifestyle to fulfill her dream of traveling the world. Jordanian-American Samira Hradsky who, after retiring from her job with the federal government, began offering in-home cooking classes in her new home in France. I decided long ago that it was important for readers to hear voices other than my own. That’s why you’re being treated here to guest articles from both career experts as well as real people who have changed course. People like former marketing manager Debbie Windoloski. Debbie shares the steps she took to finally realize her dream of becoming a professional gardener after, in her words, “a 25-year detour.” If you’ve been operating under the misguided assumption that you have to have a J-O-B to make money, then you’ll love meeting Barbara Winter. Barbara is the author of the book that helped www.ChangingCourse.com 2013 Page 4 Dr. Valerie Young It’s Never Too Late to Find Your Calling change my own life: Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love. Barbara has generously allowed me to share an excerpt from this game-changing book with you here. You’ll discover Barbara Winter’s winning formula for finding your calling by focusing on the essence of what it is you want. “When you know the essence of what you want,” says Barbara, “you realize it can come in many ways – opening your options and alternatives.” Speaking of options… If you’re the type who “wants it all,” you will be thrilled to read Barbara Sher explode another myth – namely, the myth that you need to find your one true calling and stick with that. Not only do you not have to limit yourself to one dream, but Barbara will show you how even if you have two dreams, three dreams, or even five dreams – you really can live them all! If you aren’t familiar with Barbara or her work, get ready to be wowed! I’ve been a fan of Barbara’s books for many years. My first introduction to this extraordinary career counselor and best-selling author was through her first book (and still my personal favorite), Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want. Since then I’ve devoured each of her other mind-expanding books including I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was and Refuse to Choose. Both Barbara’s offer to share their own unique spin on the process of self-discovery as well as some concrete exercises and other techniques to uncover those long-hidden passions. You’ll also hear from another guest contributor – a very creative guy named Patrick Combs. Patrick wrote Major in Success: Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams, and Get a Very Cool Job. If you’re not a college student, don’t let the title throw you. This guy has come up with some of the most creative approaches I’ve seen for discovering your ideal work. And fortunately for you, he’s allowed me to share them with you here. If there is one “must do” exercise, its Patrick’s Super Simple, Unique & Weird Job Idea Jogger! Ok, enough about all the experts. The One Secret to Making This Book Work for You You’re reading this book because you want to find your calling. The operative word here is “find.” That means you are going to have to actively insert yourself into the process. “Obvious,” you say? Perhaps. But all too often people tell me they’ve read all the career change books out there but “nothing worked.” My response to this is always the same: “Did you do the exercises?” In 99.9% of the cases, the answer is a sheepish, “No.” It’s hardly surprising really. Our entire advertising-driven culture is based on the promise of instant gratification. And doing the exercises does take time. I’ve been as guilty as the next person of wanting a quick fix to complex issues. Truth be known, I’ve been as guilty as the next person of glossing over the exercises hoping the magic answer would somehow leap from the pages without ever having to fully immerse myself in the discovery process. When I finally realized this and started actually doing the exercises, a magic answer did appear – but it was the kind that can only come from within. www.ChangingCourse.com 2013 Page 5 Dr. Valerie Young It’s Never Too Late to Find Your Calling The decision, of course, is yours. But you’ve already invested your hard-earned money to purchase this book. That tells me that you really do want to find satisfying work. You’ve gotten this far – so why not turn off the TV a couple of nights a week, or use your lunch time, or get up 30 minutes earlier… and instead use the time to do the exercises here. When you consider that the reward could be nothing short of a lifetime of happiness, I think you’ll be glad you did. Does that mean you’ll find all the answers in a single, or for that matter, a series of exercises? Maybe yes and maybe no. After all, if you’re really serious about finding your passion, you must give the discovery process the time and attention it deserves. Take the example of a former ad agency account manager named Diana. Diana searched for some time before
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