Career Makeover Wednesdays: Daycare Duty to Writer Extraordinaire

The thing that speaks the loudest to me in Gina's last post is: confidence. Clearly, Gina has moved from a place of uncertainty and self-doubt to a place with much greater clarity - and with much firmer footing. Gina uses words like "conviction"..."poise"..."confidence"..."satisfying"... and "valuable". To use Gina's descriptor, it is exactly like a metamorphosis: she has evolved from a woman who was forced to shutter her day care business to a woman who decided to follow her life's passion.

And it worked.

Everything Gina shares about meeting her goals, from making the same amount of money as she did with her day care business to finding her voice and marketing her new business with confidence, are all indicators of how much she is enjoying personal and professional success. In addition, she feels much more at ease when discussing her business with others, and talks about being a writer as no longer an aspiration or a dream....but a reality.

What I particularly liked about Gina's self-discoveries is the fact that she seized upon an important point: working on our careers and enjoying optimum career satisfaction is something we are never really done with. This is the fun of working on your career: the paths and opportunities for reinvention are endless, if you learn the methods and apply the tools that make a career journey successful.

Gina also learned that career reinvention is a continuous process of growth. Changing careers is no doubt a tough road. Much uncertainty lies ahead for those who contemplate it, and even more so for those who forge ahead and try it. Will I like my new career? Will I get any clients to buy my product or service? Will I fail? All of these questions come into play and make us question our ability to take a step toward enjoying a more satisfying career, and life.

But I guarantee that if you at least try, you are never a failure, no matter what the outcome. What lies on the other side of taking a risk, taking a chance on YOU, is full of surprises. Some may be good while others fall short, but either way, I promise you will learn so much about yourself and you will feel the greatest sense of accomplishment...just for trying. Just look at Gina!

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