# 164 Do You Want More Than A Role That Looks Good On Paper

In today’s episode of the ‘Career Change Maker’ podcast, as part of career change strategies, I talk about if you want more than a role that looks good on paper.

I often have conversations with people who are contemplating some kind of move in their careers, and what I hear is the frustration that people find themselves in around their careers where they feel they should be at this stage in their career.

Episode Highlights:

·       02:25 – Whilst it's great to be able to acknowledge what peers are doing if that pathway isn't right for you, it doesn't matter what other people are doing. But we're used to looking at the benchmark of what everyone is doing, as the standard.

·       04:55 - It's exhausting to be showing up on a day-to-day basis, doing your best work, but knowing that this isn't actually what I want to be doing.

·       08:45 - The biggest mistake that I see within the career space, or when people are looking at making moves, is the assumption that I need to just throw everything out the window.

·       11:10 - Oftentimes, when people that I work with inside of my program, do this to identify the thing that is causing them to feel to not want to do the work, they realize that maybe they do want to do something completely different.

·       16:40 - My encouragement to you today is to focus on what, and why you want to do it because that shifts things. If you're unclear on what the next step is, start with why are you unhappy where you are. That's the first thing that can help you to start determining, where you should move to.

What you will learn:

1.  The reason that you get stuck in figuring out what to do next is that it's too big. You need to be able to identify what are the things that are causing me to not like the work that I'm doing or not feel stretched in the work that I'm doing. Because when you work with the specific, that is our starting place where we can say, “If I feel like this is missing, what kind of shift or change would I need to make so that I could get that?”
2. Lean into making data-driven decisions, and asking the right questions. So you can determine what it is that you need to change. You can analyze from the information and data that you already have.
3. For you to have more from your career, and not just have a career that looks good on paper, you need to take time, to do an audit and understand what is it about what I'm doing that's not working, and recognize that the assumptions that you might be making about what is required for you to feel better about what it is that you're doing which may be incorrect?

‘Career Change Maker’ podcast host, Janine Esbrand, is a Career Strategist, an Executive Coach, and the Creator of the Career Change Making Method.

 Other episodes you may also enjoy:

Episode 132: The Six Letter Word That Is Stopping You From Making Your Next Career Move

Episode 131: How To Leverage Your Existing Experience To Transition Into A New Role

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