Imagine that you just lost the career you’ve loved for years... After picking up the pieces of your broken heart, what do you do next? Can you possibly find something that is as good or fulfilling? Where do you even start? David Nurse was a coach in the NBA, but at the height of coaching success he unexpectedly lost his job. In this conversation, you’ll learn how 4 new doors opened for Scott and how he made a successful career pivot to a role he never even knew existed. What you’ll learn  How to use job loss to find a career that fits you  The first step to take when you decide to make a career change How to redefine your career and achieve success    Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Back in 2000, when CBS's hit reality TV show Survivor came out, Christine Hofbeck decided her life goal was to be on the show. She relentlessly pursued this goal for 16 years, even when her friends and coworkers thought she was crazy for putting in applications year after year. Then (spoiler alert) she was finally cast in season 35 and almost won the whole thing! Despite coming up short of the $1M prize, Christine successfully achieved her life goal and had the adventure of a lifetime! Learn how Christine’s experiences in the pursuit of a dream completely changed her outlook on life and work  What you’ll learn  How to look past limiting beliefs to make your dreams a reality  The importance of empowering yourself towards your goals   How to counteract imposter syndrome  How to truly learn from your failures to grow in your career    Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Most people find it difficult to draw personal boundaries at work, which can quickly lead to burnout. Author, keynote speaker, and former Antarctic Expedition Leader, Rachael Robertson, is best known as an authority on leading in extreme environments. In today’s episode, you’ll learn life-altering lessons about avoiding burnout and regret, drawing boundaries, changing the culture around you, and succeeding in the most challenging of environments.   What you’ll learn  How to draw personal boundaries at work to avoid burnout  Tips on using boundary conversations as an opportunity to coach the people around you Rachael’s take on respect vs. harmony in the workplace (and which is more important)   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Have you heard of SCRUM? SCRUM stands for “Systematic Customer Resolution Unraveling Meeting,” in simpler terms, it is a framework that helps teams work together, encourages them to learn through experiences and helps them self-organize while working on a problem. Today on the podcast J.J. Sutherland, CEO of Scrum, Inc, shares how changing the way you view your work will increase your happiness AND enable you to do twice the work in half the time. What you’ll learn  How to become more effective and more fulfilled in your work at the same time Using SCRUM to increase happiness, get more done, and generally feel better about your work How to get your team to produce higher quality work    Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Rob had done it all right. He had graduated from college, got a good job, worked his way up to a respectable title and salary… but one day he looked up and realized he was not okay with the career trajectory he was on and needed to jump ship. Learn how Rob figured out what was missing from his career through self-reflection and self-development.   What you’ll learn  How to figure out what you really want out of your career  The importance of challenging yourself to make sure you are doing meaningful work How finding your strengths helps you differentiate what you’re good at from what you enjoy      Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Figuring Out Your Perfect Career Match (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

Self development is one of the most important aspects within a career change journey. The more we learn about ourselves, the more likely we are to actually find a career that fits. In this conversation with best-selling author Gretchen Rubin, she explains the personality framework in her new book “The Four Tendencies,” and how to navigate a career change according to your tendency.   What you’ll learn  How to figure out which of the four tendencies you are  What is likely holding each tendency back from making a career change  How to find a career that fits your tendency    Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Six Career Experiments To Help You Discover Your Ideal New Role (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

We’re mixing it up for today’s episode. Instead of Scott interviewing a guest, we’re sharing an interview that Scott had on another podcast. Enjoy Scott in the hot seat of “How to Be Awesome At Your Job.” where he answered tons of questions about some of our most asked about topics: Strengths & Career Happiness What you'll learn The six critical things people need from their work to experience true career happiness Why strengths are different than skills and why that matters How identifying your anti-strengths can skyrocket your self-awareness   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) 

The job interview nerves…sweaty palms, racing heart, knot in your throat. We all know the feeling. Job interviews are an inevitable part of making a career change. But let me let you in on a little secret: You have no reason to be nervous. You are interviewing that company just as much as they are interviewing you! Sounds crazy? Unrelatable? Impossible? Well, I'll let you in on another little secret: I have a magic trick that will stop the sweaty palms and racing heart.   What you’ll learn  The most important part of interviewing authentically Exact conversation starters from a career coach to help your interview go smoothly  How to find your strengths and use them successfully to interview   Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

We spend way too much time on things we don’t find important or essential. Once we understand what is most important, we can figure out a career that fits our priorities and values and write our own definition of success. Best-selling author, Greg McKeown, of “Essentialism” shares how you can become an essentialist and radically change your life and career.    What you’ll learn  The importance of defining your priorities and your definition of success  How to identify and focus on just the essential things How to use essentialism to figure out your priorities    Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com    Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out!  Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Six Career Experiments To Help You Discover Your Ideal New Role (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)  An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

How many little bumps in the road will it take for you to feel appreciated, valued, and happy, every morning in your career? Before leading Disney World, Lee Cockerell had his fair share of little bumps in the road. Achieving career growth requires you to (re)condition yourself to be wired to take risks and live on the edge- to go after the things that you want in your life. Lee Cockerell is the former Executive VP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort, and author of the new book, Creating Career Magic: How To Stay on Track To Achieve a Stellar Career. In this HTYC episode, Scott Anthony Barlow and his guest, Lee, explains why after 40 years in hospitality, he calls the difference between settling for a good life and taking career risks to have a great life - career magic. We’ll explore all the little bumps in the road Lee had to face on his extraordinary career change journey to overseeing Disney World.  On a side note: Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email me at scott@happentoyourcareer.com  What to Listen For The importance of exposure and how making connections and putting yourself out there will attract the experiences you need to advance your career Being willing to take the risks and doing the hard work to have the payoff at the end is always worth it How having resilience, a good attitude, looking professional, and behaving like the job that you want to have one day will help you get where you want to be If you don’t spend the time planning the life you want, you’re probably going to live the life you don’t want Episode Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over. Related Episodes How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Should I Quit My Job? How to Know It’s Time (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcast)