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Taking Chances On Your New Career

April 21, 2025 John Uncategorized No comments

Taking Chances On Your New Career

When you were starting out, you might have believed you landed the right job. It seemed to match your goals, your interests—your idea of success.

But now, you’re starting to wonder if it was the right call.

You think about changing careers, and GenuLines knows that often means starting over. That’s a scary proposition.

Especially if you’ve been in a certain position for several years.

After all, you’re moving up the corporate ladder and earning a pretty decent salary. Starting over is sure to mean a cut in pay and that can be a negative for you and your family.

And there’s more to consider than the pay cut. It also means starting over as far as the pecking order or seniority you gained over the years.

But, I’m Too Old

Another factor for a career changer is age. Say you decide to switch in your forties or fifties.

You’ll have as little experience in your new career as someone starting out and younger.

It can be a tall challenge, but there are positives that you should consider too. The first is that money isn’t your only consideration.

Sometimes, getting out of a bad situation is enough to overcome a smaller paycheck.

You can make extra income, either by selling online or doing work for others. And It’s not necessary to work at a physical location to earn some cash.

If your new career is completely new for you it can be exciting as well as scary.

Think back to when you started your original career. Any new achievement made you feel like you could rule the world.

If you don’t have experience, remind yourself that you do have work and life experience to bring to the table. If you have any management experience that can carry over, too.

And you know how to handle adverse situations better than your younger colleagues.

Staying in a career that you’re tired of can make you bitter and take years off your life. While you think about switching, remember others have done it and they’ve made it work.

JohnK 4-21-2025
www.chiforyourself.com

Overheard: “It’s not too late to be what you might have been”

~George Eliot

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Moving On Might Be Exactly What You Need

January 13, 2025 John Uncategorized No comments

Moving On Might Be Exactly What You Need

It may be hard to believe, but there’s tremendous strength in releasing the past and moving forward. I understand it doesn’t feel that way.

Right now it’s easy to get caught up in what’s already happened.

But there’s a lot of power in letting go and moving on. I know it doesn’t feel like it.

And GenuLines knows that at this point, you’re focusing on what happened in the past.

You’re thinking that if you keep dwelling on what happened, you might be able to figure it out. You think that with enough contemplation, things would fall into place.

And you’d see the rhyme and reason for the negative things that happened in the past.

This isn’t the first time you’ve thought this way. In fact, this might be the thousandth or so time you’ve entertained that idea.

What happened the previous days when you thought this way? How about the days before those?

Focusing on the past isn’t going to help you. And understand that past misfortunes don’t make your life a complete disaster.

You do want to map out a more clear path for your life. You’ll see that things are not so bleak.

There are very promising possibilities

Understand that these areas of light are areas of hope in your life.

You haven’t completely dropped the ball in those areas. You haven’t completely screwed up.

There’s your cause for optimism. It’s something to feel good about.

Focus and move on.

Focus on the fact that you have control. Given time, that area of control in your life could grow.

But these areas of control can’t grow if you don’t focus on them. As the old saying goes, “Where attention goes, energy flows.”

How can you take full ownership of your life if your attention stays on the things you can’t control? I’m talking about people from the past.

I’m talking about situations in the past. And I’m talking about people in your present you can do nothing about.

Focus on your area of competency, which is your choice to respond to things going on in your life.

This is your area of control. It’s the only area of control.

But the good news is the more you focus on it, the more competent and self-confident you become.

This helps you to become a more responsible and powerful person. Focus on these and move on from things that waste your time, attention, and emotional energy.

JohnK 1-13-2025
chiforyourself.com

Overheard: “There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind”