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Writer's pictureDr. Norma Reyes

Self-discovery: The key to a fulfilling career

If you’re reading this, you probably want your next career move to be fulfilling and connected to your life purpose. 

Before starting your career planning for your next career move, it’s important to understand yourself. You can’t just go after the same role or job at a new company or within your company and believe that’s going to meet your current needs.

Where you are now, is a result of your past decisions, made by past you. In order, to make sure that your next career move is right for you, you need to get to know yourself better.

This is exactly how I start my coaching with my clients, I walk through a self-discovery journey.

Here are some ways you can do that now.

👉🏽 Ask yourself questions. What are your strengths and weaknesses? What are your career values? What are your career dreams and goals? What are your fears and insecurities? What makes you happy? What makes you sad? What makes you angry? The more you ask yourself questions, the more you’ll learn about yourself.

👉🏽 Journal. Keeping a journal is a great way to track your thoughts, feelings, and experiences around your career, career growth, and career expectations. It can help you identify patterns in your behavior and emotions. You can also use your journal to set career goals and track your progress.

👉🏽 Meditate. Meditation can help you develop mindfulness and clear your mind. Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to the present moment without judgment. This can help you become more aware of your thoughts, feelings, and body sensations. By doing this you can be more attuned with your intuition and your true career desires.

👉🏽 Take personality tests. Personality tests can give you insights into your personality traits, strengths, and weaknesses. However, it’s important to remember that personality tests are just a starting point. You should also use your own observations and experiences to learn more about yourself. One of my personal favorites is 16personalities.com

👉🏽 Experiment. Try new things. This could involve trying new activities, meeting new people, volunteering, or exploring new places. The more you experiment, the more you’ll learn about your likes and dislikes.

Getting to know yourself is the best way to ensure that your next career move will be the right one for you. Just remember there’s no one right way to do it. The most important thing is to be patient and persistent. The more you work at it, the better you’ll get to know yourself.

Here are some additional tips that may help you get to know yourself better:

Be honest with yourself. It’s important to be honest with yourself about your strengths, weaknesses, and emotions. If you’re not honest with yourself, you’ll never be able to fully understand yourself, or manifest your dream career.

Be open to feedback. Ask for feedback from trusted friends, family members, colleague or career coach. This can help you identify blind spots and get a different perspective on yourself.

Be patient. It takes time to get to know yourself. Don’t expect to become a new verison of yourself overnight. Just keep working at it, and you’ll eventually get there.

Currently, I’m accepting 1:1 clients to help them manifest their dream career. If you’re ready to start working with a coach schedule your free 20 min discovery call today!

Schedule a discovery call today! Manifest Your Dream Career with Norma Reyes Career Mindset Coach
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