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 During a recent coaching session, a client shared with me his personal process for gaining some
vocational clarity. He called the resulting document his "personal manifesto" and explained the
focus it had given him in directing his career search. I'd like to share his work with you here, so
that you might think about tackling your own method of reaching clarity on direction.
After completing some thoughtful and extensive journaling about his passions, talents, and desired
experience, Tom (name changed) began to understand why he was not enjoying his work any longer. It
also led him to understand that he "needed to find a different situation that would use more than
25% of what he had to offer an organization."
He decided that although he "still enjoyed the training role, his career experience now needed to be
wrapped in a much bigger envelope, one that included functions and activities that were way beyond
the scope of training alone." This clarity brought Tom a sense of both peace and purpose and he
states "I knew what I had to do to attain personal and professional satisfaction." Since then he has
turned down two job offers because, on closer examination, he decided that he would not realize any
greater professional satisfaction than what he had currently. "Change is costly in terms of the
personal energy required to manage it, and I wasn't going to make a change that didn't, on balance,
prove worth it."
Here is an excerpt from his Manifesto:
"I commit to helping the organization's people maximize their own performance by:
- Creating opportunities to more fully align themselves with strategic goals
- Providing analysis of their strengths and areas of improvement
- Producing developmental activities that address their needs for growth
- Providing the personal support that nurtures leaders and change agents"
Coaching Inquiries: If your career direction is fuzzy and needing some clarity, are you willing
to spend some time thinking and journaling? Could you benefit from creating a clear and directed
"manifesto?" Are you ready to peel the "layers from the onion" to see what may be deep inside,
waiting for exploration?
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Email Kate
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forward.
May you be filled with goodness, peace, and joy.
Kate Kriynovich (Kate@LifeTrekCoaching.com)
LifeTrek Coaching International
Columbus, OH
U.S.A.
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