{"id":823,"date":"2012-01-31T05:34:16","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T10:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=823"},"modified":"2012-01-22T09:50:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T14:50:12","slug":"transformation-or-transition-what-do-i-want-to-be-when-i-grow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/transformation-or-transition-what-do-i-want-to-be-when-i-grow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Transformation or Transition &#8211; \u201cWhat do I want to be when I grow up?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/transformation-or-transition-what-do-i-want-to-be-when-i-grow-up\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are you asking yourself \u2018What do I want to be when I grow up?\u2019 or \u2018What do I want to do next?\u2019 or \u2018What do I want to be or do when I retire?\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 If you are in a job search the odds are\u00a0that you are asking these or similar questions.\u00a0\u00a0 All\u00a0are great questions.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, a former client contacted me to say \u201cI plan to retire in the next 3 years, and I am as stuck as to how to make the shift as I was several years ago with my job search, will you help?\u201d\u00a0 My reply after understanding where he was stuck was yes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why,\u00a0 he was stuck with what\u00a0managing his\u00a0retirement career, not\u00a0all the other retirement stuff like\u00a0401 Ks, health insurance, etc., those\u00a0things are not my forte.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you are searching and asking these questions, here is a quick tip to help you accelerate your search.\u00a0 Write the question at the top of a blank page of paper, then over several days set aside 10 minutes to brainstorm all the possible ideas you have and write them down, add pages if you need to.\u00a0 Don\u2019t evaluate the ideas, just jot them down.\u00a0 At the end of the week review all the ideas.\u00a0\u00a0 Move the top 3 to 5 ideas to blank pages and continue to explore your ideas. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself these questions for starters:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 What would it take to do this?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 What would be the impact of this?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Why do I want to do this?<\/p>\n<p>When you are ready to seriously explore your ideas discuss them with someone you trust.\u00a0 Then formulate a plan, and take action to create the transition or transformation you want.<\/p>\n<p>Have a comment or thought?\u00a0 Post it below.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a question about your search?\u00a0 Sign up for next Q &amp; A call to the right, join the session and ask your question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Are you asking yourself \u2018What do I want to be when I grow up?\u2019 or \u2018What do I want to do next?\u2019 or \u2018What do I want to be or do when I retire?\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 If you are in a job search the odds are\u00a0that you are asking these or similar questions.\u00a0\u00a0 All\u00a0are great questions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,29,7],"tags":[9,142,5,58],"class_list":["post-823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-tips","category-career-management","category-job-search-focus","tag-accelerate-your-search","tag-career-management","tag-focus","tag-quick-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}