Reinventing your Career

August 7, 2008

Hello,

As founder of the National Association of Divorce for Women and Children, my goal is to provide you with tools and techniques to support and encourage you during and after divorce. I have hand-selected experts from across the country that are committed to help you move your life forward and live the life you desire and deserve.

Today, I am excited to introduce Tina Kerkam, President of the Convergence Group and the Career Expert for the National Association of Divorce for Women and Children.

Enjoy,
Joanie Winberg

Reinventing your Career

Take time to step back from your work and reassess your career strategy. As you master new skills, take on more responsibility, and become more comfortable with the complexities of your work, you need to re-examine whether decisions you have made about where you want to go still make sense to you.

Re-evaluating the assumptions you have made about what you want to achieve in your career can seem overwhelming. The very thought of reviewing your initial goals is uncomfortable - sort of like reviewing that report card in seventh grade.

Reinvention is not only essential for your career, it will also help you combat the burnout and stress that result from being in a job that doesn’t match your skills and interests.

Here are some valuable suggestions:

Setting Your Goals — The Power of Focus!

June 26, 2008

Hello, My goal as the founder of the Fresh Start after Divorce Community is to provide you with tools and techniques to support and encourage you during and after divorce. I have hand-selected experts from across the country that are committed to help you move your life forward and live the life you desire and deserve. Today, I am excited to share 10 powerful tips to help with goal setting from one of the Entrepreneur Experts for the Fresh Start after Divorce Community, Hayley Solich.

Enjoy,
Joanie Winberg

Setting Your Goals- The Power of Focus

According to the Encarta online dictionary, goal means aim, something that somebody wants to achieve.The question is, how do you know what to aim for — what to focus on - and how do you know when you have achieved it?

It is easy to have many ideas but goals are the process by which you are able to focus those ideas to make them achievable. Focus is an amazing gift in our toolbox for life. It is the ability to narrow things down to a single point and to concentrate all of our energy and resources in that direction. It is also the ability to see things clearly. When our focus is divided, our lives are in constant turmoil and our “vision” blurred. However, when focused, our dreams are achievable. Focus is a power enabler.Here are the main points why goal setting is a good idea in gaining and maintaining focus to enable you to fulfill your dreams:

1. Knowing where you are heading empowers you. If you can see the finish line, you know exactly how much effort is required for you to cross it and that is empowering. 

2. Recording your goals also empowers you. By writing them down and giving them a timeframe to make them measurable, you go through the mental process of figuring out exactly what you are going to need to achieve them. Assigning a date by which to achieve your goals helps to apply the pressure necessary to motivate you to action.

3. Visualizing your goal in your mind helps you to adopt the mental attitude necessary to achieve your goal. Imagine yourself doing whatever your goal is. The clearer you can see it in your mind, the more achievable it will become.

More goal setting tips from Hayley