August 28, 2024 – JOLT – Fall (don’t stumble or meander) Into Your Career Value
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The Fall Theme: Have them Falling For You and All Over You
Landing your next dream job role is most fun when you don’t have to “land” anything at all, right?
Way more fun to have it fall in your lap.
“But,” you say, “how do I get the world of work to fall in line with that scenario? How do I become the leader organizations will fall head over heels for?”
First, you have to awaken from the spell you’ve fallen under that your career is something to think about only intermittently, only when you’ve either fallen out of grace or love with your current role, or you’re the fall guy/gal for the company when things are in free fall.
That’s what I call circumstantial career management, and it has you fall short of your potential, again and again.
You don’t manage your health or your relationship with your spouse that way do you? (If the answer is yes, I recommend you make some wholesale changes across the board.)
Healthy career management efforts are like regular gym visits or date nights: if they fall off the radar, you’re surely in for a fall.
Don’t ever fall asleep at the wheel thinking that you’re simply an “employee” of someone/something outside of yourself.
No, you own your own “business” and always have. You simply lease out your employable assets.
So, you want those assets always well defined and your availability for the right opportunities well known.
You won’t fall for every opportunity that comes knocking, and for sure you don’t want to appear needy. (Neediness weakens your value.)
But even happy as a lark in what you’re now doing, the movie “Indecent Proposal” proved that we all have a price.
And you can only fall into the sights of those with indecent proposals when you refuse to fall out of touch with those who’d be in a position to make you those “offers you can’t refuse.”
The point is: you have to be out there, getting known, being known, and knowing those you’d be smart to know so that you fall into the line of hire when special, unknown and hidden sweetheart opportunities are to be offered to someone. Why not you?
1. Fall into line in who you are.
2. Strategically fall into the mind of others on a regular and ongoing basis.
And you’ll find yourself being chased, because “relationships” is where everything falls into place.
So, your AI (Aspiration Intelligence) enhanced mission this fall, should you choose to accept it, is to fall in love enough with your dreams and aspirations that you make sure the world knows where your unique value chips fall. . .and they want them.
Think differently, play better.
Radically,
Darrell
CareerGuy and Back Forty Freedom Flier
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