Hope you aren’t in the above category! It sure isn’t a good place to be – been there, done that! Just in case you are lookin for a job, I’m going to be posting some good information in the next few posts that will help get rid of the knot in the pit of your stomach.

Speaking of stomachs, some bug got me so I haven’t posted for a few days. But, if you’ve been keeping track and are planning on holding me account-able, I have been working on those goal sheets that I mentioned last time. It has been complicated but extremely interesting. Not only does it ask you to write out your goals, it also asks what would comprise your perfect life. In other words, not only things you want to work toward but things that you’d like to eliminate from your life. One of mine was to clean off my desk – get rid of the clutter – and it asks for a date. I did get it cleaned off!However, the piles are still sitting here to be sorted through! That’s part two of the goal.

Some of the things involved in your perfect life may not cost money but can be taken care of by making a decision to do it or not to do it. Getting rid of that clutter is one good example. It asks you to list what will be improved by the achieving of eliminating that thing from your life. Another goal might be to improve your social life. That may not cost you anything but a decision to get off the couch and get involved in some kind of activity.

Something else that is included in this study are inventory sheets. The inventory includes your skills, talents and training. Another asks for an inventory of the equipment and software you already have, and another has you list assets and liabilities and money available for developing a product or doing advertising. Very comprehensive.

Further in the study, you have to take the goals and develop them backwards. This is a concept that I first learned from a book by Stephen Covey. The idea goes like this – say, as a student, you have a term paper due on April 3rd. In order for that paper to be finished on time, how far do you need to be with it by March 3rd and how far by February 3rd. Then  you can break that down into weeks and figure out how much needs to be done this week and then each day. That way, you can keep yourself on track to be finished without that last minute all-nighter that made you hate term papers to begin with. (I can say that I learned that concept, but it doesn’t mean I always use it! Some of us actually do work better under pressure!)

So, enough for today. I’ll soon have some hints for job seekers and for that important interview. Have you done your homework on what you are good at and where you want your career to go from here? Have you worked on any goals? I’d like to hear what they are. Leave me your comments or questions. I’ll set a goal to respond quickly!

Blessings,

Dr. Kary