Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design

Emily Chase Smith comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. She's had many business ventures, some more successful than others. She graduated law school at 21.  She lived overseas for 5 years in Prague, Czech Republic with her family and now focuses her law practice on bankruptcy.

Emily now works with entrepreneurs and business owners to help them manage their money more effectively.  The guiding principle of her life is freedom.  In this interview, Emily explains to Scott how understanding her value and helping others recognize the value you provide can lead to more freedom than you think is possible!

In this episode, Tania talks with Scott about how to connect with others, how to understand your skills and passions and her experiences leading up to helping newbies in careers or countries!

Richie Norton is the bestselling author of The Power of Starting Something Stupid as well as the #1 Amazon download Résumés Are Dead and What to Do About It. He is an international speaker and consultant for the corporate growth and personal development industries, a social entrepreneur, and CEO and Founder of Global Consulting Circle.

Richie has been featured in Forbes, Businessweek, Young Entrepreneur, Huffington Post and other national publications both in print and online. In 2010, Pacific Business News recognized Richie as one of the Top Forty Under 40 “best and brightest young businessmen” in Hawaii.

Neither Scott or Mark had talked to Richie prior to this interview, but Richie is a huge part of the reason that HTYC exists today!  Listen toMark interview Richie to hear that story and tons of amazing tips and suggestions for your career!

Joel Fortner's mission is advancing people through personal-growth education. That's why he joined Business and Leadership expert Chris LoCurto's team and why he is a Small Business Marketing Coach.

Joel coaches entrepreneurs and business leaders on marketing and sales to help them grow their businesses, gain confidence and serve more people. Joel says,  "I don't implement marketing strategies, I teach you how to be a better marketer because teaching is my strength."

 In this interview, Scott and Joel talk about defining your mission, reflecting on your strengths and passion, and not isolating yourself.

John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of the Entrepreneur On Fire Podcast, a top-ranked business podcast with over 500,000 unique downloads each and every month.  John is a U.S. Army Veteran, has worked in corporate finance, tech startups, commercial and residential real estate, and a semester of law school before having his "Aha" moment and starting what was the first 7-day a week podcast.

In this interview, Scott and John talk about embracing fear, taking action, and finding what you are passionate about.  This episode will definitely light a fire under your career journey!

Dan is the author of the New York Times best-selling 48 Days To The Work You Love, No More Dreaded Mondays and Wisdom Meets Passion. He has been a guest on CBS’ ‘The Early Show,’ MSNBC’s ‘Hardball with Chris Mathews, and the Dave Ramsey Show. Dan has spoken at the White House Christian Fellowship, and is in high demand at national conferences speaking on aging and changes in the workplace as well as at universities and churches.

Over 130,000 people have subscribed to his weekly newsletter, his 48 Days Podcast consistently ranks in the top 3 under Careers on iTunes, and the 48Days.net business community is viewed as an example around the world for those seeking to find – or create – work they love.

 In this interview, Scott and Dan talk about the importance of trying different things to get to work that you love.

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In this interview, Scott talks with author Joshua Waldman talk about his journey working in corporate America to teaching others to utilize social media in their career search.

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Farnoosh Brock was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. After leaving Iran at the age of 11 and living in Turkey for 3 years, she moved to the United States. She studied electrical engineering and French at university and then entered the corporate world. First, she worked for a start-up and then she moved to a large Fortune 100 technology company. In 2011, she left a nearly 12-year successful career to start her own media and publishing company, Prolific Living Inc. Today, she is a published author, speaker, business coach, podcaster, social media enthusiast and an expert green juicer. She is passionate about showing you how to define your own freedom in first your health and then your career. She is a multi-passionate entrepreneur that does not believe you need to give up one passion to pursue another! She infuses her love of green juicing, writing, photography, languages, and world travel into her brand and inspires you to pursue your dreams and your creative genius. Learn more at www.prolificliving.com.

Wondering how to know if you'll like your new career or company before you transition? Good news. We’ve put together 6 ways you can get some reassurance. Take a listen! Or if you want even more detail go over to http://happentoyourcareer.com/206  

• Learn how you can try out a new career path with minimal risk and in a relatively short period of time.
• Learn the six experiments for test driving new careers and how to apply them to best fit your situation.
• How to validate a new career path to move ahead smartly and leave the old baggage behind.
• Avoid dead man goals and instead learn to make goals that allow you to grow, learn, and face uncertainty.
• Is being wrong really such a bad thing?
• Making intentional mistakes can open new doors for you by allowing you to grow your confidence and see what you are capable of.
• Making mistakes and growing is a muscle you can grow.
• What do children’s fairy tales have to do with career growth and experimenting? Listen and find out.
• Learn how you can do work for a company on your terms to see if it’s the work you want to be tied to.
• Starting that blog or podcast you have been thinking about could be the next great step on your career path.
• See how being a student forever can help you narrow down your focus and open new opportunities and desires.
• Listen to the end and accept Lisa’s coaching gauntlet throw down and see how you can bet an accountability buddy.

What if you could find the career that fits you by reframing your weakness? Or what if your greatest weakness was really your secret weapon? It turns out it actually is: 

Ross struggled with his ADHD, a weakness that he thought held him back in his career. After he started paying attention to what was actually happening, he learned how to reframe his weaknesses as “anti-strengths” and was able to find a career that was made for him - strengths and anti-strengths included.

Find the guide, transcript, and more at https://happentoyourcareer.com/292

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