Everybody in life always wants to do what they love most, and that can help them generate enormous success and remuneration regarding finances, emotionally and spiritually. However, there are many people out there still trapped in wrong careers and ever wishing they could have something they could enjoy pursuing.

 In case you are contemplating a successful career change, then some aspects have to be looked into to ascertain whether you need to consider alternative career paths, how to go about it and how to know exactly the right industry where you can comfortably fit in.

 The following 5-step career change process by Kathy Caprino, a woman's career, and personal success coach will help you to build a happy and even more remunerating and successful career you would love. The five steps discussed involve some internal shifting so that you can eventually love and enjoy whatever you are doing without regrets or pain and suffering. Remember, making a wrong decision about careers can make the rest of your life miserable with many negative repercussions.

 For effective career change, follow these steps

•    Get to understand more about yourself much more deeply

The first thing you should do is to step back for an empowered perspective that will enable you to know more about yourself than you currently do. You will have to focus more on your priorities, things you value the most, your style, standards of integrity and preferences among other things you consider crucial. According to Kathy, many people including professionals don’t understand who they are and what exactly they want. The secret to building a successful and enjoyable career is to start by knowing yourself intimately.

On the other hand, you will have to step back and have a keen look into your life and career differently from the way you currently do. This way, you will be able to have an enlightened view and perspective about everything going around in your life. Getting a life and career coach is crucial because they are in a position to tell you to see the future vision of your life before right in time and guide you in the right direction. The choice of mentor, friends, sponsor or coach you make is therefore very crucial in understanding what exactly your capabilities are and what exactly you are best in.

Everybody has specific talents, gifts, and passions that can only be advanced if we learned to know exactly who we are through the help of those around us. Getting rid of the doubts will go a long way in developing a successful career. In this step, you will have to deeply analyze your interests, values and skills, your current job satisfaction and alternative careers you are interested in.

•    Get rid of what keeps you stuck

In every effort made to advance careers in life, there is always something holding one back. Just try and look closely at the specific recurrent negative patterns and behaviors that keep holding you back. These may include toxic environments, colleagues that don’t mean well for you, dreadful bosses, and exhausting tasks among several other aspects. Identifying the particular negative patterns and working hard to shift the dynamics will help a great deal to change things for the better. Remember that you are personally accountable for everything in your life including your careers and you are responsible for taking action that will bring about the change you need.

•    Adopt your compelling visions

While thinking of a career change, be aware that you are opening a new chapter in life and you need the right vision for the same. The vision should look further than just mere fantasy and compel you to work harder towards achieving your dreams. Always believe whatever you are looking forwards to is achievable but the visions should be reasonable and achievable. According to Sir Winston Churchill, it is wrong to look too far ahead; the chain of destiny is only achievable one step at a time.

Besides the fact that dreaming big is a good idea, it is critical that you point out the kind of success and rewards you wish for and breaking everything down into achievable visions that perfectly fit your demands. For instance, if you are dreaming of becoming a renowned writer, you start by writing simple blogs and articles before you embark on writing a book. This is a smart step-by-step process of getting towards your ultimate vision.

•    Explore the new career and try it on

When you are looking forward to changing your career, you definitely have some options in mind or excited about.  Take the first three directions of your interest and try them thoroughly. Get to know more about the new career you wish to take on by asking people in the same field and successful for that matter. You can as well research online for any critical information and discuss everything with your career coach or financial adviser to get everything moving in the right direction. Overturn every stone as you get your way through what you wish to pursue in life.

•    Give it the patience it deserves

Some people think that changing careers is as easy as A, B, C…. the truth, however, is that you can never achieve the needed success in your new career in a month r a few months. It takes a lot of patience, energy, commitment, and trust to get from one point to the other. You will have to work extra harder, stretching yourself even more and expanding yourself as you try to reach out to your dreams and visions.

Conclusion

You need a concrete guiding plan to help you through each step of the way. Successful career change is possible for you only if you are ready to work harder by putting in place the necessary strategies that will see you through from the beginning to the top. Fantasy is good, but without a commitment to the entire process of a career change, you will not even get through the first stage.

References

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2013/10/11/a-step-by-step...

https://www.thebalance.com/career-path-definition-with-examples-205...

www.astridbaumgardner.com/blog-and-resources/articles/10-top-tips-f...

https://www.thebalance.com/successful-career-change-2058452