Effective Career Guidance - Career Guide

resources you have to help you on your way.
Where are you now?

1. 
   
   
   
   • List up to 10 tolerations, ie. things that you are putting up with in your life that
     you can do something about (untidy home, creaky door hinges, clothes which no
     longer fit properly, job that you hate, you name it...)
   
   
   
   


2. 
   
   
   
   • What would you say your strengths are?
   
   
   
   


3. 
   
   
   
   • What things do you enjoy doing most?
   
   
   
   

Where would you like to be?

4. 
   
   
   
   • If you knew that nothing could stop you, what things would you really like to
     do?
   
   
   
   


5. 
   
   
   
   • What one thing could you accomplish within the next month that would
     substantially improve the quality of your life?
   
   
   
   


6. 
   
   
   
   • What would you like to achieve in the next three months? (if you’re a bit unclear
     on this, just try thinking of three things you’d like more of and three things you’d
     like less of):
   
   
   
   


7. 
   
   
   
   • What is it that motivates you to achieve these things?
   
   
   
   

So what do I do now?
OK, so you’ve answered the questions above, you know what’s irritating you and you know
what sort of things you’d like to do in the next 3 months - what next? Well, next is to start
acting on the information you have in whatever way works best for you - and there are many
options. You might choose to:

● pick one item each from your list of tolerations and what you’d like to do in the

next 3 months and decided to act on them this week.

● focus on the one thing you can do that will improve the quality of your life now.

● start with the easiest items on the list. That way you could get a quick win

and build up some momentum before tackling the more difficult things you’ve

identified.

● start with the most difficult items on the list. This is following the path of greatest

resistance and eliminating the things that are bothering you most at the

beginning.

If you think of another way that works for you, all well and good - these are just ideas for you