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There is a natural order to the program, but if you feel inspired
to do a particular tip or step, go right ahead. Any action is bet-
ter than no action! Beware, though, of
the common desire to skip Step 2. It is
Action is the antidote perfectly natural and normal to want to
to despair. bypass this step, because assessing our
personal requirements is hard work. At
—JOAN BAEZ the very minimum, allot twenty min-
utes to go online at Lifecoach.com and
take the Personal Requirements Quiz
there; then jot down your answers in your career profile in Step
6. Knowing what you need is indispensable to finding the ideal
career or business and attracting the best people and opportuni-
ties. If you avoid Step 2, you risk being like the CEO who at the end
of a successful and lucrative career realized that he still wasn’t sat-
isfied. That rankling discontent usually indicates that you haven’t
identified your personal requirements! It may not make sense to
you now, but once you’ve done the work, it will seem a natural part
of your life to ask directly for what you need and want.

Shortcut to Coaching Yourself to a

New Career

I’m a big fan of doing the least possible amount of work to get the
result you want. So, I’m going to suggest a possible shortcut to
this program. I’ve outlined the full career-coaching program in
this book because many people need to
take each and every one of these seven
He who hesitates is a steps before they become clear on a new
damned fool. career path. Also, all of these steps will
make you a happier and more success-
—MAE WEST ful person in general, which is always
a good thing. That being said, some