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Ten Success Stories About People Just Like You

Elsie is a great example of someone who took the transferable
talents from her hobby and turned them into a profit-making
enterprise.
Here’s a brief capsule of how Elsie used her resources to make
a fearless career change:

1. Transferable talents Yes She transformed her hobby
into a business.
2. On-the-job training No
3. Strategic education No
4. Short-term education No
5. Internship No
6. Volunteering Yes At first, auctioned some work
at charity events.
7. Just Dive In! Yes With no extra training, she
just took the plunge!
8. Entrepreneurship Yes She started and ran her own
business.

Key Strategies

You’ve just taken in a lot of information, so stop for a moment and
think about the strategies you like—the ones that seem to best suit
your own personality. Also, take some time to determine which of
these strategies (or perhaps other strategies of your own) you’d
like to use in your next career change.

Strategies I like:
1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________

Other:
_________________________________________________________
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