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Fearless Career Change

Whatever your obstacle, brainstorming—that is, writing down
every single possibility you can think of within a given time limit—
will almost surely present you with one or more workable alterna-
tives to chip away at those barriers.
Let’s look at the goal statement on the next page, which is one
Miguel wrote preceding his new job as a financial planner.

Your Own Goal Worksheet
For this exercise, take the career that you determined earlier and
elaborate on it in goal-oriented language. Fill out the goal template
on page 124 with your own data, using the information in Miguel’s
goal worksheet as a guide. For now, if you aren’t sure about a date
or about the cost of something, do some research, if possible, and
then write your best guess.
Your telephone is your most valuable tool in guessing about
the price of something. Call a few stores or schools to get the prices
for the things or classes you need. Take the price of three of the
same things, add them up, and divide by three. That way you can
at least anticipate the average amount of an item or educational
program you’ll need. You can always adjust the amount at a later
time to be more accurate.
Great! Remember, you can use the work you’ve just done on
your career goal for many of the other goals you set for yourself. I
don’t expect you to construct goals for every area of your life right
now (unless you really want to). First, I recommend that you get
some practice at focusing on and working toward one goal at a
time. Later, you’ll be more adept at the process and will be able to
juggle multiple goals simultaneously. For now:

• Read your career goal once each morning and once each
night.
• Begin taking the steps needed to reach your goal and imple-
menting solutions to any perceived obstacles. Check your
progress at least once a week. Are you following through on your
plan of action? What measurable progress (like phone calls,
purchases, sending letters, reading, research) have you made?
• Mentally rehearse your goal once or twice a day. (More on this
idea later.)

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