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About 18 months ago I left full time employment. It wasn't really by choice but more of a forced opportunity.
I have always been more of a 'what is meant for you will not pass you by' with a bit of 'what is the lesson that I need to learn here' thrown in for good measure.
After 30 years of working for others with a couple of side hustles thrown in - I decided to follow the breadcrumbs and not pursue full time employment. The jobs I had in the previous few years had really just been a repeat of the previous one.
Heading into my fifties I decided that I wanted to pursue working for myself - more of a portfolio career. Create options for myself that I can dial up or dial down as I wanted to. A different challenge and a different type of hard. I was very tentative to throw myself all in on this - particularly financially but I thought if not now then when.
In the last 18 months I have had the time to explore, meet with lots of new people and decide how I want to spend my time on a daily basis.
I spent many years chasing the next career promotion and the next career opportunity and sometimes being unfulfilled when I got there. Some of the opportunities that I took were a repeat of things that I had already learned but hey sometimes we just need to pay the bills really.
My ways of working were very successful in many ways but also I have reflected that sometimes I didn't have enough personal boundaries separating my work and my life. A lot of the career advice I give in my coaching is because I didn't get it right myself and I know the impact.
In the last 18 months I have realised the skills and experiences that I have learnt that I can now use differently in business rather than working for a single employee.
I encourage all my coaching to create a vision for their jobs and their lives plus understand their skills and experience. Plus how are these are transferrable.
So if you are feeling a bit stuck, get back to you, what are you good at and what are the breadcrumbs that are being laid out in front of you.
Then follow the breadcrumbs.
Warm regards,
Sam McIntyre
Lady Leadership xx
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