21: Changing Careers with Lisa Lewis Miller

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Sponsor: We want to thank Cyber City Circuits (https://shop.cybercitycircuits.com/discount/HELLOBLINKSHOW) for sponsoring this episode! Cyber City Circuits is an electronics shop and contract manufacturer based in Augusta, GA. Use the coupon code HELLOBLINKSHOW to receive 10% off your order of electronics or mention that you heard about them on the Hello Blink Show for a 25% discount on the assembly costs of manufacturing. Overview: We chat with Lisa Lewis Miller, career coach, owner of Career Clarity (http://getcareerclarity.com/), and author of an upcoming book about changing careers (or starting fresh!). Lisa describes the four pillars for career fulfillment that make up the framework she has been using throughout her coaching practice to assist many clients in their journey. She also discusses the importance of finding a good lifestyle fit (even if that means working for a company rather than entrepreneurship) and how a “bridge job” can help make a career transition smoother. Lisa runs her own career coaching service and is releasing a book, Career Clarity (https://getcareerclarity.com/order/), which is due out on November 17, 2020. One Powerful Quotation: * 8:45 – Lisa: “Phase one of the career discernment journey is: you need to start with who you are, what you value, and what you prioritize, and use all of those data points to then help you generate some hypotheses and some ideas for what could be next.” Key Topics: * 0:45 - Lisa talks about starting her journey as a career coach and her upcoming book, Career Clarity, which you can pre-order here (due out on November 17, 2020): https://getcareerclarity.com/order/ (https://getcareerclarity.com/order/). * 6:30 - Shawn asks Lisa to describe her “Career Clarity” framework to career coaching. Lisa responds by talking about how someone can prioritize happiness in their life and career to achieve success. * 8:45 - Lisa talks about doing some self-discovery to figure out what drives a person and makes them happy before trying to find the right job or career. * 11:00: - Lisa lays out the four pillars for career fulfillment: strengths and gifts, interests and passions, personality, and lifestyle. * 15:30 - Shawn asks where making money fits into the pillars. * 20:45 - Shawn asks Lisa to share her views on how much luck plays into career success. * 24:15 - Lisa talks about finding a “bridge job” to help people transition from one career to another (or to help prepare for entrepreneurship). * 28:15 - Harris asks Lisa about the benefits of not working for yourself. Lisa mentions that if safety and security are high priorities for someone, they may be better off working for a company. * 34:00 - Shawn and Lisa talk about “paving your runway,” which involves taking side hustle jobs before jumping into full-time freelance or entrepreneurship. * 36:30 - Harris and Lisa discuss the risks of working for yourself while trying to start a family. List of Resources Career Clarity by Lisa Lewis Miller (https://getcareerclarity.com/order/) Good to Great by Jim Collins (https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996) Pivot by Jenny Blake (https://www.amazon.com/Pivot-Only-Move-That-Matters/dp/0143129031) Guest Contact Information: Lisa Lewis Miller (http://helloblinkshow.fireside.fm/guests/lisa-lewis-miller) Career Clarity (https://getcareerclarity.com/) The Career Clarity Show (podcast) (https://getcareerclarity.com/podcast/) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamlewis/) Twitter: @CareerClarity (https://twitter.com/CareerClarity) Instagram: careerclarity (https://www.instagram.com/careerclarity/) Facebook: Career Clarity Show (https://www.facebook.com/TheCareerClarityShow/) Host Contact Information: shawnhymel.com (https://shawnhymel.com/) kennyconsultinggroup.com (http://kennyconsultinggroup.com) LinkedIn - Shawn Hymel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnhymel/) LinkedIn - Harris Kenny (https://www.linkedin.com/in/harriskenny/) Twitter - Shawn Hymel (https://www.twitter.com/ShawnHymel) Twitter - Harris Kenny (https://www.twitter.com/harriskenny) License Information: “Hello Blink Show” by Kenny Consulting Group, LLC and Skal Risa, LLC is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Intro and outro song is “Routine” by Amine Maxwell is licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Special Guest: Lisa Lewis Miller.