Are you tired of asking "What should I do with my life?" Are you sick of your job? Don't worry, I know how you feel! http://www.thecreativepenn.com/careerchange/ I used to start every working week saying "I hate my job" and spend every Friday night drinking too much to drown my misery. I was a cubicle worker in large corporates, going to pointless meetings, writing endless documents no one would read, testing computer systems that would soon be obsolete. Every day, my soul and my creativity died a little. Maybe you feel the same? Well, life is too short to just exist on the edge of breakdown, and there is a better way of living. You need to discover what you love to do and then make that your job, your life's work. This book will take you through understanding the way you feel now as well as how to improve your current situation immediately so you can create enough space to work on breaking out and doing what you truly love. It also contains the career change process I used to go from management consultant to full-time author-entrepreneur. It's time to change your career and your life. ˃˃˃ In this book, you will find: ** Part 1: I hate my job 1) Identifying the problem 2) The results of an unhappy workplace- stress, depression and weight gain ** Part 2: How to improve your current situation 3) Develop yourself 4) Coping with stress at work 5) Being valued and appreciated 6) Escaping the trap 7) Making money and keeping hold of it 8) Being creative 9) Escape is sometimes necessary ** Part 3: How to change your career 10) What do you really want to do? 11) Entrepreneurship or working for yourself 12) The Career Change Process 13) Setting and achieving your goals 14) Your Challenge ” Your Future Bonus Articles: * Case Study Micro-Entrepreneur: How I run my business, The Creative Penn Limited * Interview with Joanna Penn on how to change careers * From affirmation to reality: the author’s story * The Smart Person’s Guide to Quitting the Day Job ˃˃˃ Life’s too short to continue feeling this way. It’s time to change your life. Packed with strategies, tips and personal stories that will help you find the work you love. http://www.thecreativepenn.com/careerchange/

1. with Joanna Penn
Author, Speaker & Entrepreneur
@ thecreativepenn

2. - Joanna Penn

4. Identify the problem
 Do you feel as if you’ve been doing something you
don’t like for far too long?
 What is your working situation right now?
 What are the particular problems you want to
address?

5. “Americans hate their jobs more than ever before in the past 20
years, with fewer than half saying they are satisfied.
The trend is strongest among workers under the age of 25, with
less than 39% satisfied with their jobs.
Overall, dissatisfaction has spread among all workers, regardless
of age, income or residence.”
Source: Live Science

6. Workplace stress
 We manifest our stress in our
bodies. It can’t be
compartmentalized
 Do you have physical symptoms
that might be related to stress?

7. Stress buffer
 Finding positive ways to manage stress will provide a
protective buffer so you can cope with stressful
situations
 No one is going to change this for you so you need to
find ways to deal with it
Assess why
you are
stressed
Use time
management
techniques
Take
ownership
of the cause
of stress
Develop
your self
efficacy in
work
situations
Eat well and
exercise
Get some
social
support
Relaxation

8. The top 5 regrets of the dying
 I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true
to myself, not the life others expected of me
 I wish I hadn’t worked so hard
 I wish I’d had the courage to express my
feelings
 I wish I had stayed in contact with my
friends
 I wish that I’d let myself be happier
- From nurse, Bronnie Ware’s book

10. Your work life is a choice
 Happiness is also a choice
 It’s not too late to change direction

11. Develop yourself
 Is your work challenging for you?
 If not, analyze why not?
 People perform well when given a challenge
 Turn off the TV and read
 Take some internet courses
 Take an evening class

12. Won’t this be exhausting?
This might sound exhausting to add to your current job
but…
 You can survive in your current job by keeping your
mind and soul alive through learning
 It needs determination and motivation when you are
exhausted
 Record everything you do as an achievement and you
will see the effects over time

13. - Charlie James

14. Being valued and appreciated
 Work is generally not about survival anymore
 Once basic needs are fulfilled, work must ideally be
about something more than that
 People want opportunity to develop and grow, and
something other than just financial gain

15. What kind of work makes you
feel valued?
 Helping others
 Being able to make informed decisions
 Self-management and autonomy
 Taking control and responsibility
 Achieving goals
 Being treated well and respected

16. Escaping the trap
Most
common
reasons
people feel
trapped in
their jobs
Money
Status
Self-
perception
about
opportunities
Expectation
of others

17. Making money …and keeping it
 Many people would say that they have to keep their
job for the money
 But we often spend too much
 It can become a cycle of being trapped waiting for the
next pay cheque
 Once we are trapped financially, it becomes difficult
to break out of this cycle

18. Breaking the cycle
 Clearly assess your current financial situation
 What are your financial goals
 Get some financial education
 Spend less than you earn
 Think before you buy
 Save 10% of your income
 Simplify

19. Being creative
 Creativity is an important part of being
human
 Repressing the instinct can be self-
destructive
 Fill yourself with ideas in order to be
creative
 Express yourself
 Creativity recharges your batteries

21. What do you really want to do?
Most people fall into
two categories
I know what I want to do;
I just don’t know how to get
there
I don’t know what I want to
do;
but I know it is not what I’m
doing right now!

22. If you don’t know what you
want to do…
 Get to know yourself
 Think about you and what you are like and
who you want to be
 Not what you think you should be
 What did you want to be as a child?
 What are you passionate about?
 What do you hate/definitely not want to do?
 What do other people say you’re good at?

23. About working for yourself
 Freedom & Independence
 Flexibility
 Meaningful work
 Fast decision making
 Unlimited income potential
 Empowered and in-control
 Creative
 No security or stability
 No benefits
 Must fulfill many roles
 Start-up is challenging

24. The career change process
 Keep in mind your ideas about what
you want to do
 Make a plan and do research
 Work for free (trial run)
 Re-train
 Break out!
 Commitment and persistence

25. Setting and achieving your goals
 Move toward your main goal with smaller,
incremental goals
 Ensure goals are measurable and have a time
limit
 Share your main goal with others

26. Want more?
 Available in print and ebook
formats
 Also download the free workbook
http://www.thecreativepenn.com/careerchange/