Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about how to get your midlife career unstuck with Lucia Knight. Lucia is a Midlife Career Satisfaction Designer whose passion is to help midlifers recognize that they have so much possibility and potential heading into what can be the most satisfying and productive years of their life. One of her core beliefs is that careers are not done when you hit midlife, that you can take the reins of your career life and shift. Lucia shares how we can identify those gifts we possess – she calls them superpowers – that are the key to current and future career fulfillment. Often we have difficulty recognizing exactly what it is we love to do and are naturally great at, those things that bring us energy. She encourages listeners to shift their perspective from big change to micro-shifts using the philosophy of experimentation by being willing to try new things. As we practice the art of experimentation we are building into our DNA to empower us to become more nimble and creative in navigating our career path. If you are finding yourself at a career crossroads whether it’s by choice or force, Lucia has the strategies to help you make that change in a way that inspires and energizes you. Grab a cuppa something wonderful, a friend who needs this, and join in on the conversation. http://www.feminineroadmap.com/episode201/
SHOW NOTES:
3:45 The impacts of career change over 40 on happiness
“What I’m trying to do is catch people a little bit earlier than that (the golden handshake moment) so that they turn off the auto pilot that imagine they will stay here for another 5 or 10 years- literally turn it off and wake up. What do they want from the rest of their career?”
11:07 Defining superpowers in your career
“I define superpowers in a career as the activities that an individual does that they cannot stop doing, time passes really quickly when they do it. When they are doing these activities it literally feels good in the stomach or somewhere else in the body. It comes easily to you and you are likely to be better at it than most people in your network.”
“If we don’t design our work around those core superpowers then we’re missing a link, we’re missing an opportunity and we’re certainly not doing work that is fulfilling enough for us humans.”
17:52 Redefining what success means to you
“I’m trying to help wake up individuals to their endless potential but it’s beyond the corporate life normally.”
25:50 Recognizing the shift in corporate culture toward mobility over stability
“The fear of failure that surrounds that experimental mind shift is what stops us so we can train our brain to be experimental.”
38:30 A powerful tool to figure out how to create your shift
“It does need a little first step bravery to get out of our heads.”
46:32 Just start then stop, analyze and refine as you go
50:29 Lucia’s key anchor points and a career changing tool
RESOURCES:
“X-Change: How To Torch Your Work Treadmill” Lucia Knight
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