Know Yourself First

Do you know who are you? I mean, really know?

Are you willing to put in the time, patience, and acceptance when your career changes?

When your career is moving in steps that you are not happy with, what are you prepared to do about it?

Are you refreshing your resume , networking, joining webinars and summits to see how best you put yourself out there?

If you were to ask me if that was enough, I’d have to tell you honesty, it isn’t.

Before you decide to change careers, jobs or roles, you must know who you are first.

You must know what you are looking for. Making a list of all the wants, needs, culture and expansion of your new career is the first step you must take before you can do anything else. 

People move so fast at times that they forget it takes time to do what you need and where to even begin. 

When searching for a new career, you have to know what you are searching for and you have to know yourself well enough to know how to best show up.

What is important to you? What does the company look like when you walk through the doors?

What kind of people work there? How engaging are they? Do they even know why you are there?

Did they even know their company was looking to hire someone?

Do you know where this position is going to take you?

Do you know you? Do you know where you are going to?

What are your must have’s? What are you willing to sacrifice? What do you bring to the table? 

Hard skills, soft skills, values, accomplishments from past roles, transferrable skills? Do you know them? 

Can you answer any question an employer throws at you and answer it genuinely, honestly and with one or two stories on how and why?

Before you move careers, move yourself into a position that allows you to know you, so you can tell others about you, without guessing.  

Knowing you, is knowing all of you.