Resources
In addition to hiring a life coach, you can explore books, magazines and information online to help you clarify the steps you're taking toward change and build confidence in your new life choices.
life@work: The Dream Big Coaching Blog
Read my blog, life@work, for insight, news, tips, links and inspiration about career trends, career change, job search techniques, career design, and much more. It's meaty, it's real, it's funny, it's quick, and it's free!
Professional Resume Service
For optimal results in your job search, I highly recommend having your resume written by a certified professional resume writer. I've used Blue Sky Resumes myself and have been very pleased with the results.
Self Assessments
I've developed these quick online self-assessment exercises for you to use as tools when you are exploring life coaching and life changes.
- Is coaching right for you right now? Are you intrigued by coaching but just aren't sure if now is the right time to hire your own coach? Take this short self assessment when you're considering whether it might be the right idea.
- Is entrepreneurship right for you right now? Are you tired of working for someone else and dream of owning your own business? You can use this self assessment to help evaluate your readiness for pursuing this path.
- Do I need to make a change right now? Do you keep thinking about making a big change but aren't sure if now is the right time? Use this self assessment when you want to think about how content you are with your situation.
Articles by Heather Mundell
I invite you to consider the following articles I have written as part of your research in life coaching and life choices.
- Relax and Get More Done
- Changing Careers: Follow Your Heart, but Don't Lose Your Head
- Ending the Battle for Balance
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? 7 Questions When You Are Unhappy at Work
- Success for Short Timers: How to Stay Motivated While Moving On
Recommended Books
Here are my latest picks for informative and productive books available today.
How to Find the Work You Love
By Laurence G. Boldt
From the author of Zen and the Art of Making a Living comes this brief and insightful guide to helping you discover what you want to do and finding the courage to start a search for a new career. Boldt discusses the four key elements he believes are to be found in every genuine life's work -- integrity, service, enjoyment and excellence -- and poses questions for the reader to focus on to help her discover what those elements mean to her. If you're tired of taking career assessment tests and want a fresh perspective on discovering the life you are meant to do, pick up this book.
Now What?
90 Days to a New Life Direction
By Laura Berman Fortgang
If you'd like to make a big change and are not working with a coach, work with this book! Laura Berman Fortgang is one of the most famous life and career coaches in America, and this practical, step-by-step guide to finding a new life direction is solid. The process is concrete and time-bound, and includes many empowering exercises and case studies. Her words are practical yet inspiring.
Reinvent Your Career:
Attain the Success You Desire and Deserve
By Susan Wilson Solovic
Whether your career transition is voluntary or involuntary, this book offers practical steps to take to land on your feet. The first half of the book focuses on how to anticipate whether you're likely to be laid off, how to protect your position, how to survive a lay off and how to make a smooth exit. The second half describes the essential and often introspective processes required to find work that feels authentic, and explores entrepreneurship and life after retirement. If you feel insecure in your current position or feel at "ground zero" as far as what's next in your life and career, this book can help you get oriented.
The E-Myth Revisited:
Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
By Michael E. Gerber
If you're an entrepreneur or want to be one, you need to read this classic! Gerber wrote The E-Myth almost 20 years ago and here he revisits the subject, answering many of the questions his readers have asked in response to The E-Myth over the years. This is the quintessential guide to how to work on your business while you work in it. I've certainly referred to his ideas as I work with clients who are transitioning from the corporate world to starting their own businesses. It's an essential reference.
