Reinventing your Career

Lifecoach and author Laura Berman Fortgang gives an inspiring TEDx talk about how to make inspiring career transitions and improvements in your life. She takes a novel way of looking at your career path and the limitations that we put on ourselves based upon our experiences. She claims that the jobs and roles outlined on your resume are only part of your destiny and career path; that you might find yourself limited to a particular career path because you think that what your studied at college defines you. Rather, she promotes finding out what really motivates you to discover WHO you want to be in your career:  “Who you get to be, is the real you!”

Reinventing your career

The idea is to find the essence of what motivates you, rather than considering the list of past jobs that you have had. You just might discover that two seemingly opposing career paths provide the same common goal. For example, if in one job you were working in sales and in another you were working for a charity, you might think these are opposite careers. However, once you evaluate the elements that inspired you about the job and the person you liked being when you carried out your tasks, you might see that the common link is to connect with people and provide a service. Maybe, your sense of being useful is the driving force behind a happy career.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfNX1cHk-fE

Laura Berman Fortgang is the author of the best selling book: Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction as well as four other published titles, which have been translated and published into thirteen languages.