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Lou Beaird Career Coaching
Helping moms discover... Dreams Values Passions
Are you happy in your current job? Do you want to find meaning and purpose in what you do each day? I"m here to help. Are you planning your life around your work, or are you planning your work around your life? "And in the end, it"s not the years in your life that count. It"s the life in your years." ~Abraham Lincoln Working with a coach is often the first step many individuals take as they plan for a career move, a new job, a promotion, or in anticipating a new "season" in life. If the need for a change has come unexpectedly, it"s easy for self-confidence to be low and frustration to be high, with the effects of these spilling over into family and personal life. Making changes of this magnitude, especially without any counsel, can be very intimidating, but it can also be the most exciting time of your life if you see it as an opportunity to take a fresh look at where you are and where you want to go. This coaching process is not traditional counseling. While counseling focuses on the past, coaching is very future oriented. I work with clients on setting priorities and goals, identifying your "unique value," and walking with you through the steps of taking action that will enable you to achieve a higher level of success. "If you want to know your past--look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future--look into your present actions." ~Old Proverb Work models are changing. The old model of a traditional 8-5 job is not the only choice. In career coaching, we will explore consulting, free-lance work, franchises and entrepreneurial opportunities as well as the traditional career paths. The correct focus for this can only be discovered by knowing what is unique about you. Do not be embarrassed regarding "I don"t know what I want to be when I grow up." This is a common initial phrase voiced by individuals who are questioning their life choices even from competent, successful professionals with CEO level positions and half-million dollar salaries. Recognize this is a continuing process. Life experience allows us to ask the right questions; ones we could not have known at 18 or 20-years-old. We find that many people simply realize they do not want to continue living their lives based on the decisions that were made when they were 20-years-old. It is a healthy process, at any given season of life, to draw that line in the sand and take a fresh look at where you are, and where you are going. Changes, often even when unexpected, may offer a new opportunity to redirect in a more authentic and "fitting" manner. Expect that this process will release your best competencies and blend your values, dreams and passions. What is involved in career coaching with Lou? It is intense, and intended for one thing, and one thing only to get you to the results you are now dreaming about. "Most job hunters who fail to find their dream job, fail not because they lack information about the job-market, but because they lack information about themselves." My goal is to help people identify their strengths and direct their focus on what really matters to them. I coach moms who are in various stages of life. Whether you are looking for flexible work at home with little ones a foot, sending your last baby to kindergarten or college, or trying to make ends meet as a single parent. I specialize in helping moms discover their unique talents and abilities. I will work with you to weave your strengths, passions, talents and abilities into a career you love. "Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose" ~Victor Frankl Contact Information:
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