How To Create A Portable Career

Many people who want to create a mobile lifestyle, expats who want to explore new countries or expat partners who go with their husbands/wives on an international assignment more often choose to create a portable career, a career that you can take with you wherever you decide to live.

This type of career is based on your skillset, gifts, values and first of all the vision of your desired lifestyle. And with the help of the technology actually, you have many opportunities to take your career with you. You can coach people on different challenges via Skype, teach languages online, create online programmes, build websites, organise Yoga retreats, become a virtual assistant, freelance writing … and much more. You can combine all your passions and create multiple income streams. In today’s post, you will find some tools which will help you get clear about your portable career idea.

1. Your life vision. The most important step is to understand how do you want your life to look like?

How do you imagine your life in a host country or the country you dream to live?

How would you like to start and finish your day?

What would your ideal work hours be?

When you are clear about your life vision it is much easier to match your dream career with your desired lifestyle. So take a few minutes or hours and answer the questions above.

2. Your skills, gifts, talents and passions. If you are not sure what your true calling is, your passion or your business, career idea here are some questions which can help you get clarity:

Click here: 9 Places To Discover Your Skills, Gifts And Interests

3. Your career vision. What is your career vision?

After you got clear about your skills, gifts and talents it is time to put them into action!

How can you use your skills?

Are you going to create a product, a service or something creative like art, music, writing?

What is your offer? How can you help people using your passions, gifts and talents?

Take a moment and brainstorm some ideas.

4. Your clients. Who is going to pay you for your skills, strengths, gifts, for what you have to offer? So, you can live your expat lifestyle, live in the country you love or travel when or where you want. When I was starting out I knew that I wanted to work with international clients, people who are working or want to work abroad. Later on, through work with my mentors, teachers and mastermind groups, I got much clearer on my client’s avatar. Here are some questions which I used and I am still using to know better my client, and discover his/her challenges, problem, goals….:

Who is my client (think about age, gender, occupation)?

What are his/hers needs? Why does he/she need help?

What are you the solution he/she needs?

5. Your doubts and questions. In the beginning, you can feel confused about the idea of a portable career. If you are not sure how to start asking questions, explore different ideas about portable careers. Read books about it, there are so many interesting and good books about expat life and portable careers. Create your own support group or attend a networking meeting and connect with people who created a mobile lifestyle.

6. You can work from home. If freelancing or being self-employed scare you start searching for a company who gives you a possibility to work from home. Go and do your research!

7. If you are thinking about creating a portable business get my “Free 5 step guide for creating a thriving portable business”, full of very useful tips and exercises to help you work at what you love and live the life you want. Click here to download your copy.

Take your actions, go brainstorm your ideas, map out your life vision and explore your skills. Think about your potential clients or how can you add value or help people, organisations or companies using your gifts. Start with a small step and if you need more help get in touch.

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Dominika Miernik

Dominika Miernik is an award-winning Career and Expat Coach with over 20 years of living and working abroad in countries like Poland, Italy, the UK and France. Over the past 10+ years, she has been helping expat and globally mobile women to create fulfilling careers and businesses around their international lives. She works with individuals and expat support organisations. And is a mentor for expat coaches.
Currently, she is enjoying a laptop lifestyle while travelling across Europe.

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