5 Steps To Rescue Your Career And Enjoy Your (International) Life

Do you feel that something is missing in your professional life? Do you feel unfulfilled or disappointed with your current career? Are you thinking about what you can do next in your career? Or are you afraid that you’ll never find what your true calling is?

I know how you feel. For many years I was stuck in a career which was giving me minimum satisfaction and the possibility to pay my bills. Deep down I knew I wanted something more from my professional life. I started to take action and explore what I could do next. It wasn’t a simple journey, full of obstacles and insightful learning points which helped me to rescue my career and enjoy my international life.

Here are the 5 Steps to Rescue Your Career:

1). Get crystal clear what is your dream life vision so you can craft a career or a business around your desired lifestyle. You will feel fulfilled and motivated to wake up every day. Do you want to travel? Think about creating a career you can take with you wherever you want to live. Have you been dreaming of moving to Rome for example? Start exploring what your life may look like in Rome.

2). Find your true calling, and discover what are your passions. I know it’s not easy for everyone. However start looking at how you spend your free time, what comes easily to you or what people are complimenting you about. These are the small clues that can help you to find your true passion and build a passion-based career or business. Look at skills you enjoy using. Do Skills Assessment here: Free Skills Inventory

3). On your journey stay true to yourself. What do you value the most? What are your values? What do you stand for? If your career or business is not respecting your values you will never feel satisfaction in your work. Stop for a moment and take the time to understand what your values are. Get clear on your Career Values here.

4). Face your insecurities, do not pay so much attention to your limiting thoughts. When you’re stuck for too long in your negative thinking you don’t see what are opportunities out there for you. Acknowledge your negative thoughts and move on. Thoughts are only thoughts. They are only your illusion. Who says that you’re going to fail? Who says that you can’t work at what you love?

5). Take action every day! If you have been reading my blog you know I’m an action taker and I’m a big fan of taking small actions every day. Following your passions or changing your career path it’s not an easy journey and it can be even harder if you’re an expat or you’re living in a foreign country However it’s worth it! Create your 90 days, month or weekly plans and take action. Whatever fits you better. Be flexibly and ready to change or adapt your plan. It’s not a rat race! It’s your career change plan.

Go and take action! Let me know what are your thoughts, questions or challenges. Share them in the comments below.

And if you want to discover your next career step? Get clear on your business idea or move your business/career to a new level. I’m inviting you to Career and Business Idea 90 Minutes Intensive: https://dmcoaching.eu/career-biz-discovery/

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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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