If you intend to change career it helps to be clear about your reasons in this sense it is worth defining your Guiding Light or Mantra .......

This is a sentence or two that convinces you of the worth of your undertaking. It should also convince others (in informal situations and at interviews) of your commitment to a chosen path In a sense it is a tool of self belief and a statement of intent.

Typical examples would be:

• I am changing careers to ensure that I find work that brings me real satisfaction. I believe that work in this field will suit my natural talents, interests and personality and will sustain me for years to come.
• I am devoting the next 12 months to expanding my skills / retraining so I will be qualified to work in a field that I love
• I will do anything to get into (profession X) because I need to feel a sense of purpose/intellectual stimulus (etc) to get satisfaction out of my work and to enable my best contribution.
• I have developed some clear short, medium and long term goals that lead me to growing satisfaction in the work I do and the life I love to lead. I will……. (Statement of short, medium and long term goals)
  

Mantras can be an emotional statement or for example even more precisely:

In general the more you belief in your Mantra the easier it becomes to develop your career map and be committed to it.


Possiblle steps ( existing career or career change)

• Your Mantra
• Background to Mantra thinking ( wants/do not want. Need to know more etc)
• Skills, attributes, assets
• Back up and support systems ( a collection of wise contacts with a range of experience)
• The opportunity/opportunities/ entry routes/ open doors
• Your marketing plan – your message/ the medium
• Your financial plan
• A timetable ( to prevent good intentions going to waste)
• The overall map ( flow chart, mind map , whatever works for you)

. CAREER SHIFTERS is a great site with a wide range of ideas and insights for people looking to change career