Okay are we good? first ever Badass Careers YouTube video
Hey Badasses!
Welcome to Badass Careers which is a youtube channel dedicated to helping you to design and build your dream career
My name is Rosie. I'm a recruiter HR manager turned career coach and in this video
I'm going to take you through five key steps that you need to follow to uncover
Your career purpose and stick around to the end because I do have a free gift for you
Which I think is gonna be super useful for you. So definitely don't wanna miss that
So before we get started, I want to ask you a question. What is your purpose?
What is your why have you figured it out yet?
Because whether we figured it out or not
we each have the potential to uncover our
Career purpose or our why why we do what we do we're tapping into the deepest layers here
It's a mix of your values your personality your strengths your life experiences
It usually comes together to create this kind of ultimate conviction
Or sort of mission that you're on like you're on a quest to do something really worthy a career purpose integrates who you are
What you do and the impact that you'd like to make on the world if you're watching this video
Maybe you know the feeling of being a bit lost and confused
Maybe a bit overwhelmed. Maybe wondering if what you're currently doing is actually it right? Is that your thing?
Is that what you were born to do made to do? are you really fulfilling your potential? Maybe you're wondering what the f
Should I be doing with my career? How can I get more happiness out of my career? What makes me different?
What's my greater calling and isn't there more to work than this hint? Yes. Yes, there is. Don't worry
We're gonna find it
So the framework I'm gonna take you through in this video is one of my favorites and it's really good for helping you to find
Some clarity and get a greater sense of direction
And in fact, I've actually cut a big fan because it's the framework I used personally to switch from fortune 500
Corporate HR manager to online career coach and founder of Badass Careers, but Before we jump in I just want to clarify
What do I mean by career purpose and why is it so so important?
Well, can you imagine how great life would be if you were spending 40 hours a week doing work
You really loved work that so aligned to your personalities your values your strengths all of that good stuff
Then it just feels natural like a natural extension
Of who you are as a person
You feel like you're in the right place like you meant to be there and because the work feels so rewarding
And it feels so impactful to you
it actually energizes you rather than drained you and when you know your career purpose or your why it kind of provides a
Filter through which you see the world and you can make decisions
Career decisions become so much easier because you'll be able to say is that aligned to me?
Is that aligned to the mission that I'm on does it fulfill my purpose or is it just shiny object syndrome?
You know like a job that looks great on paper
But six months and you're feeling the same things you always have and you just wonder whether you've made another mistake
So when you know your career purpose you have the sense of clarity if you think about your career as this kind of kick-ass road
Trip that you're on your career purpose is your GPS, you know
You're not gonna sit out on a huge adventure in this huge road trip without having some kind of destination in mind
But that's what we do all the time with our careers
And we all know that annoying person who's always known
What they wanted to do since they were just a little kid and some people get really lucky and they stumble across
Their career purpose along the way, right?
They try some things out and they kind of accidentally fall into it and that's really cool, too
But for the majority of us, that's not the case
In fact, according to Gallup only 15 percent of people are engaged in their work
Which means that they have some sort of emotional attachment to the job or the company
So basically they care about what they're doing
No wonder we have so many people down there counting down the days till Friday
But don't you think is a little bit strange how most of us have kind of just come to accept?
Hating what we do for 40 hours a week, like you'll spend a third of your waking hours at work
You should want them to count. So one of the reasons I started Badass Careers is because I think it's high time
we stopped just
Surviving during the weeks waiting for the weekends to finally start living and how we're going to find that sense of purpose that sense of happiness
Well research shows that people find meaning when they can see a clear connection between the things they highly value and what they spend time
Doing if you think about it as an iceberg at the tip of the iceberg above the sea
You've got what you do and how you do it, right? So what you do could be your job title
Where you work a salary? You can't dispute it, its a fact how you do it as the way you go about it
So the way you have to behave at work the kind of skills you use at work and so on and then underneath the surface
You've got your why and when people can articulate the link between what they do how they do it and why they do it
Studies show that they're both happier in work and life and that they even live longer
So your why or your purpose is really tapping into that stuff below the surface as I say that could be
Personality values it could be your natural strengths and talents
It could be external influences that shape you it could be your life experiences
All of these things will come together to help you find your why
so if you want to find your why and you're really excited by this and you're ready to do the work and you're wondering where
Do I get started? I'm gonna take you through the five-step framework
That's gonna help you figure it all out because all the answers you need are actually right inside of you right now
So truth bomb
You don't actually have to go backpacking for a year or go to a silent yoga retreat in Bali to find your purpose
I mean do that if you want, but but don't do it just to find your purpose
I mean just go on a holiday or something, but all the answers you need are right in here
So before you book in one way ticket to Patagonia
I just want you to do a little bit of reflection
and a little bit of listening to you to yourself because the way society works is that it kind of
pushes us along this pathway and
There's lots of things that we have to sort of forget about along the way or desires that we push down
But basically there's this stuff that we've always known about ourselves that we may not have listened to for quite a long time
so let's jump into one of my favorite models for asking yourselves this sometimes quite profound and even
Uncomfortable questions. It's called the Ikigai framework
No, I didn't make up the Ikigai framework
It is actually a Japanese
concept which means reason for being because they found that when they were looking at these small villages in Japan where they have
populations of people who are living for the longest on earth and they try to figure out
What is making these people stay so happy and so healthy and live for so long?
They found that these people had an Ikigai
So you might want to call it your calling, your life's mission your raison d'être
It's basically the reason for getting out of bed in the morning
and the point is that you will start behaving and acting and living in a way that's aligned to this mission and it will
Infuse every single day with just a little bit more
Meaning so your Ikigai or your purpose or your big why it lies at the intersection
Of four components what you're good at what you love?
What the world needs and what you can be paid for and I've been a bit of a surprise for you
I have actually built an entire
Mini course around figuring out your Ikigai and I'm currently giving it away for free
So click the link down in the description
Below if you want to sign up to that and do some really deep work on this
But before you jump away
Let me take you through the five steps that you're going to need to follow to
Really find your Ikigai your why. So step one is figuring out what you're really good at
so the first quadrant of the Ikigai framework is all about your
Strengths your skills and what you have to offer the world and as the world of workers transforming and we move towards careers
which look more like portfolios and
It's more project based and based on gigs and sort of moving away from those long-term
Employment contracts or you know being in the same company for thirty years as you move away from all of that
We're very much moving towards
self-managed careers so it's so so critical that you understand your unique strengths what sets you apart and how to leverage that so some of
the deeper questions that you might ask yourself in this area are things like
Everybody has an unfair advantage the things that seem to come naturally to them without much coaching or studying
What do you tend to understand more quickly than most people? What do you find fun that other people might find difficult or boring?
What makes you you what makes you weird and by the way being weird is good
Step 2 is know what makes you come alive?
Okay your passions. So this quadrant of the Ikigai framework is all about the things that really light you up understanding
Your passion is a really important piece of the puzzle because it gives us clues as to what energizes you as a person
so we can either work towards integrating those exact things into a career or a side hustle or we can use them to kind of
Predict the types of activities that you would naturally find really enjoyable. Some of the deeper questions
You might ask yourself in this area are things like what content do you find yourself consuming? books?
Podcasts, Netflix shows, YouTube videos. Is there a theme is there something you love learning about?
what kind of articles can you not resist clicking on. Think of recent times when you are so immersed while working on something you
achieved a state of
Flow you felt energized and time seemed to fly by without you even noticing and unfortunately
Sleeping and binging Netflix. Don't count here. Sorry guys
So what were you doing when you were in that state of flow? Step three is all about getting
crystal-clear on what matters to you most
Okay
So your values so this is the third quadrant of the Ikigai framework and it goes pretty deep
You really peel away the layers here to understand
your core values. values are just so important to you that they guide your decision-making in your
Behaviour whether you know about it or not
and if you find yourself in a work situation where you're not fully living your values you're going to feel a
Constant sort of niggle right like an almost like an internal nagging that something's not quite right
You may not be able to put your finger on it
But you just know in your gut that something's not quite working for you. For example, if you really value
Family time like that's your number one
That is your number one source of joy and pleasure and fulfillment and life and you're working in a job that takes you away
Seventy hours a week with loads of travel. You're gonna probably
feel an internal sense of conflict and stress and if you really don't value competition like you
You're just not a competitive person at all
You don't care who wins when you play board games or you don't have those
big family fights when you lose at monopoly and then you go and work in a really
Competitive sales environment. Are you really going to be satisfied with your job long term?
So in the free course that I'm giving you guys over the next few months
It's called to find my why you'll actually do a value sorting exercise
To figure out what your top five core values are and you'll also answer some deep questions kind of like the following
What could you really fired-up? What injustice
Infuriates you? Imagine you're hosting a dinner for your role models and you could invite anyone you want Dead or Alive?
Who would you invite and why right one characteristic for each of them?
What is it about their life and accomplishments that inspires you what underlying traits or values draw you in? Step four is
Understanding what you can be paid for. Show me the money
I mean, let's be honest if you're not getting paid in your career
It's either an internship or a volunteer role and if you're not getting paid for your side hustle or your business
Then it's just an expensive hobby. So it's really really important
Of course because life, you know, we've all got expenses bills, you know responsibilities a certain lifestyle
We want to maintain so in this step of the free course
It's very much around matching what you have to offer the world with what the world needs
Okay
so the demand so what kind of
Problems you can solve and who is willing to pay you to solve those problems?
So in this week of the find my why course
you do loads of research you, do a healthy dose of LinkedIn stalking, you find cool people doing cool things, you get loads of
Inspiration and it just opens your eyes for the possibilities that are out there
When it comes to things you can actually be paid to do. Step 5 is around bringing it all together
So by the end of the find my why course
You're actually going to be able to articulate your why and you'll have captured it into a really tidy
Powerful sentence so with my guidance and the videos and the workbooks I provide there are some really really incredible why's that have emerged
I'll give you an example of one of my clients has gone through so she's an aspiring UX designer and she says
My why is to use my passion for empathetic user experience design and my skills and technology to help
Not-for-profits and charities to create great
Websites and apps that keep the users coming back and this is the exact why that I came up with
when I decided to found Badass Careers
This is from going through this framework on my own. My why is to leverage my strengths and career development
HR and psychology to help young professionals to find their purpose
Brand themselves and get the job so they can build the dream career and do work that
energizes them so as you can see
It's super super powerful once you find your why and then you're able to job hunt and filter opportunities
Really based on this kind of internal compass that you now have and when you find that work where you're actually aligned to your why
believe me
There's no more feeling like you're wasting time
Or you're not living up to your potential and there's definitely no more job hopping from one thing to the next
Only to realize that you're still unhappy after that initial thrill of a new salary wears off and let's be honest
No one said that it would be quick, easy, require a little effort. It's the opposite of that
it takes a lot of work on yourself a lot of tapping into your intuition a lot of
Reflection, a lot of time to process things and hey, it may not give you all the answers that you're looking for
But believe me once you find your why, you'll feel a hick of the way along the journey
So if you're the kind of person that actually gives us shizz about your career
I definitely recommend putting in the time to find your purpose
Because who doesn't want to find happiness and everyday?
So if you care about your career and what you spend 40 hours a week doing and you're into growth and development and career
Strategy and you want to do work that matters hit the subscribe button because I'll be coming at you twice per week
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Six part mini course, find my why. A step-by-step guide to finding your career purpose. I'm giving it away for the next few months
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