That's a great quote by Andrew Matthews and one that I often hear from my clients. When people ask me what I do for a living and I reply a Career Coach, they often say they are sick of what they do and are looking for another job. But in reality, they often are not. It's what they'd like to do, but they haven't done anything about it yet.
When clients come to me I know they have got to the point where they want to change. Want to find another job and are prepared to do whatever it takes to get there.
Sometimes people are moving away from pain, and sometimes towards pleasure. What I mean by that is - some jobs have got so bad that they have to move away for their own sanity, security or well-being. Others on the other hand, may have just gained a qualification and have seen a promotion that they want to apply for and are moving towards a long-term career goal because they want to. They would probably be quite happy in their present position, but something bigger, better, brighter, shinier has come up and they want it!
My job as a coach is to find out what is the motivation for hiring me - moving away from pain or towards pleasure? Either way its a positive start and that's the only hard thing about taking the first step. The rest is easy....
Are you moving away from pain or towards pleasure?
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