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The Conative Connection

Thanks to fellow Infoguru James Huggins  I’ve been introduced the concept of "conation". Conation is defined as "the area of one’s active mentality that has to do with desire, volition, and striving." It is the third piece of the mental processing puzzle, completing the other two: cognition (thinking) and feeling. Conation is about what you…

DO Your Career

No career plan is worth spit until you act on it! A partial plan tried out is better than a perfect plan left gathering dust. Why is this especially true for Artistic/Creative types? Because our careers are not linear. Don’t fit ‘normal’ job descriptions. And, are often composed of seemingly unrelated parts — but those…

Planning Your Type of Career

Okay, you’ve figured out those magic four letters. What now? Well, if you are IN a ‘real’ job and contemplating the solopreneur life (aka entrepreneur, solo professional, independent professional, freelancer, contractor, et al) consider these steps: If you have access to a corporate career advisor, grab ’em! If not, grab your library card and get…

Promoting Your New Career

Check out my post on the The Hollywood Librarian. Take a look at the site. Then, see what ideas you have for promoting your talents.. and creating the career of your dreams. There is no limit to what you can do… The power to reach  your dreams is in your hands.

Your Type of Career

I’ve been offline for awhile with a bum left leg. I’m limping along and trying to post thoughts and ideas while sitting with a hot pack on my leg. What fun! I’ve been wanting to get back to my series on Planning a Creative Career. Last series of posts, I looked at what interests you….

Self Publishing Primer

Unveiling the Heart of Business

You’ve heard to them. You maybe even know one.  The Starving Artist.  Brilliant. Gifted. Maybe a little eccentric. But, creative as heck.  And, poor as a church mouse.  Why does it seem that following a path of heart means following a path of poverty?  Or, does it have to?  A new book, by spiritual marketer…

Plan an Interesting Career

Last post we took a look at Holland codes, the tool for sorting and categorizing occupations based on interests. So, how do you figure out your Holland code? You can do if for FREE here. Be warned though: the results will be directional and may not be completely accurate. To take a full blown Interest…

But, Does it Interest You?

What good is a job or career if it doesn’t interest you? I’m imaging that something like that ran through John Holland’s noggin years ago, and caused him to devise his famous/infamous occupational coding scheme. Prior to Holland’s work, occupations were a mish mash. His goal was to organize them in a meaningful way… and…

Creating Your Ideal Career

21 years ago I was discontented Systems Analyst trying to figure out what I wanted to be "when I grew up." My HR contact handed me a self guided workbook and said, "have at it." I did. But, it didn’t help much. Would have been nice to have a career counselor or coach. Maybe that’s…