Dayna Johnson in Inspiration Summit just commented on "soul searching AND job searching" at a moment of change in her career.

Sally Simms

April 13,2023 at 2:44PM UTC

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Dayna Johnson in Inspiration Summit just commented on "soul searching AND job searching" at a moment of change in her career. That resonated with me - I think every time I've changed jobs in my career I've felt that pull to consider the job change - but had to stop myself and do the soul searching too, before I was ready. For me career choices have been so much about who I'm surrounded by in my day to day - that's a lot of what I've had to soul-saerch about in job changes. Like - do I want to be around a different, new group of people daily? What kind of people? ..... I wonder for others, what that soul searching around a job change has looked like??

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Kathryn MinshewApril 13,2023 at 2:47PM UTC
For me it was really drilling into what environments made me happy, and which kinds of environments made me de-motivated. Early in my career I thought it was all about the subject matter of my work (global health! International policy!) and then I very quickly realized it was just as much about how work got done (fast paced, kind colleagues, lots of human interaction vs just working on a computer all day). That was a BIG part of my early soul searching
Gabi CarachiloApril 13,2023 at 3:03PM UTC
Such a great point. As a part of my soul searching process, I also consider the bigger purpose/mission I would be serving. As a mom, I want to make my kids proud of the work I'm doing.
Katie Ambrose HingleApril 13,2023 at 4:55PM UTC
This was a really big topic for me as I made a few career moves in the past few years. One of the steps I took was leveraging The Onlyness Canvas and having a coach help me with naming my Onlyness. https://nilofermerchant.com/2019/06/06/introducing-the-onlyness-canvas/
Kathryn MinshewApril 13,2023 at 6:33PM UTC
I love Nilofer's work! Great call - that is a brilliant suggestion