Magic 8-Ball: Why career coaching has almost nothing to do with your career

<p>Here’s a metaphor for you:</p> <p>You’re a tree. You’ve got lots of branches — career, romance, friends, family, hobbies, health — but one root system.</p> <p>If your “career” branch is feeling lackluster, does it really make sense to spend a lot of time pruning, clipping, and sprucing <em>just</em> that branch? Isn’t it likely that if one branch is withering, <em>all</em> of the branches might be affected? And in that case, why not direct your attention to the (brace yourself for a pun) <em>root</em> of the matter?</p> <p>It seems like a no-brainer, but you’d be surprised by how many people are busy trying to perfect one branch of their tree without doing <em>any</em> of the deeper work needed to help the whole system thrive.</p> <p>So instead of a new blog, and to highlight the fact that <a href="https://clarityonfire.com/work-with-us/1-on-1-coaching/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">we’re taking on new coaching clients until this Friday</a> (info below!), in today’s Magic-8 Ball episode (originally from October of last year) we’re expanding on this metaphor by getting into why career coaching has almost <em>nothing</em> to do with your career.</p> <p>We’re talking about…</p> <ul> <li>Why a new job is <em>never</em> the solution to your misery (even when you’re convinced it is).</li> <li>The baggage you keep carting with you through every career transition (instead of learning how to let it go).</li> <li>Signs you’ve been focused on the wrong solutions to your dissatisfaction, and how to turn your attention to what actually works.</li> <li>Becoming the kind of person who’s a match to their ideal career situation — someone who can not only <em>get</em> (or create) their dream job, but actually <em>thrive</em> in it.</li> </ul> <p><strong>This is the best, clearest episode we’ve ever published about our coaching philosophy. We shared some behind-the-scenes details about what it’s like to work with us 1-on-1, and how our approach differs from other kinds of coaching, career counseling, and therapy.</strong></p>