16: Finding Career Clarity with Lisa Lewis Miller

As you continue to create your Mid-Career GPS, being clear about your personal and professional goals is essential. With everything you have going on, it’s understandable that there will be times when you are uncertain about what’s next or experience a lack of motivation only because you aren’t clear about where your career is headed. We all experience this, and that’s why this episode is going to help you examine your Four Pillars of Career Happiness with Career Change Expert and Author, Lisa Lewis Miller. 

In this episode, Lisa and John talk about what it means to permit yourself in your career and why it is essential to your career clarity. We also discuss what it means to be clear about your strengths, gifts, magnetic interests, why personality fit is necessary for your career, and examine the lifestyle you want to lead and how that aligns with your career clarity. 

You can learn more about Lisa Lewis Miller by visiting her website at https://getcareerclarity.com to learn more about her and download a free sample of her book, “Career Clarity – Finally Find the Work That Fits Your Values and Lifestyle.” And you can listen to her podcast, “The Career Clarity Show,” on all major podcast platforms.  

Key Topics & Time Stamps: 

·      Lisa’s background and experience (3:05)

·      Why giving yourself permission is necessary for career clarity (7:05)

·      Dealing with gratitude shame and job survival guilt during the pandemic (9:33)

·      Being unhappy vs being in a career rut (12:05)

·      Examining your strengths and gifts (14:19)

·      Understanding your "Magnetic interests" (19:00)

·      Assessing how your personality fits in an organization (24:15)

·      Exploring the life and career you want to have (31:03)

·      The four people you need to talk to about your career path (36:40)

List of Resources:

·      Visit Lisa’s website at https://getcareerclarity.com to learn more about her and download a free sample of her book

·      Get Lisa’s Book – Career Clarity on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Career-Clarity-Finally-Values-Lifestyle ebook/dp/B08KR7SB8C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Lisa+Lewis+miller&qid=1613074564&sr=8-1

·      Get John’s Book - SHOW UP - Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career

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