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Hello Lovely Listeners! This is my first solo episode in a while. I hope you enjoyed my conversations with Kathy Oneto, Heather Ussery-Knight, Stephanie Lindloff, and Patrick Geary.  Today I want to give you a useful model for thinking about how to ride the waves of change that are inevitable with more grace and ease.  I mention the article I recently wrote for my Substack Newsletter on the What it Means to be Human in a world of Artificial Intelligence.  Using my "marital pivot" (definitely a spiritual pivot, if there ever was one) I explain Jenny Blake's Pivot model which includes: 1) Plant 2) Scan 3) Pilot  4) Launch More about this idea can be found in Jenny's book, Pivot - The Only Move that Matters is Your Next One, and at her Pivot Method website here.  This is such a useful way to think about change. What people usually skip for forget is the process of planting ourselves where we are and taking stock of our strengths, values, and interests. We need to do this before reaching out to scan, so we can move with our own internal compass, which is our embodied wisdom, to a direction that's a fit for us.  As we pilot different options, we can think of these small experiments as windows into our next step, or possibly like horses at the Kentucky Derby. We gather data to see where we might want to go next.  This is a helpful reduction of risk stage before we go into an "all out" launch and take a bigger step.  What I love about this model is that it's cyclical and it's more of a mindset than just a set of activities we need to follow. Change is a constant, so Jenny helps us get better at it, developing this metaskill of pivot as a life skill.  I applied it to my relationship, because I was seeing all the parallels here. Maybe in a future episode I can unpack one of my (many) career pivots so you can see how it applies there as well. Better yet, read Jenny's book if you're interested in this topic. Jenny Blake hosts the Pivot and Free Time podcasts, and she is a wise soul. Full disclosure that I'm a part of Jenny's BFF Circle Community. She's been an integral part of helping me develop a podcast through her offerings and mentorship through her community. If you are a small business owner, looking for a generous community of support, I highly recommend it.  *** To schedule a free 1:1 session me, use this link. To get in contact or look into being a guest, please message me via LinkedIn.  Support for this podcast comes from readers of Unleash, Unlearn, and Enliven, from clients, and from listeners like you. For more resources, subscribe to my the Somatic Wisdom Substack newsletter, where much of this content can be found in essay form. *** Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/composers/ihsandincer/ Cover art credit: https://www.natalyakolosowsky.com/        

Myself and Chris are joined by special guest host Tina to chat about what has kept us entertained since we last recorded. This episodes entertainment chat includes: AUDIO BOOKS: Kevin Hart - I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons Ralph Macchio - Waxing On Mike Medavoy - You're Only as Good as Your Next One: 100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for Which I Should Be Shot Brian Cox - Putting the Rabbit in the Hat TV: Wheel of Time The Serpent Queen The Great The Last Kingdom Motherland Happy Valley Ozark Better Call Saul Our Flag Means Death Severance Tulsa King Welcome To Wrexham Clarkson's Farm Mandy Alma's Not Normal Wednesday The Last Of Us DOCUMENTARIES: Pamela, A Love Story MOVIES: The Banshees of Inisherin Men Pearl X Mad Heidi The Green Butchers Swan Song Falling Black Dynamite DOUBLE DIP: On The Line Lady Chatterley's Lover Visit www.60MW.co.uk for news, reviews, podcasts, how to join our World Tour, and a very easy way to leave us a review. We also now have a SpeakPipe account where you can leave us voice messages up to 90 seconds. Just visit any page on our website on your computer or phone and a SpeakPipe button will pop up where it is then just “click and record”. Leave us a voice message/comment/question and we'll respond on our podcasts. Thanks for listening and please send any written comments and thoughts HERE.

During the Great Reshuffle, millions of people decided that it was the right moment to make a career pivot. But outside of once-in-a-lifetime global shifts, how do you know when it's time to pivot? And how to you begin to make a change? This week, Jenny Blake, author of the book Pivot: The Only Move that Matters is Your Next One joins Andrew to get into her own pivot-filled career journey and advice for people considering making changes of their own. Pay Attention to Your Boredom When you start feeling like your day-to-day workload is no longer interesting, or your attention starts to wander, take note. That is usually a sign that you need to look elsewhere in order to keep growing your skills and talents. As Jenny says, “if we could embrace that and then embrace a shared language to talk about change …then we could all relax a little bit and just have less of that external blame and shame.” Dip a Toe with a Pivot Experiment A good framework, suggests Jenny, is asking yourself about the 3 E's in your current job: “Do I enjoy this? Is there room to expand (and do I want to), or can I become an expert at it?” Then, start making little changes to get yourself to a “yes” answer. You Can Find Clues Everywhere In order to figure out what to pivot to, keep your inspiration open. Results of personality tests, your favorite TV shows, what energizes you in your daily life – all of these can be useful for figuring out what your next move is. Say No to Say Yes Sometimes, Jenny points out, you need to say “no” to something that feels like a good thing in order to say “yes” to what might be next. Intelligent risk is rarely a bad call. An Object In Motion Stays In Motion Sometimes a first decision, or micro-pivot, can set you in motion to make future changes feel less daunting or difficult. Or at the very least, it can get you unstuck. Follow Jenny on LinkedIn Follow Andrew on LinkedIn and join the Get Hired community at https://lnkd.in/ghpodcast

In this solo episode, host Kathy Oneto builds on Episode 75 with Dr. Dawn Graham where they talked about building confidence to make a career switch. Hear Kathy answer a listener question that builds on that prior conversation: “How does one find the courage to take a step back in their career to then move forward onto a new path? And what are smart ways to do that?”Kathy shares six smart actions to consider from her research, the podcast, and what she's personally learned over the years that can help build your courage and give you the confidence to step into what's calling you next.Ready to make a switch? Let's get you started.Resources MentionedPivot: The Only Move that Matters is Your Next One: https://www.amazon.com/Pivot-Only-Move-That-Matters/dp/1591848202Dorie Clark's HBR Article, “Don't Focus on Your Job at the Expense of Your Career:” https://hbr.org/2022/08/dont-focus-on-your-job-at-the-expense-of-your-careerSustainable Ambition What's Taking Shape Exercise: https://sustainableambition.com/whats-taking-shapeI'd love to hear from you! Send me a voice note or a question that might be read and answered here on the podcast! Go to https://bit.ly/sapodcast-askThanks for Listening!If you liked this episode, please rate, review, and share the episode. Thank you so much!Get show notes for this episode at https://sustainableambition.com/podcast I'd love to hear what's on your mind! Take the Sustainable Ambition Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/sapodcast-survey Submit a question or comment for future episodes at podcast@SustainableAmbition.com Get my curated bi-weekly Sustainable Ambition Forum newsletter. Sign up https://sustainableambition.com/subscribe

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Our guest Eric Frans' career path into, out of, and around higher education Key factors that influenced his decision to pursue employment outside the academy The transition from higher education to a different industry How he plans to use his doctorate in the future His advice to those inside higher ed considering switching to other industries Our guest is: Eric Frans, a career development professional currently working as a Talent Acquisition Manager for PrimePay, a human resources software company. Eric holds a master's degree in Higher Education Counseling/Student Affairs from West Chester University (WCU) and is pursuing a doctorate in Higher Education Policy, Planning, and Administration from WCU. Eric worked as a career development professional at SUNY Oswego and WCU before moving into his current role at PrimePay. Eric was born in Ghana and raised in Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania. As an undergraduate student, Eric studied psychology at WCU and was highly engaged in campus life; he was a member of the men's basketball team, a resident assistant, and an orientation leader. Our host is: Dr. Dana M. Malone, a higher education scholar and practitioner energized by facilitating meaningful conversations and educational experiences. She specializes in college student relationships, gender, sexuality, and religious identities as well as student success and assessment planning. Listeners to this episode may also be interested in: Inside Higher Ed article: 7 Steps for Discerning Whether to Leave Higher Ed by Beth Godbee Chronicle article: Many Student Affairs Officials are Considering Leaving the Field Jenny Blake's Book: Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One (Portfolio/Penguin) - https://www.pivotmethod.com/ Dawn Graham's book: Switchers: How Smart Professionals Change Careers and Seize Success (Harper Collins Leadership) The Academic Life episode: The Self-Care Stuff: Considering Whether to Stay or Drop Out You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island, and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Here on the Academic Life channel, we embrace a broad definition of what it means to be an academic and to lead an academic life. We view education as a transformative human endeavor and are inspired by today's knowledge-producers working inside and outside the academy. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DMs us on Twitter: @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/academic-life

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Dr. Heather Wagoner's experience failing her doctoral qualifying exam How she responded as the shame set in What she did to regroup and find a way forward The meaning she's made of that experience and how it changed her Heather's advice to advisors and graduate faculty Her advice to students facing a crossroad in their educational journeys Our guest is: Dr. Heather Wagoner, Director of Student Engagement and Campus Life at Virginia Tech. Heather has been a higher education practitioner for almost 20 years, working at institutions including Longwood University, University of South Carolina, and University of Kentucky. She specializes in college student involvement, experience building, communications, strategic planning, and leadership. Heather loves spending time with her little family, listening to musicals, and dancing around the kitchen. She dabbles in academic and creative writing and hopes to use her dissertation “Determined to Make a Difference: A Qualitative Study of College Women Leaders” as a launching point for future articles and conversations. Our host is: Dr. Dana M. Malone, a higher education scholar and practitioner specializing in college student relationships, gender, sexuality, and religious identities as well as student success and assessment planning. Dana first met Heather at University of Kentucky when they were both doctoral students. Dana was and continues to be impressed with Heather's commitment to students, enthusiasm for her work, and the authenticity she brings to her life. Dana enjoys engaging conversations, delicious food, practicing yoga, and wandering the Jersey shore. Listeners to this episode may also be interested in: How Heather is growing her mind and spirit through the following resources: Academic Life Podcast: Being Well in Academia For those looking for resources to change course, please see the following: 1. Brené Brown's Podcast: Unlocking Us with Brené Brown 2. Reflecting on the lessons of Ted Lasso 3. Practicing and showing gratitude 1. Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One by Jenny Blake (Portfolio/Penguin) 2. Switchers by Dawn Graham (Amacom) You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island, and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Here on the Academic Life channel, we embrace a broad definition of what it means to be an academic and to lead an academic life. We view education as a transformative human endeavor and are inspired by today's knowledge-producers working inside and outside the academy. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DMs us on Twitter: @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you'll hear about: Dr. Heather Wagoner's experience failing her doctoral qualifying exam How she responded as the shame set in What she did to regroup and find a way forward The meaning she's made of that experience and how it changed her Heather's advice to advisors and graduate faculty Her advice to students facing a crossroad in their educational journeys Our guest is: Dr. Heather Wagoner, Director of Student Engagement and Campus Life at Virginia Tech. Heather has been a higher education practitioner for almost 20 years, working at institutions including Longwood University, University of South Carolina, and University of Kentucky. She specializes in college student involvement, experience building, communications, strategic planning, and leadership. Heather loves spending time with her little family, listening to musicals, and dancing around the kitchen. She dabbles in academic and creative writing and hopes to use her dissertation “Determined to Make a Difference: A Qualitative Study of College Women Leaders” as a launching point for future articles and conversations. Our host is: Dr. Dana M. Malone, a higher education scholar and practitioner specializing in college student relationships, gender, sexuality, and religious identities as well as student success and assessment planning. Dana first met Heather at University of Kentucky when they were both doctoral students. Dana was and continues to be impressed with Heather's commitment to students, enthusiasm for her work, and the authenticity she brings to her life. Dana enjoys engaging conversations, delicious food, practicing yoga, and wandering the Jersey shore.  Listeners to this episode may also be interested in: Academic Life Podcast: Being Well in Academia Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown (Gotham Books) Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One by Jenny Blake (Portfolio/Penguin) Switchers by Dawn Graham (Amacom) Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide by Christopher L. Caterine (Princeton UP) You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island, and neither are we. We reach across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Here on the Academic Life channel, we embrace a broad definition of what it means to be an academic and to lead an academic life. We view education as a transformative human endeavor and are inspired by today's knowledge-producers working inside and outside the academy. Wish we'd bring on an expert about something? DMs us on Twitter: @AcademicLifeNBN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/academic-life

In the first episode of this series, we established that your career reflects your care and how your actions speak to how you care for what matters to you. Redesigning your career is a growth move, and it begins with owning your value and creating a foundation. Taking stock to assess and acknowledge the skills, experiences, strengths, and perspectives you have acquired to date empowers you to own your value. We establish our ground from which to grow by evaluating and highlighting our unique gifts and abilities. With this foundation, we are positioned to look outwards and define what strengths we want to leverage to shape our future.  I walk you through 5 questions, practice and the next step you can start today to begin creating the foundation for your future. I refer to two books in this episode:  Taking Control of Your Career by Gail Donner and Mary Wheeler http://www.donnerwheeler.com/index.php-id=2.html And Pivot: The Only Move that Matter is Your Next One by Jenny Blake. https://tinyurl.com/9849mu6w

In this episode, Jenny Blake and I explore how to claim attention and time with heart. We discuss how one can use her Pivot Method for thinking about self-care pilots as well as what to do with the guilt or "all-or-nothing" thinking traps that so commonly pop-up! Jenny dropped what she believes is the most under-utilized superpower we all have but highlighted we need to get quiet in order to hear it. Listen to the full episode to learn more, and let us know what your takeaways are!  Jenny Blake is the founder of Pivot Method, a growth strategy company that helps forward-thinking individuals and organizations map what’s next through scalable Pivot programs. Her motto: if change is the only constant, let's get better at it. Jenny is an international keynote speaker, and the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, which won the Axiom Best Business Books award in the careers category. After 5 years at Google in coaching, training, and career development, Jenny pivoted to running her own business in New York City in 2011. In 2015 she launched the Pivot Podcast, which CNBC listed among 6 podcasts to make you smarter about your career, Entrepreneur selected as one of the top 20 female-hosted business podcasts, and Parade named among 25 Motivating Podcasts to Transform Your Morning Commute.Today you can find Jenny at PivotMethod.com.   Want more support building your daily rituals to support you feeling calm, centered and focused? Head on over to Centered in the City and claim your 7-day free trial. 

Jenny Blake is the founder of Pivot Method, a growth strategy company that helps forward-thinking individuals and organizations map what’s next through scalable Pivot programs. Jenny is an international keynote speaker, and the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. After 5 years at Google in coaching, training, and career development, Jenny pivoted to running her own business in New York City.  This episode is brought to you by HSL Digital. Claim your free Podcast Launch Checklist at HSLDigital.com. Show Notes: www.hilarysutton.com/podcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/hilary.sutton Twitter: www.twitter.com/hilarysutton Facebook: www.facebook.com/hilarysutton 

Jenny Blake is the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. I invited her to come on UNLEASHED (at work & home) because we're all in state of flux these days. Every pet professional is being asked to change standard ways of doing business, and it's stressful. But it can also be exciting. Jenny likes to think of this as "radical reimagining." What possibilities do you see when you lean into your intuition and judgment? Gavin de Becker's book, The Gift of Fear, does a great job of explaining how your senses are always communicating with you to keep you safe--when you don't override them with logic or a need to be perceived as nice or polite.  You know the power of these gifts. You need to rely them daily in your work with animals. But do you trust them to guide you in your interactions with other people? With yourself? Sometimes you'll get caught in a frustrating loop, wondering "What is wrong with me? Shouldn't I be happy?" You may even get sucked into a spiral of guilt or feel powerless to make changes. You don't need to feel guilty. And you aren't powerless.  During this time of tremendous change, take this opportunity to explore what you want for your life ... and what's getting in the way. Jenny and I discussed the power of Byron Katie's books, including Loving What Is and A Mind at Home with Itself. Byron Katie is most known for her four pivotal questions that can help you shift your mindset and discover new options: Is it true? Can you absolutely know that it’s true? How do you react when you believe that thought? Who would you be without the thought? Becoming more aware of your thoughts (whew, so many thoughts!!!!) and learning to broaden your perspective are two of the most valuable life skills anyone can develop. If you'd like some support with this, let's talk!

Jenny Blake (@pivotmomentum) is the founder of Pivot Method, a growth strategy company that helps forward-thinking individuals and organizations map what’s next through scalable Pivot programs. She is an international keynote speaker, and the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, Jenny also hosts the popular Pivot Podcast, which CNBC listed among 6 podcasts to make you smarter about your career, and Entrepreneur selected as one of the top 20 female-hosted business podcasts.   Check out The Lean Startup by Eric Ries as mentioned in today's episode. Show notes… Calls to ACTION!!! Subscribe to the Restaurant Unstoppable YouTube Channel Join the private Unstoppable Facebook Group Join the email list! (Scroll Down to get the Vendor List!) Favorite success quote or mantra: "What you can plan is too small for you to live." In today's episode with Jenny Blake we will discuss: If change is the only constant then we should get used to it To pivot we must drop what is not working and embolden what is working Pivoting is a skill and a mindset; it needs to be continuous The 4 stages of the Pivot are: Plant Determine what are your strengths? What is working? Determiner what is your vision? With COVID-19 you should have two visions: short-term and long-term Scan What strengths can do double-down on? What is your next move? Plan it out Pilot Try something out with little investment to test it out It can help you test the three E's: Do I enjoy this? Can I become an expert? is there room to expand? Launch Actually implementing your new direction Today's sponsor: Restaurant365 is a cloud-based, all-in-one, restaurant-specific accounting and back-office platform that seamlessly integrates with POS systems, payroll providers, food and beverage vendors. It generates accurate real-time reporting and analysis in user-friendly dashboards, facilitating immediate, data-driven decision making. Restaurant365 eliminates manual, error-prone processes and is designed to help restaurant businesses grow with functionality that helps optimize labor costs, reduce food costs and increase revenue.     Contact info: The Pivot Method website The Pivot Method podcast Get The Pivot Method by Jenny Blake here Instagram: @pivotmomentum Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining today! Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for the Restaurant Unstoppable Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Huge thanks to Jenny Blake for joining me for another awesome episode. Until next time!   Restaurant Unstoppable is a free podcast. One of the ways I'm able to make it free is by earning a commission when sharing certain products with you. I've made it a core value to only share tools, resources, and services my guest mentors have recommend, first. If you're finding value in my podcast, please use my links!

If setting revenue targets gives you anxiety about launching something new, you are not alone. When we put pressure on ourselves to hit a specific number by the end of a launch, we tend to forget about the people involved. So, what if we reframed the way we thought about marketing a launch? What if we focused on attracting the community we genuinely want to spend time with? What if we played to our strengths to design a launch experience we could LOVE? *** This episode falls under the P of Promotion of The Gentle Marketing Mandala. If you don't know what I'm talking about you can download my 1-page marketing plan in the form of a mandala at http://www.sarahsantacroce.com/1page. It comes with a daily email prompt over 7 days to help you work on your plan. *** Jenny Blake is the creator of Pivot Method, a growth strategy that helps forward-thinking entrepreneurs and organizations map out what’s next. She is also a sought-after keynote speaker and host of the Pivot Podcast, a show recognized by CNBC as one of the top six podcasts to make you smarter about your career. Jenny spent two years at a tech startup in Silicon Valley and five years in Training and Career Development at Google before launching her own consulting business in 2011.   On this episode, Jenny shares the spiritual tools that made her most recent launch more relaxed and joyful. She discusses the systems and content she created that will live on long after the launch and introduces us to the idea of identifying and attracting people who energize you to your business.  Listen in for the story of Jenny’s ‘night owl’ email (sent just before the doors closed) and learn how to design a launch YOUR way, earn revenue AND serve the highest good.   In this episode you’ll learn…   The spiritual tools that made Jenny’s last launch more relaxed and joyful. Jenny’s experience around setting revenue targets and launch goals. How Jenny’s long-term marketing approach takes the pressure of a single launch. How to create systems + content that live on long after a single launch. How Jenny treats the sales page like a letter to an individual she wants to serve. The revolutionary idea of attracting people who energize you to your business. Jenny’s insight on building revenue AND serving the highest good. The success of the ‘night owl’ email Jenny sent a few hours before the doors closed. Jenny’s impromptu decision to offer a one-on-one call to new members. How Jenny thinks about reframing the energy around a so-called ‘failed launch.’   Other links and resources mentioned in this episode:   Momentum Pivot Method Free-up Founder Time Pivot Podcast with Jenny Blake Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One by Jenny Blake Jenny on Twitter Dorie Clark’s Recognized Expert Course It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson Retention Point: The Single Biggest Secret to Membership and Subscription Growth by Robert Skrob Bryon Katie Tosha Silver Tad Hargrave on GBR EP022 Sarah’s One Page Marketing Plan The Gentle Business Revolution Podcast Show Notes Email Sarah at sarah@sarahsantacroce.com

"Let It Be Easy, Let It Be Fun" About Today's Guest Jenny Blake is the founder of Pivot Method, a growth strategy company that helps forward-thinking individuals and organizations map what’s next. She is an international keynote speaker, and the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, which won the Axiom Best Business Books Award in the careers category. Jenny also hosts the popular Pivot Podcast, which CNBC listed among 6 podcasts to make you smarter about your career, and Entrepreneur selected as one of the top 20 female-hosted business podcasts. After two years at a technology start-up in Silicon Valley, followed by five years at Google in Training and Career Development, Jenny moved to New York City in 2011 where she has been running her own consulting business in the years since, helping innovative organizations like Google, Microsoft, and CHANEL incorporate the Pivot Method into their global career development and manager training programs. Her motto: if change is the only constant, let's get better at it. Today you can find Jenny at PivotMethod.com and on her Pivot Podcast. Stay In Touch With Jenny Website Jenny’s Podcast FREE Founder Time Course by Jenny  LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook Show Notes For my first interview on Your Yes Life Now Podcast, I had to invite my dear friend Jenny Blake back onto the show. As the author of Pivot, she was the perfect guest for this episode. We begin the conversation with the question “what are we saying yes to?” Jenny shares that saying yes for her is also saying I she is her first priority and that means that her health, her wellness, her rest, her space, her sanity is her first priority – a lesson we can all learn to be better at. The yes for Jenny and her yes life is about honoring who she is and giving herself permission to say no so that she’s really clear and joyful when she does say yes. We talk about burnout and how quickly it can loom upon us if we are not careful. Jenny shares that having awareness of our own tendencies is so crucial. And then what she offers for us when we do find ourselves in a state of burnout, is to flood ourselves with self-compassion. So instead of the self-talk that burnout is a problem, flip the conversation to be able to say to yourself -  I can see that you've been working so hard and I see how much you've done. She goes on to share that If she is worried about someone else's wellness more than her own and she hasn't yet done her basics of movement, hydration, eating well, sleep, then she reminds herself to rewind so that she can stay full to help and love those around her. Jenny’s life mantra is “Let it be easy, let it be fun.” And for her, this is a lens she uses when making decisions about her life and work. As this show was recorded at the end of 2019 we talk about our words for the upcoming year. Mine is Financial Freedom, which moved us into a conversation about money, worth and income. We speak about money being energy and that if we allow ourselves to take the restrictions and the fears and the worries away and we allow full abundance to flow through us, we can serve others, we can serve the world, we can create more, we can reach more, we can donate to charities and we can earn more and share more. We move onto the topic of time and Jenny invites us to question what we have been told about traditional working hours and what it takes to be successful. Jenny wants 2020 to be a year where she can simplify. She shares that she has just blocked off her calendar in 2020. She has blocked out the fourth week of every month along with I blocking off Mondays and Fridays. She is going to experiment with compressing her time and elevating her focus with an estimated total of 1000 working hours in 2020. Jenny’s word is luxurious and we both share that our words for 2020 feel a little uncomfortable and we invite you to pick a word for 2020 that is a stretch word – one that makes you feel a little pushed and challenged. Jenny is both spontaneous and also a genius as systems. She also has a mantra that comes from the agile development word and that is - each time you repeat a task, take one step toward automating it. What that means is saving yourself the time. Being kind to your future self. If you find yourself writing an email, giving directions to your home, or any task that you can anticipate you're going to do move it into a system that can be replicated. Jenny and I both believe that you can be successful on your own terms and that it takes courage and perseverance to figure out what works for you and your life and on your terms. With that as we move into 2020, both Jenny and I wish you a journey that is easy and fun -and has systems in place to help you out along the way. Mentioned In This Show The Seat of The Soul by Gary Zukav It’s Not Your Money by Tosha Silver Creating Money by Sanaya Roman  

Click here (cogentanalytics.com/profit) for your Accelerator Discovery Session from Cogent Analytics or call 833-4MyProfit (833) 469-7763 Welcome to the Conscious Millionaire Show for entrepreneurs who want to Make Your First Million, with your Host, JV Crum III…  Jenny Blake: Pivot to Bigger Profits Jenny Blake is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people organize their brain, move beyond burnout, and build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the author of the Axiom Award-winning book PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. After two years at a technology start-up followed by five years at Google in Training and Career Development, Jenny moved to New York City in 2011 where she has been running her own consulting business in the years since. Like this Podcast? Get every episode delivered to you free!  Subscribe in iTunes And, download your free gift today... Get the High Performer Formula to Make Millions – Click Here! Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other entrepreneurs and business owners find our podcast… and turn their big impact into their First Million. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Network has over 1,800 episodes and 12 Million Listeners in 190 countries. Our original Conscious Millionaire Podcast was named in Inc Magazine as one of the Top 13 Business Podcasts!  

Click here (cogentanalytics.com/profit) for your Accelerator Discovery Session from Cogent Analytics or call 833-4MyProfit (833) 469-7763 Welcome to the Conscious Millionaire Show for entrepreneurs who want to Make Your First Million, with your Host, JV Crum III…  Jenny Blake: Pivot to Bigger Profits Jenny Blake is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people organize their brain, move beyond burnout, and build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the author of the Axiom Award-winning book PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. After two years at a technology start-up followed by five years at Google in Training and Career Development, Jenny moved to New York City in 2011 where she has been running her own consulting business in the years since. Like this Podcast? Get every episode delivered to you free!  Subscribe in iTunes And, download your free gift today... Get the High Performer Formula to Make Millions – Click Here! Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other entrepreneurs and business owners find our podcast… and turn their big impact into their First Million. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Network has over 1,800 episodes and 12 Million Listeners in 190 countries. Our original Conscious Millionaire Podcast was named in Inc Magazine as one of the Top 13 Business Podcasts!  

What is burnout according to Jenny? Burnout is always feeling tapped out. Here are a few of the things you'll learn about in this episode: * The philosophy of "Let it be easy, let it be fun." * The importance of taking time to recharge. * How to use small experiments to set boundaries About Jenny: Jenny Blake is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people move beyond burnout to build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, which won the Axiom Best Business Books award in the careers category. Jenny also hosts the popular Pivot Podcast, which CNBC listed among 6 podcasts to make you smarter about your career, and Entrepreneur selected as one of the top 20 female-hosted business podcasts . After two years at a technology start-up in Silicon Valley followed by five years at Google in Training and Career Development, Jenny moved to New York City in 2011 where she has been running her own consulting business in the years since, helping clients like Google, Microsoft, and Chanel incorporate the Pivot Method into their career development programs. Her motto: if change is the only constant, let's get better at it. Today you can find her at PivotMethod.com and on her Pivot Podcast. You can find the full show notes with links to resources mentioned at talkburnout.com/podcast/1.

About the author Jenny Blake is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people move beyond burnout to build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, which won the Axiom Best Business Books award in the careers category. Jenny also hosts the popular Pivot Podcast, which CNBC listed among 6 podcasts to make you smarter about your career, and Entrepreneur selected as one of the top 20 female-hosted business podcasts. After two years at a technology start-up in Silicon Valley followed by five years at Google in Training and Career Development, Jenny moved to New York City in 2011 where she has been running her own consulting business in the years since, helping clients like Google, Microsoft, and Chanel incorporate the Pivot Method into their career development programs. Her motto: if change is the only constant, let’s get better at it. Today you can find her at PivotMethod.com and on her Pivot Podcast. Source: http://www.pivotmethod.com/bio Click here to buy on The Book Depository https://www.bookdepository.com/Pivot/9780241975473/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf About the book Careers are not linear, predictable ladders any longer; they are fluid trajectories. No matter our age, life stage, bank account balance, or seniority, we are all being asked to navigate career changes much more frequently than in years past. The average employee tenure in America is just four to five years, and even those roles change dramatically within that time. Our economy now demands that we create businesses and careers based on creativity, growth, and impact. In this dynamic world of work, the only move that matters is your next one. Drawing from her own experience and those of other successful pivoters, Jenny Blake has created a four-stage process that teaches anyone how to seamlessly and continually: Double-down on existing strengths, interests, and experiences Find new opportunities and identify skills to develop without falling prey to analysis-paralysis and compare-and-despair Run small experiments to determine next steps Take smart risks to launch with confidence in a new direction Whether you have hit a plateau in your perfect-on-paper job, are considering taking on a new role in your current job, are thinking about starting your own business, or you want to move into a new industry altogether, one thing remains clear: your career success depends on your ability to determine your next best move. This book is for anyone searching for an answer to the question, “What’s next?” Source: http://www.pivotmethod.com/about-the-book Links Check out all of the Pivot resources here: http://www.pivotmethod.com/ Pick up more valuable career advice on the Pivot podcast: http://www.pivotmethod.com/podcast Connect with Jenny here: LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/jennyblake Twitter: @Jenny_Blake Instagram: @pivotmomentum Facebook: Facebook.com/JennyBlakeCA Liked this one? You might also like the So Good They Can’t Ignore You episode of Steph’s Business Bookshelf.   BIG IDEA 1 (6:51) – This is not about passion. This is about embracing your strengths and experiences and using these to take you forward. It is about intentional shifts in different directions.  It is acknowledging that careers are not linear anymore; more like a jungle gym – you’ll go a few rungs on the traditional ladder, swing over to another side, down the slide and back up the climbing net throughout your career. Passion doesn’t mean that you’re good at something or that a particular career will be satisfying for you. It’s about planning, thinking, testing and moving. It’s not about blindly following your passion and hoping it will take you all the way. It’s important to recognise the idea that you can pivot within companies or your own business, you don’t have to just become an entrepreneur as your next career move. For example you might be a lawyer who wants to stay being a lawyer but wants to do it in a different market or industry. Jenny uses a couple of terms throughout the book – people who are ‘high net growth’ are those who always reflect on what they learned, what their contribution was and the value they added. These people are impactors, they have the mindset to be different, are intentional and having discipline. BIG IDEA 2 (9:18) – You need to plan career moves like a netball player. Jenny has a five-part pivot method that you can use to plan and implement your next career move. The four main parts are plant, scan, pilot and launch. Plant is about putting a pin on it – where do you want to be a year from now and setting that direction. Looking from within and knowing your values, strengths and experiences and your financial situation. Part 2 is scan which is about looking at your options. Knowing the people, skills and opportunities that you need to move forward. This is about scanning your skills gap and how to bridge them. A big part of scan is being discoverable and letting people know what you’re doing or considering. Part 3 is pilot. Pilot is a series of mini experiments to test your move idea in the real world and then reviewing them and reflecting on them – thinking about what works and what doesn’t. Part 4 is launch, which is setting your criteria and knowing your values. Jenny talks about value hexagon which shows you where your risk tolerance is, how you value and feel about risk and knowing when to hold and when to fold when launching. Finally, part 5 is lead. This is how you can use the pivot method as a leader in your organization. This helps people better plan their career and helps you have better career conversation with your team members. These are well thought intentional steps you take to see what works next, to move and pivot in the right direction. BIG IDEA 3 (13:21) – Experiment. This requires you to put yourself out there. There’s always things to make and things to change. You just have to try… Music By: The Future Is Now – Instrumental Version Song by MARLOE. Let’s Connect LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/steph-clarke Instagram: @stephsbizbookshelf Enjoying the show? Please hit subscribe so you don’t miss an episode and leave a review on iTunes to help others find us.

Jenny Blake is an author, speaker, and business strategist based in New York City. As I describe in this episode, there was just something about Jenny's energy that captured me years ago when I first discovered her work, and I’ve been considered her a mentor (now friendtor!) ever since. Jenny has created a body of work around her concept, The Pivot Method, which is used in a variety of small and large organizations, by individuals via Pivot coaching and reading her book of the same name, and through the Pivot Podcast. But her work goes so much deeper than just talking about career development — she bridges concepts like fluidity, flexibility, openness, ease, and joy in career & business to all aspects of life. Ultimately, Jenny is a great example of running a business with full integrity and in alignment with the kind of life she wants to live — which is why I’ve loved being a member of her Momentum private community. Momentum will be re-opening its doors with some massive new offerings in October, and you can get on the interest list here if you want to be the first to know. I loved having this conversation with Jenny, and I hope you love listening to it — if you do, please share it with a friend! ABOUT JENNY BLAKE Jenny Blake is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people move beyond burnout to build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, which won the Axiom Best Business Books award in the careers category. Jenny also hosts the popular Pivot Podcast, which CNBC listed among 6 podcasts to make you smarter about your career, and Entrepreneur selected as one of the top 20 female-hosted business podcasts. For full show notes including links to resources mentioned in the episode, visit https://valeriekmartin.com/wtfp-43.

One of the questions I’ve been thinking about lately is where God fits in self help. Do those who believe in God find the self-improvement journey easier? In this episode, I’m excited to welcome back Jenny Blake. She recently enrolled in Divinity School.  My own undergraduate degree was in world religions, so I'm excited to have this conversation with Jenny about God, spirituality, and self help. Feedback / Connect: Subscribe to My Instruction Manual on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else great podcast are found Visit MyInstructionManual.com for shownotes, more great content and to sign up the email newsletter Email: keith@myinstructionmanual.com Keith on Twitter: @KeithMcArthur Join our Facebook page and our Self-Help Book Club on Facebook Find us on Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube Download a free copy of 18 Steps to Own Your Life by clicking HERE Purchase Winning Resolutions HERE Episode 71 Show Notes [00:00] Welcome and Intro [2:44] Featured interview with Jenny Blake Jenny Blake is author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. In this conversation, Keith and Jenny discuss: Jenny's pivot into Union Theological Seminary How Jenny made the decision to step away from school How Jenny realized atheism wasn't for her Keith shares his experience growing up in Catholicism What does it mean to be agnostic? The dogmatism of atheist The golden rule Do we need religion or spirituality of faith to grow? Books mentioned in this episode: Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead by Tosha Silver Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto by Lesley Hazleton Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives by Brian L. Weiss How to Be, Do, or Have Anything: A Practical Guide to Creative Empowerment by Lawurence G Boldt Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao by Wayne W. Dyer Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian by Paul F. Knitter Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Mirabai Starr Byron Katie [42:00] Jenny's Instruction Manual, Part II

Welcome back to Entreneato! On today’s show we have a live recording with Kevin Mason! This was recorded live at one of our Marketplace Meetup events in Bellville, OH.  Here’s some background on Kevin:  He has served in various finance and accounting roles across his 17-year career with Express, JPMorgan Chase, Limited Brands, and in Big Four public accounting. At Express, he is responsible for a $350 million budget in support of IT, Marketing, and Home Office.  Kevin graduated from Ohio Northern University in 2001 with an Accounting degree and received his MBA from Ohio University in 2010.  He is also a Certified Public Accountant.  For this episode you’ll hear Kevin’s battle against cancer and how it helped him to keep his priorities right with family and career along with some other great takeaways.  I also want to mention our featured book of the show which is Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One by Jenny Blake. Jenny Blake--a former training and career development specialist at Google who now runs her own company as a career and business consultant and speaker--has a solution: the pivot. Pivoting is a crucial strategy for Silicon Valley tech companies and startups but it can also be a successful strategy for individuals looking to make changes in their work lives. This book will introduce you to the Pivot Method and show you how to to take small, smart steps to move in a new direction--now and throughout your entire career. Pivot is an amazing book and one of my favorite books for 2019! You can get Pivot for free by clicking this link or click FREE BOOK on our website at Entreneato.com along with that you’ll get a free 30 day trial to audible. If you've been enjoying the show please consider supporting us at any amount with a one time gift or a recurring donation on our Patreon page!  Thank you for listening! We hope you enjoy the show and don’t forget to comment, rate and subscribe on iTunes!   

Jenny Blake is the author of the books PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One and Life After College. She is also a career and business strategist, and international speaker. Jenny has been featured as a career change expert on CNBC, in The New York Times and The Sunday Times UK. Her Pivot Podcast is a top rated show that CNBC listed among 6 podcasts to make you smarter about your career, and selected by Entrepreneur as one of the top 20 female-hosted business podcasts.  One of her personal mottos: if change is the only constant, let's get better at it. With that motto and all of her knowledge, Jenny helps people organize their brain, move beyond burnout, and build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. You’ll learn: How to stop holding yourself back by waiting to have all the time in the world for things to happen for you How to use constraints that a day job puts on your career change as a positive and make it easier rather than harder How and why creating an ideal day map for yourself will help you pivot to reach that success The importance of the scanning process of your career change   Visit the blog post for more show notes

Visit EOFire.com for complete show notes of every Podcast episode. Jenny is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people organize their brain, move beyond burnout, and build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the Author of a new book entitled Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One.

Jenny Blake, author of Pivot: The Only Move that Matters is Your Next One, talks about her four step process for deciding whether you should “stay or go” in your current job.  Along the way, she asks thought-provoking questions we all should be asking about our careers.   You’ll hear: -       A process you can use when you are deciding whether to “stay or go” at your current job -       Questions you should be asking yourself about where you want your career to go -       How friends can help you identify your strengths

Author, coach and career change expert, Jenny Blake, joins Rob and Kira in The Copywriter Club Podcast studio this week to talk about why she organizes her book shelf by color : ). We also talk about her book, Pivot: The Only Move that Matters is Your Next One. But this isn’t just a pitch for Jenny’s book. She walked us through the process but also talked about: •  How to figure out your strengths then determine where you want to be a year from now •  How to scan the horizon for opportunities, people, and skills that might take you to the next level •  How to experiment with your pivots to eliminate risk and find things that work •  How to deal with your inner CFO who says, “you’re out of your mind” to try something new or different •  The “Do, Drop or Delegate” formula for staying engaged in your work •  Why you should create scalable streams of income as part of your business, and •  How to build a platform so you get noticed If you’re thinking about changing careers to become a copywriter, or want to explore a new niche, or simply want to make sure you’re on the right career track, this episode is a must listen. Click the play button below, or scroll down for a full transcript. The people and stuff we mentioned on the show: Sponsor: AirStory Life After College Pivot Pivot Method Tool Kit Momentum Actionable Communications SquareSpace She Can Coterie Powerbars Stand Out by Dorie Clark Harvard Business Review Fast Company Forbes Huffington Post Medium Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port David Moldawer Ramit Sethi Marie Forleo Daily Rituals by Mason Currey Delegation Ninja (use the code TCC to save $100 or just click here) Kira’s website Rob’s website The Copywriter Club Facebook Group Intro: Content (for now) Outro: Gravity Full Transcript: The Copywriter Club Podcast is sponsored by Airstory, the writing platform for professional writers who want to get more done in half the time. Learn more at Airstory.co/club. Rob: What if you could hang out with seriously talented copywriters and other experts, ask them about their successes and failures, their work processes and their habits, then steal an idea or two to inspire your own work? That’s what Kira and I do every week at The Copywriter Club Podcast. Kira: You’re invited to join the Club for episode 41, as we chat with author and career strategist Jenny Blake about her Pivot Method and what it means for copywriters and others who might be wondering what’s next, leaving Google to start her own business, dealing with burnout, and whether she really organizes the books on her shelf by color, not subject. Rob: Hey, Kira. Hey, Jenny. Kira: Hello. Jenny: Hey, thank you so much for having me. Yes, indeed, I organize by color, but I will tell you, I know where every book is because the color imprint stays in my mind. It’s really easy to zoom in, like, “Oh, yeah, that was a red book, it’s over here.” It’s not as confusing as you might think. Rob: I think a lot of writers, if they go to your website, they’re going to see the video or the pictures that you’ve got of your bookshelf. That’s one of the first things, I’m like, “Oh my gosh, all of the white books are together.” Kira: I know. I love it. Rob: “All of the green books are together.” Jenny: Oh, yeah. Rob: It makes me laugh. Jenny: The funny thing is I’ve honed this thing over three or four years of living in the same apartment, so I’ll be watching TV and I’m like, “Oh, that book needs to move one slot to the left.” What you see, it’s like my bonsai tree. I just get to prune at it every single day. What you don’t see is the back of this Ikea shelf is all the reject books that don’t have a pretty color. Rob: That is too funny. Jenny, I think a lot of our listeners may not know who you are, have seen your work. You’ve got a fantastic book that we definitely want to talk about, but maybe you could start by just telling us a little bit about your story....

Jenny is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people organize their brain, move beyond burnout, and build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the author of the Axiom Award-winning book PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. After two years at a technology start-up followed by five years at Google in Training and Career Development, Jenny moved to New York City in 2011 where she has been running her own consulting business in the years since. Get the 5 proven steps to rapidly grow your business, make a bigger impact, and achieve your First Million. Attend the next LIVE First Million Webinar  with international business coach JV Crum III.  Like this Podcast? Then get every episode delivered to YOU!  Subscribe in iTunes Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other business owners and entrepreneurs find our podcast…and make their big difference. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Podcast: With over 500 episodes and 10 Million Listeners in 176 countries, this is the podcast for business owners and coaches who want to grow their businesses, make a bigger impact, and ultimately achieve their First Million! JV interviews the top entrepreneurs, experts, authors, and coaches on how to get the right mindset, develop your business systems, and execute to achieve bigger results, faster!    

Jenny is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people organize their brain, move beyond burnout, and build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the author of the Axiom Award-winning book PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. After two years at a technology start-up followed by five years at Google in Training and Career Development, Jenny moved to New York City in 2011 where she has been running her own consulting business in the years since. Get the 5 proven steps to rapidly grow your business, make a bigger impact, and achieve your First Million. Attend the next LIVE First Million Webinar  with international business coach JV Crum III.  Like this Podcast? Then get every episode delivered to YOU!  Subscribe in iTunes Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other business owners and entrepreneurs find our podcast…and make their big difference. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Podcast: With over 500 episodes and 10 Million Listeners in 176 countries, this is the podcast for business owners and coaches who want to grow their businesses, make a bigger impact, and ultimately achieve their First Million! JV interviews the top entrepreneurs, experts, authors, and coaches on how to get the right mindset, develop your business systems, and execute to achieve bigger results, faster!    

Jenny Blake is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people organize their brain, move beyond burnout, and build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the author of PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, which recently won an award for Axiom Best Business Book in the Careers category, and Life After College. After two years at a technology start-up followed by five years at Google in Training and Career Development, Jenny moved to New York City in 2011 where she has been running her own consulting business in the years since. Jenny combines her love of technology with her superpower of simplifying complexity to help clients pivot their career or business. Her motto: if change is the only constant, let’s get better at it. Show Notes: YourBestManager.com/JennyBlake

The only move that matters is your next one! So says today’s guest on the podcast. That would be none other than Jenny Blake, author of Life After College and the book we’re diving into today called, Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One.   Her five part framework for planning your next pivot […] The post Episode #171: How to Make Your Next Career Pivot first appeared on Read to Lead Podcast.

The working world has changed drastically over the last 50+ years. In the world that our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents lived and worked, it was common to step out into the work force and maintain the same job and responsibilities until they retired. Today, though, it is much more common for people in the work force to pivot their careers – and even switch the industries in which they work. Keep Reading >> My guest today is author, public speaker, and career and business strategist, Jenny Blake. Jenny helps people move past the “burnout” phase and into careers they love. Today, we discuss how to seamlessly and continually double-down on your strengths, interests, and experience to approach career changes from a powerful place. We also discuss how to identify new opportunities that will help you develop new skills and how to run “pilot” experiments to help you figure out what to do next.   “Not all pivots have to be big and dramatic. Sometimes, it’s just about mapping your next move within whatever you’re currently doing.” – Jenny Blake   Today on the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast: How company pivots have impacted individual and millennial pivots Individual ideas of “what is working” and how it evolved over generations The basis of Jenny’s 4-step framework process Getting traction within your organization for your pilot projects Pilot examples for small business owners and entrepreneurs Dealing with anxiety and a lack of clarity Transitioning from intrapreneur to entrepreneur Recharging habits and routines   Jenny’s 4-Step Pivot Framework: Step 1 – The Plant Phase – Setting the foundation Step 2 – Scanning – Looking at what’s out there related to your strengths and one-year vision Step 3 – Pilot – Small experiments to help you assess the 3 E’s: Enjoyment, Expertise, and Expansion Step 4 – Launch – The “all-in” moment   Pivoting Questions to Ask Yourself: What’s already working for me? What are my strengths? What are people asking my advice on the most? What do I enjoy the most? When do I feel the most “in the zone?” How am I already earning an income? Who do I already know?   CLICK HERE to download the freebie worksheet "Pivoting Questions to Ask Yourself"     Additional Resources:   Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It book by Dorie Clark   Connect with Jenny Blake: Pivot Method Toolkit Pivot Method Coaching Pivot Method Momentum Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One book Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want book   Love the show? Let us know!                Are you a fan of the Fierce Feminine Leadership Podcast? If the tips and interviews we share in each episode have helped you gain the confidence and inspiration to become a better, more powerful leader, head on over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review to let us know! Each month, one lucky podcast reviewer will be selected to receive a free coaching session with me – Eleanor Beaton!                          What are you waiting for? Head on over to iTunes, subscribe and leave a review to enter your name into this month’s drawing!                                     And, if you really want to ramp up your fierceness…            Reach out to us for a free 30-minute Bold Women in Business Makeover Session with me or one of the fabulous coaches on my team!                  Explore your path and discover how you can be the fiercest lady-boss possible. Visit EleanorBeaton.com/Discover.                                     A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors                This episode was made possible by our wonderful sponsors, BMO – Bank of Montreal – The Bank for Women.               Join the conversation at BMO for Women to gain the insight, knowledge, and support you need to succeed and to truly understand how to manage your money!                 

Jenny Blake is the author of, "Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One."

Jenny Blake is the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. Jenny has been blogging at Life After College since 2005, quit her job at Google, and has spoken at places like MIT, Yale, and KPMG.... we've been internet friends since the launch of Under30CEO as two of the original millennial bloggers on the internet. And if you think Jenny sounds like a workaholic, you're wrong.  Jenny doesn't check email after 6 pm, is an accomplished yogi, and takes off every January to live abroad in places like Bali, Indonesia or Chiang Mai, Thailand. Jenny and I get into career moves yes, but also into where this intersects with mind, body, and spirit.  You won't want to miss her actionable strategies on plotting your next big career move.

"Double Down On Your Existing Strengths!" Jenny Blake Learn how Jenny Blake came to write her second book Pivot, The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, with zero dollars in her bank account and how she turned a potential crisis into a pivot. Through self- discovery and research she came to a conclusion that “Pivot” is both gender and judgment neutral. She shares with us how she does not view a Pivot as a plan B, and rather she sees pivoting as the new normal in today’s world. In this interview, Jenny reminds us to be compassionate as we go through the ups and downs of life. She also teaches us how to stay resilient as we go through times of change and teaches us how to remain empowered by staying in the moment versus looking too far into the future. The latter, which can lead to a disempowered mindset. Jenny shares her morning routine and how she protects her am hours so that she can create a great day. Her wind up rituals can last up to three hours, and she creates a start to her day that empowers her mind, her life, and fuels her amazing work. You may be surprised at what time Jenny opens her first e-mail and when she reads her last message of the day. A great habit for all of us to learn.   More About Jenny Jenny Blake is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people organize their brain, move beyond burnout, and build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the author of PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One (Portfolio/Penguin Random House, September 2016), and Life After College (Running Press, 2011), which is based on her blog of the same name. With two years at a technology start-up as the first employee, five years at Google on the Training and Career Development teams, and over five years of running her own business, Jenny combines her love of technology with her superpower of simplifying complexity to help clients pivot their career or business. Jenny created her first website, Life After College, in 2005, then released a book of the same name in 2011 that was featured in Target’s 2012 graduation display. She has been featured on Forbes.com, US News & World Report, Real Simple magazine, and has spoken at major universities and top companies such as Columbia, TEDxCMU, Yale, Parsons, MIT, UCLA, Google, Intuit, KPMG and Best Buy. Today you can find her at JennyBlake.me, where she explores systems at the intersection of mind, body and business. Jenny is a yoga fanatic and avid bookworm. Dogs, dancing, gadgets, writing, traveling, and long meals with friends all make her pretty happy too. Jenny is based in New York City, where she imagines she’s starring in a movie whenever she walks through its crowded streets. A side note: Jenny is a big reason that this podcast is up is that Jenny shared one of her spreadsheets with me, that contained all her podcast tips. #grateful

Today's guest is fiercely committed to helping people come alive through the pursuit of big ideas. She does this through her business as a career and business coach and international speaker, helping people move beyond burnout to build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. She is the author of PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. With two years at a technology start-up as the first employee, over five years at Google on the Training and Career Development teams, she combines her love of technology with her superpower of organizing information to help clients through big transitions. Please join me in welcoming Jenny Blake. Listen, subscribe, and read show notes at www.OntheSchmooze.com - episode 19.  

My guest today is Jenny Blake, an international speaker, career and business strategist and executive coach with expertise on systems, efficiency and career fluidity in the rapidly-evolving knowledge economy. Formerly a Career Development Program Manager at Google (and author of the book Pivot, and before that, Life After College). She help leaders, employees and entrepreneurs achieve greater clarity, engagement, fulfillment and impact.  The topic is her book Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Ditching the cognitive junk food Efficiency The pivot method Mindfulness practice The happiness formula Rejection is a stepping stone Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Jenny Blake is author of “Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One.” She is a former Google employee and has a perspective that everyone can learn something from, especially if you feel like you are at a plateau in life. Michael and Jenny start the conversation off with the benefits of yoga. Jenny says that “Your body is your business.” She quickly realized that when her body was operating at 50% then her business was operating at 50%. Yoga has always been her outlet and her source of strength, flexibility, and one of her biggest accelerators of focus. Michael asks, “How did we get to this point where everyone thinks that life goes in a straight line?” Jenny says we are all hungry for a sense of adventure, however we so often resist change. 2008 was a game changer that made many realize that anything can happen at any time. Social media has contributed to this also by creating a sense of restlessness and what Jenny refers to as “cognitive junk food”. Jenny talks about the word “plateau” next. Plateau is the word she uses for when one thinks things/life are generally OK and then things start to gradually decline. When you hit a plateau, it is usually a case of mastering the job that you are doing at hand. It isn’t about personal failure. Plateau’s are more about figuring out what is next, how you can continue to grow, and how you can make the most impact on the world, Jenny interviewed a wide variety of people from peak performers to others who peak in some other way. She found that pivots were the most successful when the answer was already within someone. When it doesn’t work out is when people try to pivot too sharply. We can’t always know 100% if a pivot is going to work or if it is right but you need to put yourself outside of your comfort zone and take the risk. Jenny moves on to explain what she calls “the pivot method”, which is comprised of a four step process. Plant, is the first step: One foot stays planted and the other foot pivots and scans the other options. It is about where you want to end up one year from now. The second step is scan: As you plant your feet you scan all the options. The third step is piloting: This is the experimentation phase. The last step is launch: This step is exactly how it sounds, you are launching into whatever that pivot is that you have been experimenting with. Michael and Jenny give lots of personal examples of all of these steps and go into great detail. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Ditching the cognitive junk food Efficiency The pivot method Mindfulness practice The happiness formula Rejection is a stepping stone

Jenny Blake is an author, career and business strategist and speaker who helps people organize their brain, move beyond burnout, and find the careers they love. After leaving what many consider to be a dream job at Google, she helps people find meaning and focus in finding their next job. In other words, she helps people pivot their careers.  Visit our Influencer Economy Website for my information on the book and podcast: http://www.influencereconomy.com/ Sign-up for our email list and I will send you an article: The 7 Habits of Influencers and an Influencer Economy CheckList for launching your business. Jenny Blake's new book is called PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. In Pivot, she helps people create a new mindset and framework for how to find their next career move. In the era of The Infleuncer Economy, all of us want to build build sustainable and dynamic careers they love. Jenny wants to push people into the right direction to find their own career paths and pivots. Drawing from Jenny's experiences and her research talking to other successful pivoters, She has created a four-stage framework that teaches anyone how to seamlessly and continually: Double-down on existing strengths, interests, and experiences  Find new opportunities and identify skills to develop without falling prey to analysis-paralysis and compare-and-despair  Run small experiments to determine next steps  Take smart risks to launch with confidence in a new direction    If you like our podcast, please leave a review on iTunes - it really helps new listers discover our work. We are independently produced and appreciate the support! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-from-influencer-economy/id820744212?mt=2 Learn more at Jenny Blake's website on Pivot: http://www.pivotmethod.com/ Follow Jenny Blake on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Jenny_Blake

Career strategist Jenny Blake shares insights about the when, why, and how of career pivoting. You’ll learn: When and how to make a “pivot” move in your career The three “E’s” of piloting something new in your life How to reinvent your role--right where you are About Jenny Jenny Blake is a career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people move beyond burnout and create sustainable careers they love. She is the co-creator of Google’s Career Guru Program, host of the Pivot Podcast, and author of the book Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One

Career strategist Jenny Blake shares insights about the when, why, and how of career pivoting. You’ll learn: When and how to make a “pivot” move in your career The three “E’s” of piloting something new in your life How to reinvent your role--right where you are About Jenny Jenny Blake is a career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people move beyond burnout and create sustainable careers they love. She is the co-creator of Google’s Career Guru Program, host of the Pivot Podcast, and author of the book Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, which released yesterday. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com

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Is it possible to optimize your career for money and meaning simultaneously? Or does one always take the lead?We explore this and more in today's conversation with author, career and business strategist and international speaker Jenny Blake.Jenny helps people organize their brains, move beyond burnout and build sustainable, dynamic careers they love. Her latest book, Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One dives deep into how to methodically make your next career move by doubling down on what is already working. With two years at a technology start-up as the first employee, five years at Google on the Training and Career Development teams, and over five years of running her own business, Jenny combines her love of technology with her superpower of simplifying complexity to help clients through big transitions — often to pivot their career or business.We talk through her own personal pivots that lead her to leave the clout of Google, write her first book, find herself in NYC with a dwindling bank account and what she did about it when confusion, uncertainty and fear crept in. She even turns the tables on me to share some behind the scenes pivoting happening in Good Life Project.+++My book - How to Live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science and Practical Wisdom - is available now! It's a joyful, story-driven, engaging and eye-opening deep dive into what really makes a difference in your pursuit of a meaningful, alive and connected life. Click here now to download and read the first chapter for free.

Jenny Blake, author of "Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One," outlines the essential elements of a successful professional shift. Full Episode Show Notes at  Slug preview:theintrovertentrepreneur.com/2016/08/25/ ep126-jenny-blake-pivot/

These days none of us need to be told that change is the one constant in the workplace. Our job responsibilities change regularly--and so do our careers. The old model of climbing the corporate ladder or sticking with one profession for life is giving way to more fluid, transient, and cross-sector careers. Just 27% of college graduate have a career related to their major. And the average American worker switches jobs--if not entire careers--every 4.4 years. So how do you create career stability in a constantly changing job market? By pivoting. This week on “Find Your Dream Job,” we talk about career pivots with with Jenny Blake, a coach for professionals and organizations looking navigate change. Jenny defines a career pivot as “a methodical shift in a new related area, based on what’s already working” and encourages job seekers to continually refocus on their strengths and passions. In this 31-minute episode you will learn: Why changing jobs every few years is the new normal Why you should be doubling down on your professional strengths How to manage your pivot in four phases: plant, scan, pilot, and launch How to avoid professional stagnation and career crises Why even unsuccessful career pivots lead to unexpected, positive rewards This week’s guest: Jenny Blake (@jenny_blake | LinkedIn)Principal, Jenny Blake EnterprisesAuthor of Pivot: The Only Move that Matters Is Your Next and Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You WantNew York, N.Y. Listener question of the week: I've recently had an interview with a prospective employer but after several weeks, I haven't heard back from them. How do I appropriately follow-up with the company? Answering our question this week is Dawn Rasmussen, Chief Resume Writer at Portland-based Pathfinder Writing and Career Services. If you have a question you’d like us to answer on a future episode, please contact us at communitymanager@macslist.org. Resources referenced on this week’s show: 14 Ways to Tell if It’s Time To Quit Your Job | Forbes.com Pivot: The Only Move that Matters Is Your Next Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want JennyBlake.me Strengths Finder 2.0 Pathfinder Writing and Career Services Pivot Podcast Mindset: The New Psychology of Success If you have a job-hunting or career development resource resource you’d like to share, please contact Ben Forstag, Mac’s List Managing Director at ben@macslist.org. Thank you for listening to Find Your Dream Job. If you like this show, please help us by rating and reviewing our podcast on iTunes. We appreciate your support! Opening and closing music for Find Your Dream Job provided by Freddy Trujillo, www.freddytrujillo.com. -- Transcript Mac Prichard: This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life. I'm Mac Prichard, your host and publisher of Mac's List. Our show is brought to you by Mac's list and by our book, "Land Your Dream Job in Portland and Beyond." To learn more about the book and the updated edition that we published on February 1st, visit MacsList.org/book. Ben Forstag: Hey, Mac. Mac Prichard: Hey, Ben. How are you? Ben Forstag: I'm doing great. As our listeners might now, the book comes in 3 editions. We've got a paperback, a digital version for your Kindle, iPad, or Nook, and we've got a PDF version that you can view online. I'd mentioned before that the paperback version is our best seller, but the PDF version is really popular, too. Mac Prichard: What I hear from our readers who buy the PDF is they not only enjoy the book, but they get with it a set of videos, an audio interview, and tips sheets and checklists that you can use to turbocharge your job hunt. You can find a complete list of all the extra resources that come with the PDF on the website, but they include things like a salary negotiation checklist, 10 steps to success, or a fact sheet about how to work with recruiting agencies as well as video and audio interviews with career experts. Again, these are available only to people who buy the PDF version of the book. You can learn more by going to the website. These days, none of us need to be told that change is the one constant in the work place. Our job responsibilities and the skills required change regularly and so do our careers. One estimate says Americans now average 4.4 years in a job. Just 27% of college graduates have a career related to their major. The old model of climbing a corporate ladder or sticking with one profession for life is giving way to the career pivot. Today, we're talking about career pivots, what they are, and how you can make them. Ben Forstag has a website that will help you figure out whether it's time to leave your job. Dawn Rasmussen, our guest co-host, answers a question about how to follow up on an interview once you start pursuing your next career. I talk to this week's guest expert, Jenny Blake, author of the forthcoming book, "Pivot: The Only Move that Matters is Your Next One." We're in the Mac's List studio, and joining us this week as our special guest host is Dawn Rasmussen of Pathfinder Career and Writing Services. Dawn, it's great to have you back. Dawn Rasmussen: Thanks for having me. I appreciate it, Mac. Mac Prichard: Yeah. You were one of our first guests here on the show. I have to give you a shout out. Your episode remains one of our most popular in downloads. Dawn Rasmussen: Wonderful. That's great to hear. Mac Prichard: Yeah. Let me ask you 2, Dawn and Ben, have you ever made a career pivot? Dawn Rasmussen: Boy, have I ever! Mac Prichard: Tell me about that, Dawn. Dawn Rasmussen: Oh, gosh. Well, let's see here. How many? I started out in television actually. I switched over to the hospitality industry. Then, I switched over into education and teaching. Then, I switched over into sales and marketing. Then, I switched over to owning my own business, so which one would you like to talk about? Just kidding. We don't have 5 hours. Ben? Ben Forstag: I've done a couple, as well. I started off in outdoor education, which is a pretty niche field, and then got into nonprofit management, and recently made the move from nonprofit to the for-profit space, working here at Mac's List. Mac Prichard: I've done the same. I stared out working for human rights organizations in Washington D.C. and Boston, and made the switch to politics, government, and political communications. Then, went to work at a university, and then eventually started my own businesses almost a decade ago, now, so a lot of change. We're going to be talking more about those changes and how people can make them with our guest expert, Jenny Blake, later in the show. First, let's turn to Ben, who is always out there on the internet looking for tools you can use, blogs, podcasts, books, and other resources that can be helpful in your job search. Ben, what have you uncovered for us this week? Ben Forstag: On today's show, we're talking about making a change in careers. I'm sure our guest, Jenny Blake, will provide a lot of insights on how to make that specific career pivot. For my resource this week, though, I want to focus on one of the first steps that we have to think about when you're making that change, which is deciding to leave the job or the career that you've already got. Quitting your job is a scary thing, especially if you don't have a clear picture of what you're going to do next. I know there have been times in my life where I've been generally unhappy in my job, but I didn't leave either because my unhappiness wasn't acute enough or because I was too afraid to move. I think the big thing for me when I was a younger person was I was just really passive about my career. I know in one specific job, I got stuck in a pattern where I would reach a breaking point with my position, and then they would offer me a pay raise. That would buy me off for a couple months, and I'd be happy. Then, 2 months later, I'd be right back at that same breaking point. Instead of leaving that job, they would just offer me another raise, and I would stay there. I probably stayed there a couple years too long because I got stuck in that cycle. Mac and Dawn, have you ever had a job where you weren't entirely happy, but you also weren't sure it was time to move on? Dawn Rasmussen: Yeah, I have. It was a difficult situation because the job that I was in, I had just started it actually. I realized that they hadn't really told me all the details about what the job involved. I don't tell this to many people. Why not tell it to 10 thousand people? Anyway, there was one aspect of job I had no idea how to do, and I'm a pretty resourceful and smart person. I remember going to a conference that was discussing about how to actually execute that portion of my job, and I broke down and started crying. I don't like giving up, but I just knew at that point that was not the right job for me because one half of my job, no problem. It was done. I was making changes. The second part I had not a clue, and it hadn't been really told to me in the interview about that emphasis. I had to make a change because I realized I just could not do it. It was hard. It was scary, too. Mac Prichard: For me, I think of an organization where I work that was getting off the ground and growing. It was experiencing dysfunction. It was not a place that worked well. Because of that, there was a lot of conflict, and it was not a happy place to go to work. I had only been there a number of months, and I just thought, "I need to stick this out." I hung on for almost 2 years before I found another opportunity. It did get better, but the lesson I took from that experience was if it's not working after 3 to 6 months, you probably should move on. Ben Forstag: Yeah, I think one of the themes that you hear in each one of our stories is that sometimes, there's a virtue to quitting. Oftentimes, we're told, "You never want to quit. Quitters never win. Winners never quit." Sometimes, it isn't the right fit for you personally, or it isn't making you happy. There's a virtue in quitting. My resource this week is a cheat sheet to provide you some perspective on when you migth want to consider leaving your job, when it would be a virtue. It's a post from Forbes.com, and it's titled "14 Ways to Tell if its Time to Quit your Job." It's a real long article, and they go into depth with each one of these points. I'm just going to read the kind of top lines here. Here are the 14 things you might want to think about: 1. If you're miserable every morning. I've been there. That's a tough one. 2. If your company is sinking, like Mac's experience. 3. If you really dislike the people you work with and/or your boss. 4. You're constantly stressed, negative, and/or unhappy at work. 5. Your work-related stress is affecting your physical health. 6. You don't fit in with the company culture and/or you don't believe in the company anymore. 7. Your work performance is suffering. 8. You no longer have good work/life balance. 9. Your skills are not being tapped. 10. Your job duties have changed, increased, but the pay hasn't. 11. Your ideas are not being heard or used. 12. You're bored and stagnating at your job. 13. You are experiencing verbal abuse, sexual harassment, or are aware of any other illegal type of behavior. 14. You're just generally not happy. I think all of these are good points to think about. The one caveat I would throw in here is that there are times in every job where you might feel like this for a little bit, and it's about differentiating whether this is a temporary feeling or it's been going on for 3 to 6 months, as you pointed out. Mac Prichard: It's important for people to remember that they do have choices. Sometimes, you have to stay with a job because you have bills to pay, and the pay check is important. You do have to do that, but that doesn't stop you from also thinking about what your next move is going to be and where you might go, and taking steps to do that while you continue to work in a job that, frankly, isn't meeting your needs anymore. You do have choices. Ben Forstag: Yeah. Obviously, some of these are a bit more of a deal-breaker than others, right? If you're being sexually harassed, verbal abuse, or there's something illegal going on, it's probably best to leave as soon as possible. Others, where your work/life balance is suffering, that's one of these things where you might look for a long-term trend. Is it trending towards getting worse or getting better? You've got to make those decisions, and like you said, you've got some flexibility in how you direct your career. Mac Prichard: Well, thank you, Ben. If you have a suggestion for Ben, please write him. His email address is Ben@MacsList.org, and he may share your idea on the show. Now, let's turn to you, our listeners. Our guest co-host this week is Dawn Rasmussen of Pathfinder Career and Writing Services. She joins us here in the Mac's List studio to answer one of your questions. Dawn, what are you hearing from our listeners this week? Dawn Rasmussen: Well, this week, we have a question from listener BJ [Roshanich 00:10:13]. BJ writes in and says, "I've recently had an interview with a prospective employer, but after several weeks, I haven't heard back from them. How do I appropriately follow up with the company?" Well, that's a toughy. You have to try to get ahead of this situation. Probably the key thing you need to do is during the interview, before it concludes, is you need to actually ask and set the stage for a follow up process, instead of just leaving it dangling. First of all, if you can proactively say, "What's the next step? When are you making a decision," that kind of thing. Then, if you do forget, sometimes people get a little nervous in interviews, so you should be following up. When you have a sense, maybe a week or so after they are done interviewing people, it's good to send an email. You should send a thank you right away, either by email or by snail mail. That's always a good business process to follow, but really, it's getting ahead of the 8 ball and understanding how their process operates so that you can actually respond accordingly. Mac Prichard: Yeah. Excellent advice, Dawn. This is a question we get a lot, and the best way to answer it is to do exactly what you recommended, which is to ask at the end of the interview, "What's the next step? How's your process going? How can I follow up?" They'll tell you. Thank you, Dawn. If you have a question for us, please email us at communitymanager@MacsList.org. These segments are sponsored by the 2016 edition of "Land Your Dream Job in Portland and Beyond." We've made our book even better by adding new content and offering it in the formats that you want. For the first time ever, you can read "Land Your Dream Job in Portland and Beyond" as a paperback book, or you can download it onto your Kindle, Nook, or iPad. Whatever the format, our goal is the same: We want to give you the tools and tips you need to get meaningful work that makes a difference. For more information, visit MacsList.org/book and sign up for our special book newsletter. You'll get updates there that aren't available elsewhere, including exclusive book content and special discounts. Now, let's turn to this week's guest expert, Jenny Blake. Jenny Blake is a author, career and business strategist, and international speaker. She helps her clients through big transitions, often to pivot their career or business. Jenny is also the author of 2 books, "Life After College," which is based on her blog of the same name, and "Pivot: The Only Move that Matters is your Next One," which will be published in September. Jenny, welcome to the show. Jenny Blake: Mac, thank you so much for having me. It's an honor. Mac Prichard: Yeah, it's a pleasure to have you. What is a pivot, and why does it matter? Jenny Blake: I define a career pivot as a methodical shift in a new related area based on what's already working. What I noticed was that in my own career, I kept bumping up on this really confusing question of what's next, every few years. I thought, "There must be something wrong with me. I'm only supposed to have a mid-life crisis and a quarter-life crisis. Why is this happening every 2 years?" For a while, and we see a lot of shame and blame around millennials. We call them job-hoppers and entitled. I had been working at Google, and I thought, "I must be one of those because every few years, I'm feeling really confused about what's next." It wasn't until I realized 2 things: One, this is accelerating for all of us. It wasn't just me. As I started to talk to more people, I realized we're all experiencing this shift more often. Then, two, the thing that really got me out of it, because I thought, "This is so inefficient. I can't go through a life crisis every time I need to shift my career." I realized that it wasn't until I looked at what was already working and doubled down on it that I was able to move more seamlessly in the next direction. Rather than thinking about big leaps, I started to examine what was already right underneath my feet. That's where I got the idea of a pivot, like a basketball player who has one foot firmly grounded. That's your strengths and what's already working. Then, they scan the horizon for opportunity with their pivot food. Mac Prichard: I think that will be very reassuring to many of our listeners because a lot of people believe that changing jobs every few years is a problem, and there must be something wrong with them if they're doing that. What I'm hearing you say, Jenny, is that's the new normal. Jenny Blake: Absolutely. In fact, research shows that the average employee tenure is 4 to 5 years. Among people 25 to 35, it's now about 2 to 3 years. What I noticed in writing the book over the last 3 years was almost none of the people I interviewed at the beginning were doing the same thing by the time I went to fact check. Even what I had seen in the research, I thought, "Okay. People are shifting every 3 years or so, maybe 3, 4, or 5." That was not even the case with the people I interviewed. I couldn't keep up. Even now, as I'm getting ready to send the book off to press, I cannot keep the stories current. I'm going to put something on the website with what people are up to, but it was shocking to me. Not all of this is by choice. It's not all people who are saying, "I'm bored. I want something new." In many cases, they were laid off. Their company was acquired. Maybe their company was acquired, and then they got laid off. They started their own business, realized it wasn't for them, and went back to employment. There were so many reasons for these career pivots that I think for everyone listening, the message is just don't beat yourself up. If you're at a pivot point, it's totally normal and has to be expected, whatever the reason. Mac Prichard: Recognize that change is normal. It will come every few years. It's not only about changing jobs. It's about changing careers. Let's talk about how people manage that process. What are some basic tips that you give people who are considering a career pivot? Jenny Blake: I do want to add that some people pivot within their role, so it's not always about pivoting career. Sometimes, it's just about defining, "I'm hitting a plateau in my role." A lot of these people who I interviewed are really high achievers. They just want to make sure that they're learning, growing, and ultimately, making an impact. In that case, it can be a good exercise no matter where someone is who's listening right now to say, "Okay, what's my one next move? What would be really exciting?" That's where I recommend people start is I have this 4 stage process: plant, scan, pilot, launch. Plant is about look at what's already working. What are you enjoying most, even if it's only 10% of your current day-to-day work? What's the 10% that you love? When do you feel most in the zone? What are your biggest strengths? What did you love to do as a kid? One year from now, what does success look like? A lot of people get overwhelmed by that question because they don't know. They don't know the exact job, company, or even industry or location. Start broad. Just say, "How do you want to feel a year from now?" What kind of environments energize you? About how much do you want to be earning? If you can even start to paint a broad picture, it's like putting a pin in your maps app. Now, you know a little bit of where you're going, and you can scan for people, skills, and opportunity that will help you get there. Then, the third stage, pilot, is about running small experiments. Take the pressure off to solve your whole career conundrum in one fell swoop and instead look for tiny experiments that you can run. At Google, we had 10 and 20% projects. Anyone in their career can think of it the same way. My blog started as a 10% project on nights and weekends and later became the foundation of my business, but I had no idea that's what it was going to become at the time. Mac Prichard: Last stage is launch, so people have gone through those first 3 steps: the plant, the scan, and the pilot. How do you see people launch? Jenny Blake: You can cycle through plant, scan, pilot continuously, over and over, until you feel ready to launch. The first 3 stages are a cycle. It's about reducing risk, seeing what's out there, getting more comfortable, and someone could plant, scan, pilot, and be doing that for years. There's no time crunch. I've worked through this entire model with someone in 10 minutes. With my coaching clients, maybe it's 3 or 4 months, but if someone's generally happy, plant, scan, pilot, they may not need to launch. Launch is typically when we see the all-in moment. If someone is going to quit a job, start their own business, or move to a new city, the launch moment is when they really pull the trigger and move in the new direction, fully in the new direction. With launches, there's not a guarantee that it's going to work exactly as you have planned, but by reducing risk through piloting, experimenting, and grounding in your strengths, the launch becomes less panic-inducing. That's really the goal. Mac Prichard: Let's talk about risk for a moment because many people, while they recognize that change is a constant, they're uncomfortable with change and the risks involved. What are some of the ways that you see people manage risk as they go through this process or make a pivot. Jenny Blake: One of the diagrams in my book is called The Risk-ometer. It's taking the temperature of where you currently are on an inner feeling of risk. Someone could either be in their comfort zone, everything's fine. Their stagnation zone, that's where they're hitting a plateau, actively bored, or sometimes manifesting as physical symptoms. Then, in the other direction, we have a stretch zone. Something feels edgy and exciting. A panic zone, downright terror. When a lot of people think about risk as it relates to career, career change can be very scary because it seems to threaten our most fundamental needs on Maslow's hierarchy of food, clothing, and shelter. This is how we earn a living and pay for our life, so the thought of rocking the boat can be panic-inducing. The goal in the pivot process is look for activities that put you in your stretch zone but not your panic zone. That's up to each individual to assess moment-by-moment. If they're getting overwhelmed, and they're kind of paralyzed, that's usually a sign that they're thinking too big and that the next steps they're considering are in their panic zone. Try and chunk it down smaller and smaller until you're squarely in your stretch zone. Similarly, to have some awareness around are you comfortable right now, or is it approaching stagnation? The idea about pivoting is that it's really a mindset. It doesn't have to be these huge crisis points in our lives the way that it was for me for a long time because by monitoring and noticing when we start to fall into this stagnation zone, we can then take the steps to come out of it. The first step is that awareness. Mac Prichard: One of the points you made earlier was about the importance of playing to your strengths. Can you talk about the advantages of doing that because sometimes I think people think that they have to take risks or put themselves in places where they're constantly uncomfortable. Why do you recommend that people start by playing to their strengths, Jenny? Jenny Blake: When I reverse engineered what factors led to my most successful career pivots and then I started to study this for dozens if not hundreds of other people, I noticed that there was always a connecting factor. That was either their strengths, so ways in which they had become an expert or things that they really were good at, or people that they knew. Your network can be part of your strengths, as well. Usually, it's both. People you know are not going to offer you a job unless they know that you're really good at something. It was never looking at their weaknesses and trying to fix them that led to the next opportunity, and I'm not saying that's not a good thing to do. I'd recommend, if those of you listening haven't already, to check out the book "Strengths Finder 2.0," either as an assessment, so you can get your top 5 strengths. In the introduction to that book, Tom Rath talks about how much more effective we are when we emphasize and invest in our strengths rather than trying to fix our weaknesses. Particularly when pivoting, one of the biggest pitfalls is people tend to obsess over what they don't like, what they don't have, and what they don't know because of the fear factor. A lot of times in career change, I'll even say to a coaching client, "What does success look like a year from now?" They'll say, "Ah. I don't want to be so stressed out every day. I don't want to be bored. I don't want to dread going to work." "Okay, that's kind of a start, but it doesn't put fuel in the gas tank." That's going to keep the car spinning its wheels in mud. By looking at strengths and what's already working, now the person can figure out how to double down on those and shift methodically in the new direction, whereas just minimizing weaknesses doesn't really propel someone forward. Mac Prichard: One of the things that you wrote about in your blog about pivots is that sometimes, people go down this road, they make a pivot, and they unexpected results. Can you tell us more about that, and how people should manage that? Jenny Blake: Well, unexpected results could be one of 2 things. One, the results surpass your wildest dreams. I've seen so many people who once they were clear that they were ready to make a change, and they started taking those first courageous steps, the universe, whatever someone's kind of spiritual beliefs are met them halfway. Opportunities seem to fall out of the sky. Part of that is I call it the universe rolling out the red carpet. For every courageous step they took forward, another roll unfurled on the carpet, meaning a person showed up, an opportunity, one next clue on their path. The other side of a pivot unexpected is things might not work out exactly as you planned. Nobody I talk to, and there are many people, Mac, who came to me when I was fact checking. They would say, "Oh, don't bother putting my story in the book. I pivoted again." Almost as if they were discouraged that their first pivot didn't work. Nobody regretted making their launch decision. Even, I had 2 friends who quit their job, very high earners on the stock, the open outcry pits on Wall Street, they quit to start an urban farming business, and a year later, they folded it. They both went and found other work, but they don't see it as a failure. They felt so alive. That time really taught them a ton about themselves and about business. Even though they pivoted again, it still all was in a positive direction, which I call up and to the right, like a revenue chart. Most of these experience, we learn from then. Even if what seems like a quote "failure" from the outside is still up and to the right in terms of our fit and what's best for us. We're never really done. Anybody who loves learning, growth, and making an impact, there's always this sense of exploration and risk. Part of it is just learning to embrace that uncertainty and not take it personally, like it's some kind of shortcoming. Mac Prichard: Good. That seems like a good place to stop. Jenny, tell us about what's coming up next for you. Jenny Blake: Right now, I'm finishing up the very last edits on the book, which is exciting. That's my big pivot, is the book will come out in September, which I'm thrilled about. In the meantime, I'm having a lot of fun with the pivot podcast, trying to interview experts on how to be agile in this economy. If change is the only constant, how do we get better at it? Mac Prichard: Great. We'll be sure to include links to the podcast and to your blog, which I know has information about your book, "Pivot: The Only Move that Matters is Your Next One," coming out from Portfolio Penguin Press in September. Jenny Blake: That is correct. Yep, you got it. Mac Prichard: Well, thank you for joining us, and you can learn more about Jenny, her work, and her books at JennyBlake.me. We'll include links to all of those sites in the show notes. Thank you, Jenny. Jenny Blake: Thank you so much, and a big thanks to everybody for listening. Mac Prichard: We're back in the Mac's List studios with Ben and Dawn. Ben, Dawn, what were the most important points you heard Jenny make? Ben Forstag: I really like the central pieces of her book, which is that you can make small changes throughout your career regularly. Back in my grad school days, when I was studying political theory, there was this idea of path dependency, that if you went too far in one direction, you were stuck there, and you couldn't make choices anymore. I think some job seekers think that way, as well. "I studied accounting in college, so I can never do anything else besides accounting for the rest of my life." I like the idea that she has that you can gradually transition to other things, no matter where you are in your career. It might take a little bit of time to go from your accounting background to becoming a professional actor, but you can gradually make that transition if you make the right steps. Mac Prichard: There's a book I think we've mentioned before on the podcast called "Mindset" by Carol Dweck, who is a professor at Stanford. She talks about how people often get stuck thinking they're only good at one thing, and that many people who enjoy early success are afraid to take risks because they worry that if they try something that they don't excel at, they'll jeopardize their success. They just don't continue to grow in their careers. They get stuck in one place. I think what I heard Jenny say was how important it is to have a mindset where you're not only open to change, but you learn how to navigate it because it's coming. It's coming early and often throughout your career. Dawn, what were your reactions? Dawn Rasmussen: I had sort of a interesting thought while she was talking. I think her idea of taking it one digestible chunk at a time is a great one, but there's also the problem of analysis paralysis. Because there are so many choices out there, there's, number 1, the fear of failure, number 1, but then number 2 is like, "Well, there's so many choices. What do I figure out what to do?" Many years ago, there was a company based here in Portland that let people try out or test drive their dream job. It was an opportunity for you to see if you like it and get sort of the inside scoop on what does this job really involve so you know if you want to move in that direction or not. I'm just looking it up on the internet, too, and it seems like there's been a proliferation of other organizations starting to offer the same thing. I think it's a brilliant stroke of genius, really, to come up with these test drive opportunities really to see, "Okay, is this something I want to do?" It helps with the comfort level too because if you don't know quite exactly what it entails, there's a lot of unknowns. If you actually get in there and get a taste of it, you have a better sense of what you're getting yourself into, whether it's going to feel right or not. Mac Prichard: That's a great point. 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