Try asking yourself the following questions:

Is your job just Ok?

Does your job suck?

Are you stuck in a career that pays the bills, but leaves you feeling empty inside?

Does the thought of a career change excite you, but you have no idea what to do?

Is your boss verbally abusive?

Do you work insane hours because you're expected to?

Do you get depressed on Sunday night?

Are you really good at what you do or do you just get by?

Are you good at what you do, but it just doesn't light your fire?

Do you want to make a change, but are simply afraid to make a move?

Are you just simply downright miserable?

If you answered yes to any of these questions you need to consider hiring a personal career coach.

Sometimes with all the stuff whirling around in our heads it's tough to see the forest for the trees. If you're like me it helps to have someone to talk to - to get clarity around your needs or issues. Friends & family are wonderful, but they are not trained to provide you with the type of guidance that you need and they all just tell you they're opinion of what they think is best. ( usually they can't separate their opinions from their own lives). You're not hung up on some issue from the past that requires a psychotherapist. You're just plain stuck and need some coaching to help you to decide what to do.

The first thing you have to do is face the brutal facts. I will help you to break down all of your questions and your work/life situations so that it becomes crystal clear what the problem is and most importantly what the source of the problem is. It is necessary to get to the source because what is causing your misery could reoccur if it is not understood and dealt with. I'm not talking about psychotherapy, I'm talking about simply what got you in this boat to begin with.

So what was the source of my problem and how could I have been working full time in a career that I loved a whole lot sooner? By following my heart's desire.

If you know what you desire and can't find a way to pull the trigger, I can help. If you have no idea what your heart's desire is then we must identify your core career self-identity, which includes your work type, your skills, your motivations, your preferences, your internal barriers and your developmental needs.

A Case In Point

Johnny really liked people. He liked meeting people and being with people and was often the life of the party. Johnny decided after taking Sociology in High School that he wanted to major in it in College. He excitedly told his dominating father and was quickly convinced that there was no money to be made in that type of career and to pick something else. Johnny would never outright ignore his father's suggestions and therefore picked sales. It was selected based on Johnny's interest in people. Johnny majored in business in college. He was an average student and did not find the business courses very interesting, but he thought." it's school, it's suppose to be boring"

Upon graduation Johnny got a sales job and enthusiastically went to work. Within two years Johnny was miserable and after two years more of misery he quit. Meanwhile he had gotten married, bought a house and had a baby. While he did not like his job, he was good at it and was making a good living for his young years. After six months of a relatively menial job, he got back into sales. Once again he was good at it and did well, so he bought himself a bigger house and had another kid. Only problem was he did not feel fulfilled and he asked himself why would he do something for 10-12 hours a day that left him feeling empty. So Johnny pursued volunteer work in the social services arena to fulfill himself.

Johnny progressed in the business world and became president of several companies and finally a consultant while maintaining his social sciences career in the non profit sector for no money. Still Johnny knew in his gut that he wanted to help people full time. It took Johnny a long time to finally make a move. And after all those years he is finally earning a living as a --- you guessed it --- an executive and personal coach. And funny thing is his two closest collaborators hold doctorate degrees in Sociology. So Johnny is a rare bird . He is really a social scientist with 35 years of business experience that has over 500 hours of coach training and 8 years of coaching experience This is a true story and of course Johnny is none other than - Allen Hatton.