
Explore how the brain's patterns shape thinking and learn creative thinking techniques to boost problem solving, innovation, and optimistic perspectives for work and life.
Map assumptions, restrictions, and ground rules; use divergent and convergent thinking, journaling, reframing, and unpacking assumptions to generate and refine creative solutions.
Use the five whys to reach the root cause and move beyond symptoms. Borrow frames of reference, mind map, replicate ideas, and use analogies to spark new perspectives and solutions.
Lesson 4 presents tools to turn limiting beliefs into growth, using reframing, brutethink, and plus minus interesting. It also covers lotus blossom, Scamper, and reflective career reinvention.
Explore how critical thinking drives career reinvention by analyzing information, weighing options, and assessing risks and rewards, while balancing rational and emotional thinking to market yourself effectively.
Identify cognitive biases that derail career changes, including the sunk cost fallacy, confirmation bias, and availability heuristic. Apply critical thinking to expand options beyond popular narratives and misleading statistics.
Apply design thinking to design your career and life by failing quickly, testing, iterating, and monetizing skills through mvp-like mini versions for feedback, ensuring desirability, viability, and feasibility.
Explore the fishbone diagram to map cause-and-effect, from the spine to core causes. Apply first principles thinking and analogy to diagnose root causes and generate solutions.
Apply strategic thinking by examining goals, objectives, strategy, and tactics to shape your future and align actions with a bigger picture.
conceptualize life as a connected system with elements, interconnections, and purpose; apply systems thinking to career reinvention using morphologies, mind maps, and feedback loops to see ripple effects.
Explore how mimetic desire shapes goals by imitating others and seeking social approval. Uncover how social influence and dopamine-driven feelings steer choices and career paths.
Reflect on your life story to uncover recurring themes and strengths, then plan a future career with transferable skills, networks, and a personal brand.
Are you looking to transition to a career path that aligns with your passion and talent? Do you find it hard to imagine yourself outside of your current professional role? If so, you may be experiencing career identity attachment. Career identity attachment occurs when an individual's sense of self becomes closely tied to their career or professional role. It can be challenging to separate personal identity from work. In many such cases, an individual's career becomes so central to their sense of self that it can be difficult for them to imagine themselves outside of the professional role. You believe your job is who you are. Who will you be outside of your current job title? How will you introduce yourself at a party or dinner? Career identity attachment is why on the surface you want to try everything to break out, but for some reason you are stuck in a rut. You are subconsciously sabotaging your effort to find a new dream career without realizing. To overcome career identity attachment, the first step is to define and build your strong core identity foundation.
Through speaking to many successful professionals, I have developed a re-invention process that really deep dives into your identity as a human outside of work, gets deep in touch with your hero story where you are the protagonist, helping you developing a strong sense of self. Once that foundation is in place, it will be much easier to find an exciting new career that is in alignment with your values.
The reason many people fail to find their dream career is because they get the order of the process wrong. Because they let their current career identity takes up so much space of their whole identity, when it is removed, their whole identity crumbles.
Fortunately for you, there is a better way.
Imagine waking up every day thrilled about the work you're doing, feeling fulfilled and motivated. This is not a fantasy; it can be your reality.
When you take action to change your career, things begin to shift for you, both in your own mind and the opportunities that open in front of you.
7 thinking systems to find your Ikigai will build your confidence and develop new skills for competing, thriving, and excelling at whatever you choose to do. It's like nothing you've seen before.