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Step 2: Now, with your successful self still in mind,
let’s start to move backwards. Imagine your ideal
resume. What kinds of experiences would you have
in the one-to-five years leading up to your shining
moments in Point Z? Who were the people that
surrounded you? What type of environment were
you in? What skills did you have? What resources ,
i.e. time, tools, help, were you working with?
Step 5: Connect the dots. If you sit back and look at
what you just wrote, you’ll likely see a gap between
the job you’re in now, Point A, and the job that’s
going to finish off your dream career, Point Z. You’ll
most likely see a gap between your Point A and
Points M-P. But pay close attention to the differences
in the environments, the resources, and the people
you’re currently surrounding yourself with. How do
they compare to those you should be surrounding
yourself with for your future success? Are you ok with
these differences? Or is it time to get moving in a
new direction?
Write these answers down in the middle of your
paper. We’ll call these, say, points M – P.
Step 3: Now, come back to your current state, where
you actually have been and where you are right now.
Where do you work? What type of environment
are you currently in? What type of people are you
surrounded by? What skills and resources do you
currently have? What motivates you to go to work?
What de-motivates you?
No need to panic. Your answers to Step 4 are the
fuel to your tank to get you there. And they might
be more aligned with your Points M through Z than
you think.
Write these answers down on the left side of your
paper. This is your Point A.
Point Z
High-Point of
Your Career
Step 4: Acknowledge your talents. Ignore everything
you’ve already written down since it pertains to
“work-life,” and just write down what you really
enjoy doing. What are you super good at, and what
would you love to lea rn?
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Essentially what we did here was create your dream
resume. BUT, we started with your end goals in mind
rather than where you’re at now. Backwards is key
in this exercise because it’s so easy to get distracted
by your current occupation’s status quo. Right now,
you know best what you know best. If you want to
move in a different direction, ignore the noise that
you’re familiar with and shift focus to learn what you
really want.
You can access and complete the full roadmap I
created at www.suitsandsneaks.com. There, you
can also see how I used my talents from Step 4 to
create my own roadmap from Point A to Point Z.
Best of luck to you!
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