Career Change: How To Conquer The Fear Of Failing

By John Allen

What's the first obstacle in changing career? Your own fear of change. This book uses practical exercises to help conquer this fear and get you started. 

Hate your job?  Too scared to leave?  You are not alone.  Nearly 90% of us work in a job that we don’t enjoy.  Even if the job is well paid, people are too scared to leave and try something different.  This fear gets worse the older we get.  Most career change books focus on training and skills, but they don’t really talk about getting past the major hurdle; a fear of change. 

In this book, I take you through the ways you can confront your fear of change and get a career that’s right for you…no matter how old you are.

Why should you listen to me?

Because I was exactly where you are now.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Allen
• Release date: Mar 8, 2016
• ISBN: 9781944785826

John Allen

John is a full time writer and author.  His stories and articles have been published by  ‘Sci-Fi World’, ‘The Huffington Post’,  ‘Vector Magazine( The Critical Journal of the British Science Fiction Association) and many more.  His first novel ‘The Earth Experiment’ is due for release in 2016.  His nonfiction includes ‘Career Change: How To Conquer The Fear Of Failing’ and ‘Why Not Write Now?’  He was runner up for the Writelink Christmas Chillers 2010 Short Fiction Competition & the ABC Tales 30 Day Challenge in 2013.  He has earned recognition from the London School of Journalism and has appeared as a speaker at the Nine Worlds Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention in 2015.

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Contents

Introduction

How to use this book

What others say

About You

Step 1 - Understanding Your Fear of Quitting

Step 2 - What do I do?

Step 3 - The Importance of Time Management

Step 4 - Planning for the Change

Step 5 - Learning from Failing

Step 6 - Taking the Plunge

I’ve quit!  What next?

Acknowledgements & Further Information

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Introduction

I wrote this book because I wanted to help people who are scared of changing their career, just like I was.  In 2010 I was in a career that was making me miserable.  My job was well paid, and I had worked hard to get to the position I was in.  Nevertheless, I wasn’t happy.  I wanted to do something about it, but I was afraid.

Do you keep asking yourself the following questions?

What if I can’t get another job?

What if I get less money?

What will my partner say?

What will my friends and family say?

What if I fail?

That last question scared me more than all the others.  It took me another 10 months to make the leap into a new career and I have not once regretted the decision.  Looking back I now know it wasn’t just failure I was scared of.  I was also scared of success.  Fear of success can be just as crippling as the fear of failure.

Every time I take a risk or try to do something new, I think about the small, nervous and frightened young man I was and compare him to the experienced, empowered, well liked and respected individual who took control of his life 5 years ago.  As I progressed in my new career I began asking myself a different question:

What if I succeed?

From my experience there are 3 major actions in the career change journey:

1. Making the Decision to Change

2. Actioning the Change

3. Being in the position you dreamed of and progressing

This book focuses on Action 1 & the beginnings of Action 2. 

I am going to provide you with a guide to getting out of a job you hate, and towards a career you want by using my own experience and knowledge.  Changing your career is not something that happens overnight, but it is something that can happen over time.  With some hard work, patience and determination, I know anyone