Self Coaching: How To Plan For Career Success
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“Self Coaching: How To Plan For Career Success” is a 176 page self-coaching book which informs readers, that career planning and progression is one task that we all have to think about at some point in our lives. It may not be the first thing that we want to work on, but at some point we all have to take the
Delroy Constantine-Simms
Delroy Constantine Simms C. Psychol; MSc Occupational and Organizational Psychology; BA (Hons) Social Sciences; BSc (Hons) Psychology; Constantine-Simms has previously taught sociology, psychology, at the Open University; The University of Stirling; Westminster College; and Barnet College. He is also a freelance print and photo journalist, whose work has been published in The Voice Newspaper, Black Britain, The Post, The Gleaner, Miami Times, The Amsterdam News, Pride Magazine. His photos have been distributed through photo agencies such as Demotix, Corbis and Getty images. He is a regular contributor on several radio and TV stations, including the BBC, Channel Four, BBC Radio 1, Three Counties Radio, and has been featured in the Guardian and cited in the Mirror, The Evening Standard, The Metro, Constantine-Simms has presented academic papers in Germany, South Africa, The USA, Jamaica, Gambia, and Ethiopia on a variety of psychology and sociology related topics.He is also the recipient of the 2001 Lambda Book Award for Best Anthology (The Greatest Taboo: Homosexuality in Black Communities). Mst recently, received two Black Excellence Awards (Middle East) Best Photographer Award (2021), and Best Author Award (2021) after writing and editing two consequential books, #Take A Knee Political Awakening of Colin Kaepernick, and The Brazilian Covid Catastrophe. He currently lives in the United Arab Emirates.See https://www.betterhelp.com/delroy-constantine-simms/
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Self Coaching - Delroy Constantine-Simms
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Copyright © 2016 D. Constantine-Simms Copyright © 2016 Think Doctor Publications
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher. If copyright material has been inadvertently used without permission, acknowledgement or credit, the editors and publisher will be more than happy to make the necessary arrangements for such concerns to be addressed at the first possible opportunity
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Delroy Constantine-Simms is a Business and Counselling Psychologist and a qualified Therapeutic Career Coach. He has been involved in recruitment and selection campaigns for Barclays, T-Mobile, The Lottery, The British Civil Service, Sainsbury’s BBC, Transport for London, and numerous local authorities in the UK and internationally for the past 15 years. He is also a prize winning author who has written and edited more than 25 books
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PREFACE
I’ve been struggling what to say in this preface, then I thought hold on, career progression, is more often than not, and related to opportunity and confidence. The following story may not be overtly related to career progression or career planning, but I do think the following story is extremely relevant. There was a business executive, who was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy. Suddenly an old man appeared before him. I can see that something is troubling you,
he said. After listening to the executive’s woes, the old man said, I believe I can help you.
He asked the man his name, wrote out a cheque, and pushed it into his hand saying, Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.
Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come. The business executive saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world! I can erase my money worries in an instant!
he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the uncashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought. With renewed optimism, he negotiated better deals and extended terms of payment. He closed several big sales. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again. Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed check. At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as the executive was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man. I’m so glad I caught him!
she cried. I hope he hasn’t been bothering you. He’s always escaping from the rest home and telling people he’s John D. Rockefeller.
And she led the old man away by the arm. The astonished executive just stood there, stunned. All year long he’d been wheeling and dealing, buying and selling, convinced he had half a million dollars behind him. Suddenly, he realized that it wasn’t the money, real or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his newfound self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after. The same principles can be applied to those who assume that after so many knock backs, obstacles and personal doubts their careers are going nowhere. The story also points out in so many ways, that the art of succeeding at work is not simply about qualifications and experience or even planning, it’s simply a combination of them all, but confidence is without doubt the most important variable of them all.
INTRODUCTION
Self-Coaching: How To Plan For Career Success
is a self-coaching book which informs readers, that career planning and progression is one task that we all have to think about at some point in our lives. It may not be the first thing that we want to work on, but at some point we all have to take the necessary steps to create the perfect career planning process in order to fulfill our needs and meet our career expectations.
Self-Coaching: How To Plan For Career Success
clarifies that work place happiness is often underestimated, and so are the consequences of that unhappiness. Furthermore, the advice in this book outlines that self-assessment, of your known skills and abilities, personality, character, including values and other traits are important for establishing the type of work and personal interests that will make you happy at work, including the type of career path you need to follow in order progress at work. However, this cannot be done by simply looking in the mirror or simply using what you know about yourself as the template for career success. We all need to go through some sort of personal and professional assessment, using properly validated tools. Moreover, each type of career related assessment test you take can be used to extract valuable self-development information. If self-coaching strategies are not for you, seeking the services of a good career coach is an option that should not be ignored. However, we at Think Doctor Publications and The Institute of Self Development are extremely confident that the career development strategies in Self-Coaching: How To Plan For Career Success
will more than compliment the realization that one cannot progress at work without a clear career development strategy and a commitment to stick to that plan.
Personal Happiness At Work
Having a satisfying career is something that we all deserve to enjoy. It is important to you since it will determine the people that you work with each day and the amount of time that you have in the way that you make a living. If you enjoy your career you are going to be happier and it is also said that you will live longer too. You should first know yourself and who you are. Having a good career that can make you happy means that it will begin with your own self confidence. This means that you will need to know about your own personal characteristics, your interests, values, abilities, skills and personality. It is all going to make up who you are and what you do in your life to make money. This is going to determine your happiness and how well you succeed in life.
The interests and the values that you may want to include in determining the career that will make you the happiest are going to be the following:
* Working with the ideas that you like
* Helping others with the development
* Preparing foods or making crafts
The abilities and skills that you want to look for as well should include:
* Being Creative
* Writing
* Selling
If you think about your personality you will choose a career that is going to match your destiny. You can think about things that are going to help you be more excited about the job that you take on. When you put it all together with things that you enjoy and the things that you do well you are going to find a great mix of fun in your workplace. The things to look out for when you are looking for a job can include:
* Changing areas or traveling
* Working without overbearing supervision
* Having freedom in the workplace
* Good hours that are going to work with your schedule
You need to learn about yourself and then pick a career or job to match it. What do you like to do? What are your abilities and skills? Is something really important to you and