Write Your Own Success Story,  Your Career Revolution Book Chapter 2

Write Your Own Success Story

In this episode of Your Career Revolution Chapter 2, “Write Your Own Success Story,” Courtney Dyksterhouse, Tamara Loring, and Marissa Frois navigate the nuanced path of defining success on your terms. Journey with us as our hosts delve into introspective exercises, compelling you to envision your ultimate aims and a lifestyle that aligns with your core values. When you’ve painted a clear picture of your success, we delve into the exciting enterprise of unveiling your upgraded self—Your Career 2.0.

Engaging with Your Future Self: Unveiling ‘Your Career 2.0’

Creating the roadmap to success is an invigorating process that often prompts unveiling “Your Career 2.0.” This term symbolizes the upgraded, evolved version of yourself—someone who has broken past previous limitations to embrace their full potential. It’s about scrutinizing one’s life and questioning long-held beliefs and patterns. Are you taking the path of least resistance, or do you dare to step outside your comfort zone? Have you thought about who you need to become to achieve your version of success? By confronting these questions earnestly, you open up a world of possibilities, setting the stage for personal transformation and empowerment. This journey requires honest self-assessment and, possibly, the courage to seek insights from outside your usual sphere of influence, such as a mentor or life coach who can challenge and support your growth.

If you cannot invest in yourself, then I don’t know that you can expect anybody else to. But if you’re willing to invest in yourself, we are willing to invest in you. That is a pledge that we’ve made.

–Tamara Loring

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Navigating through Life with Intention: Goals, Needs, and Expectations

The journey continues as we distinguish between goals, needs, and expectations—a fundamental step towards setting a solid foundation for your aspirational journey. Then, we scrutinize your actions and the necessary paradigm shifts that can redefine your trajectory and the very substance of your daily choices. It’s a bold venture into personal change, but with persistent reflection, honest self-assessment, and strategic steps toward your unique future, rewriting your success story is within your grasp.

Having painted a picture of your desired future, the focus turns to constructing tangible pathways to realize those dreams. Practical steps need to replace lofty ideas. Taking your career aspirations as an example, consider additional education or training, strategizing a career move, or even launching an entrepreneurial venture. Similarly, personal goals may entail lifestyle adjustments, such as dedicating time to cultivate meaningful relationships or pursuing wellness through health and fitness commitments.

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Completing this picture includes timeframes and smaller, incremental goals. It’s akin to placing a puzzle together; each piece brings you closer to the final image, no matter how small. If wealth building is a piece of your puzzle, educate yourself about investment options, from stocks to real estate, and explore avenues to diversify your income. If creating equity through business is a goal, methodically lay out the steps from idea to execution—research, planning, and resourcing are all integral to success.

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Creating your success story and vision for life begins with a paradigm shift where you can start seeing yourself and your aspirations as the greatest proactive tools you have in your arsenal.

–Marissa Frois

The Possibilities Mindset

A *possibilities mindset* is the mental tool that allows individuals to envision and reach their potential. This mindset pivots from current restraints or difficulties to potential growth and opportunities.

Developing a possibilities mindset requires:

• Practicing optimism and looking for the silver lining in every situation.
• Cultivating a habit of asking questions such as “What if?” and “How can I?” to open up new avenues of thought.
• Challenging self-imposed limits and societal constraints by considering unconventional pathways to success.

Adopting an outlook that welcomes opportunities and focuses on one’s intrinsic strengths will create a positive course toward achieving your desired Your Career 2.0 version. It’s about shifting from a reactive to a proactive life stance, from just dreaming to actively doing.

 

Are you surrounding yourself with dream catchers or dream stealers?

–Tamara Loring

Lastly, reaching Your Career 2.0 is not a destination but a continuous journey characterized by an iterative loop of assessment, dreaming, and acting. This ongoing process allows you to remain agile and responsive to changes and to align your actions with your evolving aspirations and circumstances.

To embody this non-linear progression:

• Routinely assess your progress and revise your goals.
• Allow yourself to dream big and redefine what success means to you.
• Take diligent and steadfast actions that inch you closer to your dreams daily.

 

Unshackling yourself from what keeps you up at night and leaning into the excitement of what lies ahead is the transformative journey to Your Career 2.0. The journey towards Your Career 2.0 doesn’t stop there! We’ll walk you through charting a practical and achievable roadmap—with short-term objectives, medium-term goals, and long-term aspirations laid out. Delve into the power of the compound effect and understand how small, consistent efforts can accrue over time to bring about significant changes. In this episode, you will learn to embrace the continuous loop of assessing, dreaming, and taking transformative actions that open the path to your envisioned U 2.0 phenomenon. Remember, achieving success is not just a destination—it’s the empowering experience of embracing and becoming your best self each day.

About Your Career Revolution

Our mission is to help individuals explore self-sufficiency as an alternative career.

We help them define their Income, Lifestyle, Wealth, and Equity goals and provide education on the best ways to achieve them. We don’t sell franchises – we help people achieve their dreams of self-sufficiency through business ownership. The approach is different, the experience is different. And it works.

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Dedication:

We dedicate this book to the tens of thousands of clients who have allowed us to guide them through their Journey of Discovery – courageous people who have made their dreams come true by taking the path less traveled. You inspire us every day. May you, the reader, also achieve your dreams and may this book empower you and assist you in your journey.

—The Entrepreneur’s Source Career Ownership Coaches

 

More about our host and featured experts:

Courtney Dyksterhouse. Our host is a former television reporter, producer, and anchor who finished her news career in the 11th-largest market in the nation before pursuing a career in acting, hosting, and writing. She’s had the privilege of hosting livestream and stage events for thousands, been a reoccurring guest on Youtube shows with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, and has interviewed thought leaders including Dave Ramsey, Dr. Henry Cloud, Jocko Willink, Maneet Chauhan, Dr. Caroline Leaf, Jasmine Star, and Bernie Sanders, among others.

Tamara Loring. Chief of Brand Ideology for The Entrepreneur Source. For over 20 years I’ve had the great privilege to work with The Entrepreneur’s Source, helping Career Ownership Coaches launch and ramp up their businesses and equipping them with the tools and resources they need to coach those who have a strong to very strong desire to be self-sufficient. I believe everybody has a dream worthwhile pursuing and a coach can help you explore what is possible.

Marissa Frois. In my role as CEO, I bring my unique talents of organization, attention to detail, problem-solving and creativity to help implement our company goals and ideas throughout the organization. Additionally, I provide leadership and integration to create accountability and harmony to fuel the overall growth of our system.

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