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If you consult a career coach, a phrase you might hear is “invest in yourself.” People who understand and apply this concept are more likely to accomplish their professional and personal goals. By asking the following questions, you will see how this type of investment yields considerable personal benefits. 

How to Investing in Yourself 

What Do You Want to Learn Next?

Figuring out what and why you want to learn something and positioning yourself to learn it is a crucial part of the investment process. A new language, for example, can boost your job prospects. Getting a firm grasp on the rules and vocabulary of a new software program can make learning the next one easier. Taking a course in AI or historical fiction might be a smart move, or maybe not.  Career coaches and consultants offer insight and guidance in making these important “investment” decisions – -- what is worthwhile and what might be an unproductive detour.

Who Inspires You?

Connect with people who motivate, teach and mentor you, not people who drain you. Resources and ideas from a career coach help people seek and make those connections and channel people’s energies in productive directions.  

Where Do You Want to Go in Your Career or your “Retirement”?

As experienced executive coaches know, career paths usually don’t follow straight lines. Nor do the paths people follow when pursuing the “next phase” of life after a long career.  Having a goal in mind, putting it down on paper, and committing to regular activities to reach that goal provides structure and purpose for your investment. A career coach will help you chart a course, set milestones, prepare you for detours, and build on your successes and mistakes. Making continuous investments in YOU will help you reach your ultimate career or post-career destination.  

 

Career coach Margaret M. Enloe, Esq., offers wisdom and guidance to assist clients who are ready to invest in themselves. Individuals throughout New York City seek her advice and support as a career consultant as they strive to reach their professional goals. Take the next step on your path to success. Visit her website now to learn more about how this executive coach can help you. Call (646) 872-3674 to make an appointment.

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