mapping the experience: how to plan a career roadmap
DESCRIPTION
How do you get from point A to point Z in your career? Consider where you are and where you want to be. Do you know your sweet spot? [Finding what you're good at, what you enjoy, and what pays]. This is a guest lecture given at the Brigham Young University - Hawaii Willes Entrepreneurship Center on September 11, 2014 by Alison J. Herzog, Senior Marketing Manager over Digital and Social Media Marketing.TRANSCRIPT
M A P P I N G Y O U R E X P E R I E N C E
T H E W I L L E S C E N T E R 2 0 1 4 E N T R E P R E N E U R L E C T U R E S E R I E S
T H E J O U R N E Y
S O M E T I M E S O U R J O U R N E Y I S N ’ T W H AT W E T H O U G H T I T W O U L D B E
I T ’ S S O M U C H B E T T E R
T H I N K L O N G T E R M W I T H S H O R T T E R M D E C I S I O N S
Every decision brings consequences that act as debits and credits towards the future.
Keep your cash flow positive.
D O Y O U K N O W W H AT Y O U W A N T ?
W H E N D I D Y O U A S K Y O U R S E L F L A S T ?
Y O U R PAT H S H O U L D B U I L D O V E R T I M E
M A P Y O U R J O U R N E Y
S T O P. E VA L U AT E . A D J U S T.
E X PA N D T H E P L A N
T H R E E P R I N C I P L E S T O F O L L O W
1. Do something that matters
2. Invest in people
3. Live intelligently
H O W C A N Y O U E F F E C T C H A N G E F O R G O O D ?
D O S O M E T H I N G T H A T M A T T E R S
– M A R G A R E T W H E AT L E Y
“Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.”
T H E O N LY C A P I TA L T H AT M AT T E R S
I N V E S T I N P E O P L E
R E L AT I O N S H I P S
• Gain relevant experience
• Have the mentality of “That IS my job.”
• Build meaningful relationships at all levels
• Brand yourself positively
L E A D E R S H I P“No person who is in a leadership position can succeed fully if he [or she] does not obtain adequate information about those he [or she] seeks to serve, and about the problems that confront him [or her] and them…getting adequate information is a fundamental leadership requirement that is present in every human situation.”
Harold B. Lee, 1973
• U S E Y O U R B R A I N
• U S E Y O U R S P I R I T
L I V E I N T E L L I G E N T LY
T H E S W E E T S P O T
M A K E M O N E Y
W H E R E Y O U W A N T T O B E
G O O D AT E N J O Y
Q U E S T I O N S T O A S K
• What am I good at?
• What do I enjoy?
• What is important to me?
• What type of schedule do I want?
• What experience and/or education will I need?
Q U E S T I O N S
T H A N K Y O U
@ A L I S O N J H E R Z O G