Why You Need a Professional Development Plan | Career | E351

Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

YAP Media Network | Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Relationships

4.7 • 890 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Many people who are unhappy with their working lives are looking for answers. They see other people getting ahead and loving their work, and they wonder why they feel so stuck and unsatisfied. I can tell you that the missing ingredient is never some mysterious quality that makes some people shinier and more successful than others — although I know it can look that way from the outside. More often, the difference is pretty basic: Some people are skilled at professional development planning, and others aren’t yet. In general, most of us don’t spend enough time planning our lives. We’re too frazzled by the endless to-do list they need to get through to ever zoom out and consider the big picture: Where do I want to be in ten years, and how exactly do I plan to get there? And, most important, how do the things I’m spending my time on every day fit into that plan? If you don’t have an answer to those questions yet, this episode is for you. I hope it inspires you to begin thinking about your own career vision and how you’ll bring it to fruition. My guest is Ronni M., a career coach and counselor on our team at Growing Self. She’s sharing her own career story, as well as the framework she uses to help people like you plan and create professional lives they love. I hope you’ll join us. Xoxo, Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby P.S. — If you’d like more articles and podcasts on building your career, check out my “professional growth” collection of articles and podcasts.

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0:00.0	This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.
0:07.1	What are your wildest career dreams? More importantly, what do you want your whole life to be about?
0:14.6	And most importantly, what is your plan for making either of those things your reality?
0:24.5	Today's episode is all about how to get in tune with who you really are, what you really want out of your life and career,
0:30.6	and how to make those things happen for yourself so you can live every day with a confidence
0:36.1	that you are in the right place and doing what you are put here to do.
0:41.5	That's today's show and I'm glad you're here to join us.
0:51.6	And hey, we are listening to a fantastic example of some people who figured out their place in the world and what they were put here to do.
1:01.7	This is the band Best Fern. The song is Arrive. I thought it was a beautiful song by a gorgeous band to really set the stage for us because we're
1:12.6	talking today about figuring out your gifts, your purpose, your direction, and then also
1:19.0	figuring out how to make those things happen for yourself. These two did it, Alexis and Nick,
1:26.0	Alexie and Nick. You can learn more about them on their bandcamp page, bestfurn.bandcamp.com.
1:35.5	On today's episode of the podcast, we are talking about a subject that I know can be a little mystifying sometimes, right?
1:43.6	Which is how to make a plan for your ongoing professional growth.
1:49.3	Like your trajectory, not just what you want to do next, but like where you want to end up.
1:56.1	It's professional development plans, what they are, why they matter, and why you should probably
2:03.6	have one if you don't already.
2:05.8	That is our topic today.
2:07.4	And so what do I mean when I say professional development?
2:11.6	Let us define that term.
2:14.0	So I'm not talking about promotions or raises, although that can certainly be part of it.
2:19.7	Those can be milestones along your career path. But what we're really talking about is this
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