Mitch ShepardFounder & Creative Force of WiRL Summit

www.wirlsummit.com

Top 5 to Thrive:Powerful and practical tips for success in your life and career

Building Career Courage

1. Know your values

What is your North Star?

Can you articulate your Top 5 core values?

Since your values are RUNNING YOUR LIFE you might as well know what they are, right?

2. Be a Visionary in your own Career

Vision without action is a daydream;

Action without vision is a nightmare.

- Chinese Proverb

Planning your career is a FULL BODY activity...

You’ve got to utilize...

Your head (think about it! Read about it! Talk about it! What are you good at? What do you want to be good at? What do other people think you are good at? How can the world benefit from the talents you have?

Your heart (how do you feel? What makes you happy ? What do you want? What inspires you and makes you feel passionate, energized and alive?

Your feet (Get moving...take some steps in the right direction)

Moving from Insight to Action:• What is the vision you have for your

career?

• Who knows about your vision?

• Who are some of your biggest advocates and supporters?

...avoid Tunnel Vision

What things may change your course?

3. Courage before Confidence

When was the last time you demonstrated courage in taking on a new challenge or

opportunity?

What was the outcome?

What impact did it have on your confidence?

4. Be More of Yourself

I don’t know a single successful person

who got where they are by playing small or playing someone

else. Do you?

What am I best known for?

What are my strongest talents and attributes?

Are you being enough of yourself?

5. Speak your truth

and earn your way into the inner circle...

Truth tellers buildTrust

RespectCredibilityResilience

If you weren’t being so careful:

What would you say? How would you say it?

Thank you!

Mitch Shepard (mitch@wirlsummit.com)

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