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Need a Change? Transform Like a Chameleon Print E-mail
Written by Fran Miller   
Monday, 26 March 2007


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Image Do you know how people get stuck in having only one focus or career in life, or in wearing only one hat color? Read on to discover 7 ways to try out different colors like a chameleon. Be an explorer. Go ahead. We start off in childhood learning how to “make believe”, and after schooling we get stuck. We get stuck thinking we should have only one title in our lifetime or only one title at a time. But most of us have many skills to bring to any new frontier we wish to explore or pursue. And the wiser and older we get, the more we hear about happy people with a role that is completely different than before, or several part time volunteer roles or jobs each with different colors.

 {slide=Hunting for a New Color? Go on a Safari ! }
1) Think about your childhood romps and ask to volunteer with a company, organization, or nonprofit that is playing one of your “games”.

2) Ask a friend if you can job shadow them or someone they work with to learn more about the roles that appeal to you.

3) Give yourself permission to wander completely beyond the vicinity of your last position or direction.

4) Read current events and local business news to test out your barometer of excitement for various settings and positions.

5) Sleuth through books or magazines that describe entrepreneur titles and select some to further research.

6) Go to a public event and view it through the lens of finding and meeting a person doing a fun job.

7) Be a tourist in your community and visit public venues and establishments that attract you, noting and meeting the different types of workers there.{/slide}

 
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