Life Coaching and Career Coaching

Today, many people find their lives thrown into chaos when they loss of their jobs. The loss is more than a stream of income, it is a threat to their self identity. For most people, their job defines who they are. Is this you?

Losing your job is like graduating high school and waiting to hear about going on to college, applying to the military and waiting to be accepted, or looking for that first job all over again. You were somebody in high school and now you are nobody, or so you think. But are you?

You are the only one who knows what you are worth to yourself. Other only see you for what you might be worth to them.

As a freelancer most of my life, I have been employed and unemployed many times. It happens every time a contract expires and new one has not yet come through. I have learned to use these times to step back, evaluate what I accomplished, and reassess my goals.

I also use it to assess my environment. I see this as an opportunity to take charge of my fate. I ask myself: Where is market for my skills and interests going? Is it time to change my employment strategy? And in this process, I have made a personal discovery I want to share with you.

I am the sole/soul proprietor of my life. My life is the time God has allocated to me in this world. It is a gift card with an undisclosed time limit. I own it and I can sell it. I sell part of it every time I take a job, form a relationship, or use it for myself.

How much is my time worth? It is worth what I need to accomplish what I want to accomplish in my time/life.

Too often, especially these days, we don’t have the time to reflect on where we are going or where we have been. It is like being caught in the wrong lane on the freeway at rush hour. Sometimes we miss our exit and when we finally get off we are lost, just like Tom Hanks in Bonfire of the Vanities

God gave me the freewill to be the sole proprietor of my soul. It is my responsibility to make the best of it.Taking the time to know what I want to accomplish, and what I have accomplished, has been a critical step in my life’s journey.

Janus says

If unemployment depression is setting in, I suggest that you find a mentor, or a life coach, at this time. Don’t be afraid or ashamed to ask for direction. He or she can help you find direction to bring you back to the life path to take you on the journey toward your goal.

Januslifecoaching.com is one such service you can turn to for help.

Welcome to Janus Life Coaching.com

Janus Life Coaching.com is an extension of my 30 years of consulting practice.  During this time I have had the opportunity to see many changes in the world and the ways individuals relate to them.

I, like you, have personally experienced many of these.

What strikes me most is the truth in the old adage: “the more things change, the more they remain the same.”

The challenges faced by today’s youth are far different than those most of us raised in the shadow of World War II and the Cold War faced. Even the language and its meanings have changed.

To be Red meant to be a Communist, today it means to be a conservative Republican.

To be Blue meant to be melancholy, today it means you are a liberal Democrat.

Life has changed significantly for parents of children born and being raised in the 21st century. Almost an alien culture to the Boomer Generation,  the Gen X and Gen Y, for example, have redefined the meaning of the such basic institutions as the family, marriage, career, and religion, just to name a few of life’s choices. How will the children of Post  911 and the recession of 2007 respond?

At the same time that the culture has been changing, our understanding of the regularity of the life process has grown, thanks to the hard work and insight of such researchers as:

• Jean Piaget (psychologist)  who identified the basic stages of cognitive development (how children learn to think),
• Erik Erikson (social psychologist) who postulated the stages of human psychological and social development (how we become successful social beings)
• Margaret Mead (anthropologist) who demonstrate how culture can shape the adult personality (how nurture can overcome nature).

Today, we recognize that all humans go through the same life stages from conception through to death. Each stage presents us with unique challenges and opportunities. They represent “tests” of our ability to grow and adapt to the world around us. They also represent different roles and responsibilities that are expected of us as living, breathing, individuals living in society.

Regardless of your age, the world you were born into is not the world you are lively in today. And over the remaining years of your life, it will be changing even more.

In these blog entries, we will be exploring the regularities in your personal development and discussing how your choices are influenced by where you are in your life cycle. We will look at the impact these have on your life and business plans.

We will explore what happens when YOUR LIFE IS YOUR BUSINESS and YOUR BUSINESS IS YOUR LIFE.

We will show you how Life Coaching is a way for preparing yourself for these changes in future entries to this Janus View Blog and in our Newsletter.