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Developing a Strategy for Pursuing your Work-Life Goals - Dr. Lynn Friedman

My article: Envisioning your work-life plan:http://www.drlynnfriedman.com/envisioningcareergoals.html spawned a lot of questions. People wanted to know - what if you know what you want to do but you can't quit figure out how to do it? Much of this will be addressed in my Washington, DC seminar this Tuesday, June 2nd, from 7-9. However, many who wrote to me are living elsewhere.
 
So, if you know what you want to do but don't know how to go about doing it, here are some steps that you might take.
 
What if you know what you want to do -- but you aren't sure where to begin? What if you know that you want to become a doctor or a computer graphic artist or teacher or to start a daycare center -- Or, on a more personal vein, what if you know that you want to find Mr. or Ms. Right, but you aren't sure how to go about it or where to look.
 
In other words, what if you have a goal, but you aren't sure about how to even start creating a plan to pursue your goal?
 
To read more, see here:http://www.drlynnfriedman.com/developingstrategycareergoals.html
 
If you like these articles and would like to read more on this topic, you can follow me on twitter, http://www.twitter.com/drlynnfriedman
 
Best to all,
 
Lynn Friedman
 
 
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Lynn Friedman, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst
Organizational/work-life consultant
Coming Soon: June 2, 2009, 7 - 9 pm: Seminar: Getting the Jobs, clients & gigs to come to you
http://www.thingstododc.com/events.php?show=1296
5480 Wisconsin Avenue, Ste 206
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(301) 656-9050
Associate faculty, Johns Hopkins University
http://www.drlynnfriedman.com
http://www.drlynnfriedman.typepad.com/
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Envisioning your Career Goals: Part One - Dr. Lynn Friedman

Envisioning Your Career Goals - Dr. Lynn Friedman
 
I received feedback asking me how one might go about figuring out ones career and life goals. Here are some thoughts:
 
Ask a random sample of people about their work-life, and you will learn that it can be thrilling and wonderful -- terrible and miserable -- and everything in between. Ask them when they thrive and when they struggle, and you will consistently learn that work-life trials and tribulations break down into three categories:
 
What do you want to do with your life?
How do you develop a strategy for doing it?
How do you galvanize yourself to get started?
To read more, here's an article that I've written. It's been published on the DC Web Woman site and on my own site:
 
http://www.drlynnfriedman.com/envisioningcareergoals.html
 
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Lynn Friedman, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst
Organizational/work-life consultant
Coming this Tuesday:
June 2, 2009, 7 - 9 pm: Seminar: Getting the Jobs, clients & gigs to come to you
http://www.thingstododc.com/events.php?show=1296
5480 Wisconsin Avenue, Ste 206
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(301) 656-9050
Associate faculty, Johns Hopkins University
http://www.drlynnfriedman.com
Follow me at: http://www.twitter.com/drlynnfriedman
http://drlynnfriedman.typepad.com/
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How to Gain Entry Into Any Setting

You know the kind of work that you'd like to do and you know the setting in which you'd like to do it. But, how do you gain entry? That is, how do you negotiate that elusive problem of gaining entry into unfamiliar terrain? In thinking about my upcoming seminar, Getting the Jobs, referrals and gigs to come to you, I reviewed this article -- that I wrote for the Washington Post. I hope you find it helpful. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/23/AR2005112300917.html
 
Best to all, LVF
 
 
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Lynn Friedman, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, Organizational/work-life consultant
Associate faculty, Johns Hopkins University
5480 Wisconsin Avenue, Ste 206, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(301) 656-9050
www.drlynnfriedman.com
http://drlynnfriedman.typepad.com/
http://twitter.com/drlynnfriedman
June 2, 2009, 7 - 9 pm: Seminar: Getting the Jobs, clients & gigs to come to you

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Not for College Students Only: Laying the Groundwork for your Job Search

The kind remarks of a fellow SSFS alum inspired me to post some more articles that I've written for recent college grads and their families. 

Time to Hit the Pavement

How to Approach the Job Search

By Lynn Friedman, PhD.

Special to washingtonpost.com

After four years of hard work, you've graduated. Now, you're looking for a job. You're not really sure what kind of job. You didn't know it would be so hard. You went to an excellent school and you did well. With all of that work, you thought someone would "give" you a job; after all you earned it. Right? Wrong. Here's the bad news. No one owes you a job. Still worse, the slow call-back practices of many employers are demoralizing. So, what steps can you take to get that job -- tomorrow?

Here are 10 steps to job-hunting success:

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/29/AR2005062901435.html

As many of you know, In the office, where I specialize in work-life, relationships and self-esteem, I tend to see two main groups: young adults/adolescents (these days ages, 15-35) and fifty-something professionals - mostly, professionally successful men (but ever increasingly more woman) who are trying to navigate dealing with the impact of their successful careers on their families and the important people in their lives.  Beyond this, for years, I've taught at the college, graduate and postdoctoral levels, at Carnegie Mellon, Hopkins and at the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. Consequently, I tend to hear about difficulties, "launching" from adult children and parents-alike. I'll continue to post articles on this important topic. Best wishes for a Happy Holiday to all. 

LVF

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Lynn Friedman, Ph.D.

Clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst

Organizational/work-life consultant

5480 Wisconsin Avenue, Ste 206

Chevy Chase, MD 20815

(301) 656-9050

Associate faculty, Johns Hopkins University

www.drlynnfriedman.com

www.corporationsonthecouch.com

http://drlynnfriedman.typepad.com/

June 2, 2009, 7 - 9 pm: Seminar: Getting the Jobs, clients & gigs to come to you

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