Developing a Strategy for Pursuing Work-life Goals: Dr. Lynn Friedman

Thank you for your thoughtful comments about yesterday's post. I wanted to provide you with 
an updated link to my Washington Post's article on Achieving Work-life Balance:
 www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/29/AR2005112900883.html

In response to yesterday's posting, many of you indicated that you had a pretty good idea about what you want
as to your dreams and goals but less of an idea of how to get started.  Here's part 2 of yesterday's article.

The column below, by Dr. Lynn Friedman, was originally published on the DC Web Women site

This is the second part of a three-part series on developing and pursuing work-life goals. Part I dealt with how to identify your work-life goals and examined obstacles that interfere with this task.

But, 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?

First, ask yourself what it will take to achieve your goal. What steps do you need to take? If you don't know, you need to do a little research.

Here are some of the several ways to research:www.drlynnfriedman.com/developingstrategycareergoals.html

Best to all, LVF
Lynn Friedman, Ph.D.
Psychologist, psychoanalyst, work-life consultant
Faculty Associate, Johns Hopkins University
5480 Wisconsin Avenue Chevy Chase, MD 20815 301.656.9650 
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