Achieving success
with Balance
A 40 year old corporate professional from Singapore wanted to work on his career aspirations.
He;
- Felt dissatisfied with his career progress.
- Compared himself to colleagues in the same function with similar pedigree and experience.
- Sought clarity regarding his career trajectory.
- Purpose: Explored his core-self: life purpose, values and strength to get a clear idea of who he was as a person.
- Affirmation of strengths: By working on his “I am not good-enough” belief, he reworked his core essence to align with who he is as a person.
- Career: Revisited his career aspirations and his long-term and short-term career trajectory by using our Career Anchor framework. Identified his pattern of comparison and competition leading to stress.
- Envisioning: Prioritized his life actions by envisioning his dream life every year afresh. This allowed him to pick themes to work on in a holistic manner.
- Routines: Identified and committed to a daily routine due to his desire to live a rhythmic life.
- Beliefs: Identified and uprooted many beliefs that were not working for him. and chose new beliefs and actions.
- Emotional exploration: Explored his feelings of fear, anger, and other negative emotions thereby achieving freedom from triggers.
- Career: Achieved two career moves in two international locations. These moves are aligned to his core values and career trajectory. He also identified that he seeks joy and fulfilment, which is beyond his career moves.
- Emotional balance and expression: He went from numbing his emotional pain to gaining control over them and expressing them in a healthy manner over time.
- Shift in perspective: Has been able to take control over his thinking patterns which would previously be a hurdle for him. Now he is able to think in a grounded manner.
- Self-care: He has started prioritizing time for himself, inculcated self-care habits and is able to spend more fulfilling time with his children.
- Decision making: Previously, his decision making process, especially in his personal-life, was characterized by overthinking, over-analysing and procrastination and thereafter feeling guilt. Now, with emotional care, he has been able to make quick and better decisions without overthinking them, leaving him at peace with himself.