You have transferable skills!

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Host: Jim Hughes, Christian Life Coach

All of us have transferable skills. Transferable skills are not about expertise, knowledge, or experience. Transferable skills are the basic ways that we get whatever we have to do done.

We each have favorite transferable skills -- our favorite ways to get things done. That's part of the special way God made us.

You can determine what your favorite skills are by writing stories about a problem or goal that you faced. The story should tell what the goal was, what the obstacles were, then step by step very specifically what you did, and finally what the result was. You should pick times when you really enjoyed what you did and were pleased with the results.

For a detailed description of how to write and process the stories, and for a list of the physical, information, and people skills, see this link on my "Making Career Changes" blog. While you're there, you might find other posts that are helpful as well.

Vocation: What God Has Given You to Do

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Vocation: What God Has Given You to Do

Host: Jim Hughes, Christian Life Coach

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What will you do with YOUR retirement?

Show Notes:

Host: Jim Hughes, Christian Life Coach

Statement from Dave Phillip's wife as he was preparing to retire in 1994: "I'm not going to live with you unless you know where you're going to go on September 1." The rest of the story is that they went on to co-found Cincinnati Works.

We all deserve to have someone ask us that question: What are you going to do with your retirement -- and I want specifics!

If you can't answer this question with specifics, then now's the time to get busy developing your plan!

Halftime for Ordinary Folks

Show Notes:

Host: Jim Hughes, Christian Life Coach

Link to Gordon McDonald's article "Leader's Insight: A Halftime Calling for Ordinary Folks"

• What does one do with the gift of all those extra years?
• Halftime may not be for everyone -- aimed at people who want to be social entrepreneurs
• Ordinary folks can serve in many effective roles during retirement