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Gone are the days when people would work 30 years in one company, let alone one career. In this fast-changing world, it\u2019s important to explore and navigate new career opportunities with as much knowledge and preparation as you can. Business expert Jon Acuff\u2019s new book, Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck<\/em><\/a> explains how you can better handle career changes.<\/p>\n

Acuff has written 5 books and feels that enriching the business community is God\u2019s calling on his life. He says he wrote Do Over<\/em> to generate hope as well as give people practical career advice.<\/p>\n

The most basic of his advice is his concept of having a Career Savings Account to draw on. The CSA consists of your relationships, skills, character and hustle.<\/p>\n

He defines relationships as people you know, skills as what you do, character as who you are, and hustle as how you work. \u201cAll four are equally important. They temper each other,\u201d Acuff tells Guideposts.org. \u201cYou need to have all four of these things in balance in order to make a career change. If you are missing one, you will not reach your full potential. \u201c<\/p>\n

When your CSA is in order, you\u2019ll be able to know when to leave a bad work situation, and more important, when to leave a good one, as too much comfort in a good job might actually placate you from pursuing your true calling.<\/p>\n

Acuff shared with Guideposts.org his top 5 tips for making a career change:<\/p>\n

1) Be honest about your expectations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ask yourself: Why do I want to make a career change? What am I expecting the new job to offer me? What are my expectations about my current job? Acuff says that you sometimes have a fantasy version of what you think a dream job is, and when your current job doesn\u2019t meet that, you think it\u2019s time to go. However, you should be realistic. Every job will have things that you don\u2019t want to do \u2013 that\u2019s part of working. He says sometimes people get stuck in wanting the new job to be the perfect job. But if you are currently unemployed, it is about finding the next job and not the best job.<\/p>\n

2) Do research.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to the internet, you can no longer say \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d You can find the answer to just about anything. So if you\u2019re going to make a career change, Acuff says you should find people who are doing what you want to do and ask them a question about it. Or ask them what books they would recommend to read. Acuff says that you make impulsive career jumps when you don\u2019t take the time to do research. But if you do the research, and talk to people who are doing what you want to do, you’ll have the most information and will therefore be able to make the best decision.<\/p>\n

3) Build your team. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Now is the time to build the team that\u2019s going to help you make the career change. You weren\u2019t meant to do life alone, Acuff says, and that includes changing where you work. You need everything from casual friendships who can expose us to people and places outside our circle, to advocates or mentors who can tell us the truth about ourselves. You also need to ask people for help. After all, relationships often get you the first gig.<\/p>\n

4) Sharpen old skills and learn new ones.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Be honest with yourself. Identify what skills you have, and figure out what skills you need to make a career change. Relationships may get you the first gig, but skills will get you the second. Even if you love your best friend, Acuff says, if she can\u2019t cut hair well, you won\u2019t go back a second time. The best way to become \u201cstuck proof\u201d is to learn new skills. If you are not sure what your skills are, Acuff has an exercise in Do Over<\/em> for how to identify them.<\/p>\n

5) Hustle. <\/strong><\/p>\n

If relationships get you the first gig and skills get you the second, every other gig you will get will be based on hustle. Hustle may have a negative connotation these days, Acuff says, describing it as sounding like an Axe body spray scent–but it is important. Hustle is an act of focus, not frenzy. Part of why people get stuck is because they don\u2019t put in valuable time against a valuable decision; instead, they spend too much time on time-wasters like fantasy football. With hustle, you put in the time, and are brave about the decisions you are making. Don\u2019t put valuable time into things that don\u2019t matter, Acuff says.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I am afraid to make the wrong decision when I feel stuck,\u201d he says. \u201cBut I have to remember that God\u2019s ability to do what He wants to do in my life isn\u2019t limited by my ability to make the right decision.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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