Academic Decision Making #12 - Investment into a Skill Set

My Career Passion Project

Common Troubleshooting FAQ - Please Read

Preparation - Common Questions on Troubleshooting how to Use Teachable

The Career Passion Project - Introduction to Career Planning and Development

Introduction to Career Passion Project (7:31)
Benefits Drawbacks and Alternatives to Program
My Personal Cultural Identity (5:53)
My Professional Identity (6:43)

Definition of Career Development

Understanding the term Career (9:29)

Double-Edge Sword of Career Planning - Examining Concepts of Decision-Making, Certainty, Clarity and 'Planning'

Naming and Normalizing Our Desire for Certainty - The Double-Edged Sword (15:28)
Career Planning Myths and Dangers (22:00)
Planning for the Unplanned (14:13)

What's all the Hype about Career Passion and Interests? Brief Review of the Research

1. Introduction - What's So Interesting About Our Interests? (11:10)
1. a) What Fills Your Bucket? (6:58)
1. b) What Fills Your Bucket? (10:44)
1. c) What Fills Your Bucket? (8:02)
2. What Is Sustainable to Your Mental Health and Well Being? (12:04)
3. Can You 'Star' in Your Own Talent Show? (15:48)
4. Developing Peak Performance at Work (18:01)
5. Peak performance in school (12:03)
6. How Much is Your 'Passion' Really Worth? (13:44)
7. Embracing Continuous Improvement & Learning - Part 1 (2:59)
7. Embracing Continuous Improvement and Learning - Part 2 (6:35)
8. Short-Term Love Affair or Long Term Commitment? Does it Matter? (16:29)
9. Passion May Help Light a Fire of Persistence (19:20)
10. Passion as a Vehicle to Maximize Flow - Part 1 (11:09)
10. Passion as a Vehicle to Maximize Flow - Part 2 (9:55)
Career Passion Myths (11:29)

Multiple Gateways into Understanding Career Interests and "Passion" - It's More Than Meets the Eye!

Research on Interests and Person Organization 'Fit' - Part 1 (5:46)
Research on Interests and Person Organization 'Fit' - Part 2 (15:03)
Research on Interests and Person Organization 'Fit' - Part 3 (13:03)
Research on Interests and Person Organization 'Fit' - Part 4 (8:07)

The Career Dream Storm: Exploration and Self-Assessment (Interests Section)

Career Dream Storm Workbook
Introduction to the Career Dream Storm (2:32)
Career Dream Storm - Preparation (7:43)
The Psychology of Achievement Story (3:37)
1. Career Dream Storm - What Lights Your Spark? (16:09)
Childhood fantasies - Playing School Teacher Story (2:39)
2. Career Dream Storm - Interests - Childhood Career Fantasies (4:37)
School Day Memories - Aerobics Story (3:32)
3. Career Dream Storm - Interests - School Day Memories (7:53)
Learning Love Affairs at the Library - Story (4:11)
4. Career Dream Storm - Interests - Learning Love Affairs (5:38)
Finding My 'Home' Story (3:47)
5. Career Dream Storm - Interests - Your Career Path Thus Far (4:47)
6. Career Dream Storm - Interests - Meaning making (18:19)

Career Dream Storm - Exploration of Your Skills

Research Overview: A Closer Look at Our Skills and Abilities (15:26)
What's in Your Treasure Chest of Talent - School Memory Box Story (4:52)
1. Career Dream Storm - Skills - School Accomplishments (8:26)
2. Career Dream Storm - Skills - Life and Career Path Successes (8:58)
3. Career Dream Storm - Skills - Where do you Shine Bright? (8:11)
4. Career Dream Storm - Skills - Meaning Making (6:31)

The Keys to Unlock Your Gifts and Talents - Get Started Now

1. a. Brainstorming & Identifying Types of Skills (10:32)
1. b. The Short Cut Method to Discovering Your Skills (7:02)
2. Name & Claim Your Super Powers through STAR Story Telling (14:40)
3. Visual Mind Map to Discovering Your Skills (4:15)
4. The 2-Step Formula to Naming without Bragging (3:09)
5. Cataloguing and Indexing Skills Within Success Stories (3:23)
6. Make it Stick, "Fire and Wire" Mind Map - Categories and Named Stories (3:44)
7. Success Story Flow Chart (2:31)

Career Dream Storm - Grounding Yourself in Your Values

Research on Values: Seeing the Forest from the Trees - Part 1 (10:10)
Research on Values: Seeing the Forest from the Trees - Part 2 (11:36)
Values Story - Intro - Centrality of Work (5:09)
1. Career Dream Storm - Values - What Values Guide Your Journey? (6:08)
2. Career Dream Storm - Values - Life Calling & Purpose (10:54)
3. Career Dream Storm - Values - Life, Death & Aging (5:50)
4. Career Dream Storm - Values - Meaning-Making (3:57)

Personality and Well-Being Needs

Research on personality (8:58)
Career Dream Storm - Personality & Well-Being - How You Describe Yourself? (6:20)
Career Dream Storm - Personality and Well-Being - Your Well Being Needs (13:56)
Career Dream Storm - Personality and Well-Being - Meaning-Making (3:09)

Career Dream Storm - Hobbies, Leisure and Lifestyle Needs

Career Dream Storm - Hobbies, Leisure and Lifestyle (8:18)
Career Dream Storm - Hobbies, Leisure and Lifestyle - Meaning-Making (3:14)

Where Do I Belong?: "Dream" Workplace Environment

Career Dream Storm - Dream Workplace Environment (11:08)

Making Sense of the Entire Career Dream Storm

Career Dream Storm - Full Meaning Making Summary (8:23)

Expand Your Horizons: Brainstorm Career Path Options

How to brainstorm career path options
#1 From Keywords to Career Paths in a few Clicks! (One of the most comprehensive websites in the USA) (4:39)
#2 From Keywords to Career Paths in a few Clicks! (A Canadian website) (4:37)
#3 Cast a Broad Net Searching based on Industries and Job Families (4:34)
#4 Brainstorm Careers Based On Job Titles, Future Outlook, Wage/Salary, and Fields of Study (Alberta Website) (4:04)
#5 Identify Tons of Occupations Based on Your Education and Coursework (4:14)
#6 Find More Career Paths Based on your Degree Major and Interests (2:56)
#7 From Transferrable Skills to New Occupations (3:59)
#8 Identify Occupations based on a Self-Report Skills Assessment (2:21)
#9 Using Dr. John Holland's Codes to Generate Career Path Options (3:10)
#10 Generate Options Based on Interests and Complete a Free Interests Assessment Online! (4:00)
Mind Map Career Paths Options Based on Interests (3:34)

The Decision Making Process

Importance of Career Decision Making Process
Reflection on My Decision Making

Review and Choose a Career Clarity & Decision Making Tool

1. Career Identity worksheet explanation (2:27)
2. Mind Map - Career Identi-key (6:54)
3. How to Create Your Own Visual Mind Map Decision Making Tool (10:52)
4. Comparing Career Paths with Checkmarks and Question Marks (8:10)
5. Decision Making Tool - The Simple Counting Method (4:21)
6. Decision Making Tool - Highlighting and Colour-coding Approach (3:26)
7. A University's Comprehensive Career Decision Making Chart

Normalize and Cope with Decision Making Fears

Introduction to Unhelpful Thinking Styles (12:22)
Decision Making Fear #1 Fear of Making the "Wrong" Decision (11:23)
Decision Making Fear #2: Fear of Getting Stuck (7:19)
Decision Making Fear #3: Concerns about Worry and Anxiety (5:51)
Decision Making Fear #4: Needing to Get it "Right" (6:17)

Clarifying and Prioritizing Your Action Steps and Career Path Direction

Prioritize and Clarify Your Direction Workbook
1. Clarifying Your Career Direction - Introduction (4:52)
2. Preparation - Clarifying Your Career Direction (2:10)
3. Clarifying Your Career Direction Based on Interests & Passions (12:21)
4. Clarifying Your Career Direction Based on Skills & Abilities (20:10)
5. Clarifying Your Career Path Direction Based on Growth & Advancement (9:22)
6. Clarifying Your Career Direction - Perspectives Considering Your Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Spirit (11:37)
7. Clarifying Career Paths Based on Values (7:28)
8. Career Path Directions that Maximize your Well-Being - Part 1 (9:01)
8. Career Directions that Maximize Your Well-Being - Part 2 (7:57)
8. Career Directions that Maximize Your Well-Being - Part 3 (10:32)
9. Clarifying Your Career Direction - Your Brand and Image (6:59)
10. Clarifying Your Career Direction - Relational Influences (6:45)
11. Clarifying Your Career Path Direction -Cultural Identity of Workplace Environment (12:22)

Breaking Through "Analysis-Paralysis" aka Over-Thinking: Decision-Making Tips

Analysis Paralysis #1 - Fill in Your Knowledge Gaps (5:31)
Analysis Paralysis #2 - Make the Implicit Explicit (4:18)
Analysis Paralysis #3 - Find Your Container (3:39)
Analysis Paralysis #4- Flavour of the day or acquired taste? (1:45)
Analysis Paralysis #5 - How Committed Are You? (2:21)
Analysis Paralysis #6 - GPS your Career Path Options (4:04)
Analysis Paralysis #7 - Identify Your Sticking Points (2:22)
Analysis Paralysis #8 - Confront Your Mental Monsters (5:03)
Analysis Paralysis #9 - Identify the GPS Addresses (3:14)
Analysis Paralysis #10 - Imagining the Future (2:46)
Analysis Paralysis #11 - Shifting Interests and Needs (2:18)
Analysis Paralysis #12 - Crucial Action Experiments (3:32)

Academic Decision-Making: Choosing Your Educational Major

Academic decision making #1- Expand Your Horizons (5:58)
Academic decision making #2 - Examine the Journey and Destination (5:48)
Academic decision making #3 - Sticky Doesn't Mean Stuck (2:24)
Academic decision making #4 - Investment Worthiness (2:11)
Academic decision making #5 - Lifestyle Sacrifices (3:06)
Academic decision making #6- Choosing Once Doesn't Mean Choosing Forever! (3:07)
Academic Decision Making #7 - How Big Is Your Why? (2:03)
Academic decision making #8 - Coping with Psychological Headaches (3:08)
Academic decision making #9 - The Dread of the Difficult (4:48)
Academic decision-making #10 Education that Expands versus Contracts Your Options (2:03)
Academic decision making #11 - History Leaves Clues (2:40)
Academic Decision Making #12 - Investment into a Skill Set (2:14)
Academic decision making #13 - Avoid Leaping in the Dark (1:21)

Returning to School: Decision Making for Choosing Your 2nd, 3rd or 4th Educational Program

Returning to School Decisions #1 - Skill Stacking (4:26)
Returning to School #2 - Skill Diversification (2:34)
Returning to School #3 - Launching a New Foundation of Skills (4:51)
Returning to School Decisions #4 Complimentary Principle (4:51)
Returning to School Decisions #5 - Create Your Curriculum in 3 Steps (12:58)
Returning to School #6 - If Not This, Than What? (6:39)
Returning to School #7 Variation of 5-Why's Question (9:37)
Returning to School #8 - Overestimate the Time it Takes (4:41)

Goal Setting and Action Steps

Goal Setting Exercise

Resource Section

References for the Career Passion Project
A Briefcase Full of Research on the CIP Model
Prioritize and Clarify Your Direction Workbook
Career Dream Storm Workbook
Resources for Self Assessment and Research
My Career Identity Worksheet
Collection of Worksheets and Tools for Skills
Other Worksheets and Tools

Academic Decision Making #12 - Investment into a Skill Set

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