144: Do You Hate Your Job? Use the Proximity Principle to Land Your Dream Job (feat. Ken Coleman)

Right now, 70% of Americans aren’t passionate about their work and are desperately longing for meaning and purpose. Maybe you’re one of them. Are you sick of showing-up to a job you hate with a leader you can barely tolerate? Are you tired of living an average daily life and know there’s something better out there, but just don’t know how to reach it? If so, no matter where you’re at in your career path, today’s episode is going to be a gift-wrapped package with your name on it. Today, we’re talking about one basic principle―The Proximity Principle―which can change everything you thought you knew about pursuing a career you love. And joining us today is someone who is no stranger to this time-tested principle. His name? Ken Coleman.

Ken Coleman is a national radio host and career expert whose passion and purpose is to provide his listeners and readers with a simple plan of how positioning yourself near the right people and places can help you land the job you love. But for Ken, living the dream didn’t happen overnight. In the midst of a successful, six-figure career, Ken sat on his back patio one day and realized that living the safe, smart path in which he was working had left his true passion for broadcasting in the dust. So with zero experience and very few connections, he realized that he needed to be intentional about connecting with the right people and being in the right places that would help him turn a side gig into his full-time dream career. And in short, today, he is living that very dream and is going to show you how to step-by-step do the very same thing in whichever field you’re in.

It’s time to eliminate yourself from the large majority of Americans who hate their job. In this week’s conversation, you’ll learn how to connect with the right people and put yourself in the right places, so opportunities will come―and you’ll be prepared to take them.

Key Statements

• When you’re around the right people in the right places, what happens is opportunity.
• Are you willing to do what it takes and wait as long as it takes to pursue your dream job?
• Fear of failure will keep you from taking the first step to make a change.
• You don’t have to move somewhere to go somewhere.
• In order to move to the next level of life, you must know your role, accept your role, and maximize your role.
• Know your role. Accept your role. Maximize your role.
• There’s no such thing as burnout.

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Right now, 70% of Americans aren’t passionate about their work and are desperately longing for meaning and purpose. They’re sick of “average” and know there’s something better out there, but they just don’t know how to reach it. One basic principle―The Proximity Principle―can change everything you thought you knew about pursuing a career you love. In his latest book, The Proximity Principle: The Proven Strategy That Will Lead to a Career You Love, national radio host and career expert Ken Coleman provides a simple plan of how positioning yourself near the right people and places can help you land the job you love. Forget the traditional career advice you’ve heard! Networking, handing out business cards, and updating your online profile do nothing to set you apart from other candidates. Ken will show you how to be intentional and genuine about the connections you make with a fresh, unexpected take on resumes and the job interview process. You’ll discover the five people you should look for and the four best places to grow, learn, practice, and perform so you can step into the role you were created to fill. After reading The Proximity Principle: The Proven Strategy That Will Lead to a Career You Love, you’ll know how to connect with the right people and put yourself in the right places, so opportunities will come―and you’ll be prepared to take them. Buy The Proximity Principle: The Proven Strategy That Will Lead to a Career You Love now.

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