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February 12, 2018 by Jim Peacock 2 Comments

How to help your clients / students create luck. (Yes you can create luck!)

So… Can you create luck? In Gregg Levoy’s book Callings, he devotes a chapter to synchronicity, another way to create luck in your search for your new career path. Synchronicity is a coincidence...a meaningful coincidence that can inform us, primarily through intuition. Chemist Louis Pasteur said, “Chance favors the prepared mind.” Yes, you can create luck and Dr Richard Wiseman proves it in his book, The Luck Factor. (Read my book review here). Two things you need are to be open to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: create luck, happenstance, intentional serendipity, luck, serendipity

March 12, 2016 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

From Chaos to Creativity and Careers. William H. Stone

Chaos. Serendipity. Happenstance. Luck. This IS how people find work throughout their career development. I am a huge fan of the Happenstance Learning Theory and my personal philosophy is what I call "intentional serendipity". You need to be "intentional" and take action and the open t opportunities that you create. Chaos theory has many crossovers. I love that this book not only explains how chaos is normal in our lives and how you can use it to create your opportunities, but also weaves in … [Read more...]

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July 29, 2015 by Jim Peacock 3 Comments

Four Things You Can Do To Keep Your Clients Out of Their “Panic Zone”

“Get out of your comfort zone.” We’ve all heard this but some people think that there is only one zone beyond “comfort” and they call it “panic” or “freakout”.  Bryan Murphy who recently took a seminar from me explains to his students that there are actually three zones to think about. Comfort zone, where no learning takes place. People are complacent here and often go through the motions that they are doing something. Freakout or panic zone, again, where no learning takes place. When you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: comfort zone, embrace serendipity, failure, fear of failure, getting out of your comfort zone, panic zone, serendipity, stretch zone

July 14, 2015 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

Fail Fast, Fail Often. Babineaux & Krumboltz

Fail Fast, Fail Often. How Losing Can Help You WIN. By Ryan Babineaux, Ph.D., and John Krumboltz, Ph.D. I saw John Krumboltz speak at Maine Career Development in June (2015) and he and a colleague of his had just come out with this book. As a believer in "all things serendipitous" and that failing is key to trying new things, I NEEDED to have this book. In order to move forward, we need to take action. When you take action, occasionally you fail. Your only other choice is NOT to take … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Fail fast, happenstance, intentional serendipity, serendipity

September 17, 2014 by Jim Peacock 8 Comments

Undecided? Or open to opportunities? 5 things you can do to be “open to opportunities.”

Here are some points I try to keep in mind when working with undecided individuals. Are you really “undecided” about your career choices or are you “open to opportunities?” If you are not sure what you want to do, the first step is to change your mindset. I truly believe most people are NOT undecided. It does not take me long to determine if a person is more “people focused” or more “math / science / structure” focused and all I need to do is ask them if they’d like to do something that is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: happenstance, intentional serendipity, open to opportunities, serendipity, skills for work, trusting your instincts, undecided

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