Take Control of Your Career

Courtney Bejgrowicz – Grad to Grown-Up

Episode Notes

Courtney Bejgrowicz is the Co-author of Grad to Grown-Up: 68 Tips to Excel in Your Personal and Professional Life; secondary educator; and post-secondary mentor and consultant

In this episode Lauren and Courtney discuss:

• Long- and short-term goal setting
• Following your passion
• Bouncing back and resilience
• Benefits and challenges of remote work, especially for young professionals

Key takeaways:

• It’s important to get to know yourself and gain clarity on your values and what you want in your career
• Writing down your goals will help guide you towards achievement 
• Completing goals and checking them off a list leads to increased satisfaction, self-confidence, independence, and motivation
• Failure is an important step in learning and growing. Everyone, even high achievers, needs to build the resilience muscle to be able to bounce back and grow from failures
• You will be more successful when you love what you are doing and are passionate about it
• When working remotely, you must set boundaries to maintain a work-life balance while also being proactive in connecting with co-workers and leadership to advance your career

“Before you can even set goals, especially long-term ones, you have to know what your foundation is – what do you stand for, what do you believe in – and make decisions with that as your compass.” – Courtney Bejgrowicz

“Take the moments of failure and make sure you are purposeful about them.”

– Courtney Bejgrowicz

“Sometimes you are planted in the wrong soil and you need a new garden to blossom in.”

– Courtney Bejgrowicz

Reach out to Courtney at:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-bejgrowicz-rice-656a64231/ 

Get the book, Grad to Grown-Up: 68 Tips to Excel in Your Personal and Professional Life, here:

Paperback Book: amzn.to/3Ns7wjK 

Reach out to Lauren at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenherring/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenHerringCareerExpert 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenherring 

IMPACT Group Website: www.impactgrouphr.com 

Earn Your Worth Website: www.earnyourworthcareers.com 

IMPACT Group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-group/ 

Earn Your Worth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earn-your-worth-careers/ 

Get the book, Take Control of Your Job Search here:

Paperback Book: https://amzn.to/3tibaCz 

ebook: https://amzn.to/3dk4Cy5