The path to reaching your work life goals - getting a new job, changing careers, re-entering the workplace, launching a new business - requires a price of passage. And it may not be what you think. Test your intent, willingness and readiness to pursue your goals by answering the five questions below.

Are you prepared to pay the price to 

Your ability to persevere through tough times is one of your most valuable assets. The courage to keep going - to pursue your dreams, find a new job or change careers - calls for tenacity you probably don’t even know you have. Your determination to stay the course, even when nothing seems to be happening, will help you prevail.

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Have you lost sight of your goal or become weary in its pursuit? Whether you’re looking for a new job or growing a small business, there will be times when you feel out of kilter, unfocused, unmotivated. It’s the nature of transition - ebb and flow. Times of burnout and disinterest will be followed by spurts of energy, renewal, 

How you see yourself - matters. Your perspective will influence how well you present yourself to the marketplace. It impacts how much energy, time and quality effort you’ll actually devote to find a job, generate new business, get great clients or change careers. Is your current point of view holding you back - or is it serving you?

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Do you feel like you’re on the bridge to nowhere? Many of us are crossing one kind of bridge or another now. Winning a new job, changing careers, starting a business or taking on creative projects are journeys. They ask you to reach, risk and to move from where you now are to where you want to be.

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