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by
Bill Dueease
Copyright © 2004
Are you a professional
mother?
(Motherhood is a true profession, whether acknowledged or not)
Do you find your mothering skills are in less
demand?
Are the fruits of your efforts, your children,
growing up? You will always be their mother, but as they enter school
or college they will spend much less time with you.
Do you feel less of a person, or even somewhat lost,
because you are no longer a full time mother?
Does the thought of doing something else
appear to be overwhelming? Do you wonder how you will find another profession
to partially replace motherhood and give you the personal rewards you
received from being a mother?
Welcome to the beginning of your new and rewarding
life.
Here are 7 secrets to converting the vast
knowledge and skills you gained while being a mother into starting your
next successful career.
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You have already accumulated considerable knowledge and skills during
the years of being a professional mother. You have been a teacher, leader,
organizer, conflict mediator, financial consultant, personal mentor, personal
inspiration, activity counselor, transportation expert, event coordinator,
homemaker, health consultant, cook, professional buyer, cleaning consultant,
spiritual consultant, fashion consultant, food consultant, wife, psychologist,
confidant, activity supporter and fan, and the list goes on too long to
continue in this short space. Wow! Sounds extremely impressive when you
really look at it. In truth, it is. The considerable experience you have
in so many areas provides you with the ability to perform quite well in
an untold number of other professions. You have much more to offer than
you can see from your perspective.
Your number one focus as a mother has been on your children. Not you.
You spent considerable time and effort to assure the growth, success,
health, happiness, and safety of you children. That was wonderful. You
now have the time and energy to focus first on you. This sounds like a
simple step, but it is a very big one. You naturally put yourself aside
for your children, and it felt good. You will not be abandoning your children.
In fact, most children love to see their parents develop new and successful
lives. Permit yourself the right, without guilt or hesitation to enjoy
focusing on you.
You will want to look into yourself and discover what your true passions,
desires, talents and beliefs are. You probably know more about your childrens
and your husbands passions, desires, priorities, and talents than
you do your own. Your passions and desires were probably wrapped up in
your children and husband. You will undoubtedly now have new ones. But
what are they? It is time to find a way to become the worlds leading expert
on you. You are now entitled to explore and discover yourself.
As a mother, you became a jack-of-all-trades and a master of some. This
presents you with the opportunity to become overwhelmed. You have too
many choices. However, after you become the worlds leading expert on you,
you can easily develop or define a new career that will allow you to fulfill
your true wants, needs and passions. Your new career will give you the
satisfaction and rewards you want while allowing you to do what you love.
The clearer your understanding and definition of your desired new career,
the better. You eliminate the fear of the unknown, and you greatly increase
the chances of your successful entrance into your chosen new career.
You will undoubtedly want to carry on your position as a mother, but in
a reduced manner. You will be able to create a new career around your
desire to continue raising your children. It does not have to be an all
or nothing change. You may want to progressively shift into your new career
as you steadily move out of full time mothering, until your last child
has gone onto a more independent life.
Your journey from full time motherhood to your new career is almost impossible
to accomplish and much too important to attempt without help from someone.
It is certainly not a self-help program. Making this journey alone will
be very difficult and not much fun. Seek help from someone you trust who
has your best interests at heart and who will provide you the objective
non-critical mirror to see yourself and what you really want. Just like
we must look into a mirror to see our faces because of where our eyes
are located, we must have another person act as our outside mirror to
see our inner selves. The fresh perspective others will provide you of
your talents, passions and abilities will be exhilarating and very valuable.
Creating a journey team will assist you to achieve your goals faster,
with fewer errors and in a more enjoyable manner.
Now that you know what you want to do and why, you will want to pursue
your new career in the manner that best suits you. Many mothers feel that
they must go back to school and get a degree or some kind of training
to get a job. This is rarely necessary. You will be amazed at how little
training you will really need, because of your extensive experience in
mothering. You will also be amazed at how attractive you will be to many
employers.
Here are just some of the reasons employers
would consider you to be very desirable:
1. You are a very mature person (stability)
2. You have considerable experience in many facets of work (flexibility)
3. You will require much less management by others (efficiency)
4. You will be enthusiastic about your chosen career and you will be very
focused to succeed (dedicated)
5. You will be able to step in right away and be very productive (productivity)
6. You will know what you can do and will be trainable to increase your
skills (increasingly productive)
7. You will have progressively less need to deal with mothering issues
as your children continue to become more independent (fewer distractions)
8. You are not likely to become pregnant (reliability)
9. Your employer will be very pleased and impressed that you chose him/her
to begin your ideal career (honor)
Motherhood is a profession that requires intense and constant effort and
attention to your children in their very younger years. (think 2:00 AM
feedings and diaper changes) However, as you assist your children to grow
up (to eventually be on their own) the time, and energy requirements to
be an excellent mother diminish. At some point and time you will want
to fill the additional time you gain as your children go off to school,
to fulfill your own achievements.
This is a very important new journey, and you want to do it right. Your
successful handling of the very difficult and multifaceted motherhood
profession qualifies you to become very successful in a whole host of
other careers. The key is to pick the career that best suits you and your
desires, before beginning your journey. You will be very surprised how
successful you will be at attaining your new career, once you have targeted
your ideal position. Smart employers will welcome you.
Provided as an educational service by Bill Dueease of The Coach Connection,
where connecting great people with great coaches is their
goal. You may receive a free copy of the article The Ten Paths to
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