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Career Reshaped Episode 9: Be Successful in 2025 With a FRESH Start!
What if 2025 wasn’t just another calendar flip—but the year you finally brought clarity to your career?
In this special solo episode of Career Reshaped, Natasha takes you through a refreshing and honest way to start the new year. Forget vague resolutions or pressure to have everything figured out. This is about clearing the clutter in your career and creating space for real growth.
Rather than rushing to land a new job, Natasha encourages you to slow down and reflect on what truly motivates you, why your core values matter, and whether you’re actually in the wrong role—or just the wrong environment.
From setting smart, achievable goals to visualising your ideal workday, this episode offers practical tools that help you build a more intentional path forward. It’s not about hustle—it’s about clarity, purpose, and momentum.
So if you’re job hunting, thinking of a career change, or simply feeling stuck, this episode is your cue to pause, reset, and refocus.
2025 is full of possibility—and this is your starting line.
🎧 Tune in now and give your career the fresh start it deserves. Let’s reshape it—your way.
Discussion Overview
Just like packing away holiday decorations gives your home a reset, the start of the year is a great moment to clear out career clutter—like outdated goals, limiting beliefs, or unfulfilling roles—and realign with what truly matters.
You can’t set meaningful goals without first understanding your strengths. The episode encourages listeners to list their skills and abilities, take a resume refresh or skills assessment, and identify natural talents versus learned skills.
Start by asking yourself: What truly motivates me? What kind of work environment makes me thrive? Visualizing your ideal workday can help uncover hidden needs—or confirm that you’re already where you need to be.
Setting goals like “find a better job” rarely sticks. SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound) bring clarity and structure. For example: “Complete a leadership certificate by April 21st and apply for three team lead roles.”
By turning a big goal into smaller goals, and each smaller goal into specific action steps, you create a clear roadmap. Think: “To become a leader → earn a certificate → research programs → apply → enroll.” Each checked-off step builds momentum.
Set reminders, use planners, and check your progress monthly. The episode suggests using their downloadable Career Planner and visualizing success to stay motivated. Regular reflection and flexibility are key—adjust goals as needed, but don’t give up on them.
Podcast Transcript:
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| 00:00 | hi and welcome to another episode of career reshaped I'm your host Natasha |
| 00:04 | and today I'm recording alone because I wanted to spend some time with you on |
| 00:09 | discussing what 2025 can hold for your career this podcast is your go-to guide |
| 00:15 | for landing your dream job think of it as your free Master Class packed with |
| 00:18 | all the tips advice and strategies you need to take your career to the next |
| 00:23 | level you know that feeling when you're putting away all the decorations you've |
| 00:27 | taken down the tree and everything looks like a clean slate and you start to |
| 00:31 | think oh Now's the Time to declutter the house well it doesn't just have to be |
| 00:35 | about decluttering the house now is a great time to declutter your career too |
| 00:40 | to clean it up and make sure it's heading down the right path some people |
| 00:44 | see the new year as just a roll on days weeks months nothing special but others |
| 00:50 | see the new year as a clean slate time to start fresh or try something new and |
| 00:55 | we all make resolutions and and Promises to ourselves well today we're ditching |
| 01:00 | the resolutions because that's face it traditional New Year's resolutions |
| 01:04 | really work and we're diving into accountable steps to start the year |
| 01:10 | strong in your career this year instead of setting vague goals like just find a |
| 01:14 | new job we're going deeper we're starting with the why not just the what |
| 01:20 | so think about it what truly motivates you and why what are your core values |
| 01:26 | how did they become your core values why are they your core values dig deep and |
| 01:31 | really think about that that gives you an idea of what you want in your |
| 01:35 | workplace what you want in your career now what kind of work makes you feel |
| 01:40 | enthusiastic and and fulfilled and fooled with and filled with passion if |
| 01:45 | you're feeling stuck and you need some inso head over to our resources page on |
| 01:50 | our website I've got lots of blogs on there that you can have a read and have |
| 01:53 | lots of ideas on what else is out there and other ways to self-analyze and dig |
| 01:58 | deep and they will give you some other ideas on your careers that you can think |
| 02:02 | about so anyway now that you've thought about what motivates you what your core |
| 02:06 | values are what's next it's time for self assessment what are you truly good |
| 02:11 | at dust off that resume or maybe even take a skills assessment test the |
| 02:15 | clarity you'll get from self analysis is the key thing that you need to set the |
| 02:21 | right goals for you we ask all of our clients uh to write a list of skills and |
| 02:26 | abilities this is part of their self assessment self analysis process the |
| 02:30 | difference between a skill and an ability is a skill is something that you |
| 02:34 | hone in on over time that you excel at an ability is something that is a to you |
| 02:38 | something that you were born with the example I love to give for this CU it's |
| 02:43 | easy to Envision it is Imagine uh your toddler and you've given them a puzzle |
| 02:49 | box and you look at one toddler and they're fitting the square shape into |
| 02:54 | the square hole the circle shape into the circle hole natural problem solvers |
| 02:58 | then you look over at the toddler and they're trying to smash that circle |
| 03:02 | shape into that square shape and it's just not going in not a natural Problem |
| 03:06 | solver and you don't have to write down all your skills and abilities into |
| 03:10 | separate columns you don't need to do that if you don't want to you can just |
| 03:13 | write the whole list down and again the things that you want to improve on |
| 03:17 | because that's important to know as well whatever you want to improve on you can |
| 03:21 | turn into a skill but the reason we do suggest it into those two separate |
| 03:25 | columns is that way you can really see what you've exceled out throughout your |
| 03:30 | life that you've actually turned into a strong transferable skill so now close |
| 03:35 | your eyes for a moment are they closed picture your ideal work day what does |
| 03:40 | your environment look like who's there are you collaborating with a team or is |
| 03:46 | it just one other person are you thriving in Independence is it fast |
| 03:50 | place and dynamic or calm and methodical this Vision can help guide you towards |
| 03:56 | the right career path it can help you see something that you need or could be |
| 04:02 | lacking now or maybe you're envisioning exactly the environment you're in and |
| 04:05 | there you go you're done you're perfect no problems but if you see some things |
| 04:09 | that come and structured well maybe sales isn't the right role for you so |
| 04:14 | dig deep and think clearly because that vision will guide you towards a lot of |
| 04:19 | other options of where you can be and it could be something completely different |
| 04:23 | to what you are now which could be scary thinking oh my gosh I need to change |
| 04:27 | everything it might not be that it could could just be changing the environment |
| 04:31 | but the job's still the same it's could be about finding the right company but |
| 04:35 | take note of it all it's a self-analysis it's important so now let's talk about |
| 04:40 | goals but not just any goals we're talking about smart goals SM SM a r t |
| 04:45 | specific measurable achievable relevant and time bound so for example instead of |
| 04:52 | saying I want to improve my leadership skills you have to change that into a |
| 04:56 | smart goal so needs to tick those five words so you can change that to say |
| 05:03 | by April 21st I will complete a leadership certificate and apply for |
| 05:10 | three lead team positions can you see the difference there you've made them |
| 05:15 | time bound you made them relevant to what you want measurable achievable |
| 05:19 | because you've given yourself months to complete a certificate now if the |
| 05:23 | certificate's longer easy change the time frame yes it is good to have a time |
| 05:28 | frame set to your goal but life happens this is where people |
| 05:32 | get really hard on themselves and they say I said that I was going to achieve |
| 05:37 | this by April 21st but I'm still doing the course fine it happens push back the |
| 05:42 | goal I'm not saying push it back by a year or two but it needs to be realistic |
| 05:46 | achievable remember that okay so life happens you need to flow with it but do |
| 05:53 | try to maintain that end goal in a realistic time frame and big goals can |
| 06:00 | be overwhelming so break it down into smaller manageable goals and steps what |
| 06:06 | do I mean by this so you've got to write down first your big goal whatever that |
| 06:10 | is and then think of the things that you need to do to achieve that goal those |
| 06:15 | are your little goals and each of those little goals what steps you need to take |
| 06:21 | to actually get there to achieve the smaller goals so it could be you want to |
| 06:27 | enroll you want to become a leader to be become a leader you first need a smaller |
| 06:32 | goal of completing a leadership certificate what do you need to do to |
| 06:36 | complete the leadership certificate the steps are to search for different |
| 06:41 | certifications to apply to those certifications to make sure that you |
| 06:45 | qualify to the certifications so those are the steps the smaller goal is |
| 06:50 | getting the certificate and the Big Goal is becoming a leader so now that you've |
| 06:54 | drilled down highlighted step by step don't forget the accountability find a |
| 06:59 | career set reminders in your phone use the planner to track your progress and |
| 07:04 | you can actually download a free guide from our website from our resources page |
| 07:10 | it's called My Career planner and it outlines exactly in there how to write |
| 07:15 | the goals how to make them smaller and how to do step by steps with time frames |
| 07:19 | and everything oh and one more thing visualize yourself achieving those goals |
| 07:24 | feel the sense of accomplishment honestly it makes a huge difference you |
| 07:27 | can Envision it you see yourself there and you feel that achievement it really |
| 07:33 | helps and also by making it step by step whenever you tick off I've done that |
| 07:39 | step it's tiny it could just be that research of a course but you did it |
| 07:43 | you're that little bit closer to your big goal tick off each step it really |
| 07:48 | makes a difference it really motivates you to go further so as you move forward |
| 07:53 | remember to check in with yourself regularly throughout 2025 maybe once a |
| 07:58 | month aside time to review your progress and adjust your goals if needed as I |
| 08:04 | said it is okay to adjust the goals career Parks aren't always a straight |
| 08:10 | line actually they're very rarely a straight line so embrace the detours and |
| 08:15 | be open to new opportunities as long as they make sense and in line with your |
| 08:20 | goals for the long term it could be that something comes your way and it makes |
| 08:25 | you take a side step but you can see that that side step is still going to |
| 08:30 | help you achieve your goal it could be if we go back to the leadership thing it |
| 08:35 | could be that another course comes up it's not a straight and cut leadership |
| 08:40 | program but it actually opens the doorway to something else it just might |
| 08:44 | be the perfect thing for you to do so be open to those opportunities you never |
| 08:48 | know where one thing can take you and remember you don't have to do this alone |
| 08:53 | connect with me for career coaching or explore the resources on our website |
| 08:57 | we've got tons of helpful artic I Les and guides speak to a friend nothing has |
| 09:02 | to be done alone so that's it for this week's episode I hope you're feeling |
| 09:06 | inspired to take charge of your career in 2025 don't forget to subscribe for |
| 09:11 | more career advice and insights and if you're feeling extra motivated follow us |
| 09:16 | on our socials thanks for listening happy New Year and see you later |
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