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A few years ago, the Pew Research Center found that only half (49%) of American workers said they were very satisfied with their current job. Three-in-ten were somewhat satisfied, and the remainder said they were somewhat dissatisfied (9%) or very dissatisfied (6%).

For many people, the pandemic only increased any uncertainity they felt about their current career path. Ken Coleman, national bestselling author of The Proximity Principle and From Paycheck to Purpose, often speaks with these job seekers on his radio program The Ken Coleman Show. Known as “America’s Career Coach,” his radio program is a nationally syndicated, caller-driven show that helps listeners who are searching for something more out of their careers.

Coleman found early success in a career in politics and then business before realizing he wasn’t experiencing a passion for either. In this episode of Watching America, he discusses this realization with host Dr. Alan Campbell and explains how questioning his own career path led him into broadcasting and on a journey of helping others identify how to find and prepare for work they will love.

The moment of finding purpose and meaning in your work he says, happens when you are “using what you do best, to do work you love, that will produce results that matter to you.”

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In this interview Coleman explores:

  • Seven steps you can take to transform your career
  • How to ask others in your desired industry for help
  • Why a degree may not be the best way to prepare for a new career
  • The three things that hold people back when they seek career change

“You were born with a unique combination of talent, passion and mission. You were born in a unique time of history. You have the opportunity to affect a unique group of people, to solve a unique problem with a unique solution, to deliver a unique result and contribution that makes the world a better place," Coleman says.

But each of has a responsiblity to act on that.

“There is somebody out there who needs you to show up and be the unique version of you.”

Listen to the full conversation.