COACHING CONNECTION
FOR YOUNG ADULTS
a free Positive Charge! PDX program for
BUILDING PRACTICAL CAREER & LIFE SKILLS
Has the COVID-19 pandemic obliterated your summer work or internship plans and wiped your social calendar clean? Wondering what your future holds? Is all the uncertainty and social distancing triggering loneliness or depression?
Positive Charge! PDX wants to help. So we asked experts to give their time to share with you tips and information to support you in finding your "pandemic" footing. The result is a series of FREE Sunday, interactive Zoom discussions with Q&A on a variety of topics that will help young people build practical career and life skills. Maybe you'll even find a mentor or a job in the process of participating!
Each Zoom discussion, each person you meet, is one step closer to figuring out your right life. All you need to do is show up!
INTERACTIVE, VIRTUAL CALLS
SUNDAYS
12:00 PT, 3PM ET, 7PM GMT
BEGINNING JUNE 28, 2020
NEXT ONE IN THE SERIES
Here's your Zoom link for all calls in this FREE Sunday series:
https://zoom.us/j/91181373570
Meeting ID: 911 8137 3570
No password required
No pre-registration required
JUST SHOW UP!
YOUNG ADULTS: GOT SOME DISCUSSION REQUESTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE COACHES?
T H E E X P E R T L I N E - U P
stepping up to support YOU!
July 12
Hard-Hitting, Practical, and Straightforward
Guide to Landing a Job
with Steven Kaufman
of Red Fender Consulting, My Cup of Sugar,
and author of
The Garbageman's Guide to Life: How to Get Out of the Dumps
July 19
GET YOUR $ TOGETHER NOW!:
Financial Musts In Your 20s
with Kim Rosenberg, CFP ®,
Certified Financial Planner,
and Managing Principal,
with
July 26
GIVE A LITTLE, GET A LOT:
The Value of Volunteering & Philanthropy
Does it Pay to Not Get Paid?
with Sonia Marie Leikam
Program Officer with
Oregon Jewish Community Foundation
Aug 2 TBD
Aug 9
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON ANXIETY:
Who Is In Control of YOU?
with Bonnie Berg LCSW of
Aug 16
The Profile of a Great Employee:
Who Gets Promoted?
with Steven Kaufman
of Red Fender Consulting, My Cup of Sugar,
and author of
The Garbageman's Guide to Life: How to Get Out of the Dumps
Aug 23
The Top Technology Transitions That Will
Change Your Life and Career Opportunities
with Stephen Saltzman,
strategist, entrepreneur, noted speaker,
and founder of
Saltzman Strategies & Alliances
Aug 30 TBD
Sept 6 - no Coaching Connection . . .
enjoy the Labor Day holiday weekend!
Sept 13
CHANGE YOUR LIFE WITH LinkedIn
with Becki Saltzman
Internationally renowned founder of
Sept 20 - no Coaching Connection . . .
enjoy the Rosh Hashanah holiday!
Sept 27
CRISIS: DANGER OR OPPORTUNITY?
How Are You Responding to the Pandemic &
Other Major Disruptions in Your Life?
with Bonnie Berg LCSW of
Oct 4
OWNING YOUR OWN BUSINESS:
Do I Need an MBA or Common Sense?
with Steven Kaufman
of Red Fender Consulting, My Cup of Sugar,
and author of
The Garbageman's Guide to Life: How to Get Out of the Dumps
Oct 11 TBD
Oct 18 - no Coaching Connection . . .
in-person Positive Charge! PDX Amplify Kindness event
Oct 25
OUTSIDE-IN VS INSIDE-OUT THINKING:
Reclaim Your Power
with Bonnie Berg LCSW of
Nov 1
FINDING YOUR RIGHT LIFE:
To Boldly Go Where You
May Not Have Considered Before
with Steven Kaufman
of Red Fender Consulting, My Cup of Sugar,
and author of
Coaches' Pearls...
Advice to their younger selves, if they were to start all over again...
All experience is great experience. Hard work will get you to your goals. It is OK to try things and not like them, but try them. College was OK for several of my friends, but hands-on work was best for me. I learned best in the field, and I became successful with my type of learning. I had good guidance and great respect for the person who taught me what I know, and I am passing that forward with the people who work for me. Good, honest work and relationships pay off.
I would take time to thoroughly explore and experience my career choices before starting a long and expensive academic program. The academic piece may sound exciting, but the practical application may be the last thing I want to do the rest of my life. Taking the time on the front end to properly investigate my choice for the future is worth every day of experience it brings, even if I learn it's not what I want to do after all.
I would take more time out of high school to learn about and establish a financially wise and responsible routine. This would offer me the flexibility to make my money work for me, work less than full time, and still feel confident and secure that I had everything I needed for myself and others as I grew older.
All of life is a very narrow bridge; your job is to cross it in spite of your fears.
-Rabbi Nachmin of Bratislav
Go forth with good courage.
Know that there are no Mistakes, only learning and growing.
Lean into uncertainty.
Invent Facebook.
Be gentle with yourself.
You might be graduating or have hit a turning point in your life with your career. You might feel a bit lost and not sure where to go. It's okay. Go out there and try as many different things as you can. Don't ever feel like you're wasting your time. The process that you'll be going through will shape you into who you will be. If you let your intuition guide you, you will almost certainly be in your most fulfilled place in the future when you find your purpose in life. Enjoy the journey. Don't rush. Every little path you have to go through will lead you somewhere. And looking back, you will be able to connect the dots. It will all make sense.
You can always pivot and shift. Do not define yourself too strictly. You can be more than your job.
Value Life: Spend the waking hours of your life doing what you enjoy, with people you enjoy. Don't waste the gift of life being unhappy in job, in a career, or with people who don't make you feel good.
Be the Best You: That also means being respectful of others by trying and showing your best effort, and asking for help before the
expectations you set with others become unreachable.
Collaboration is fun and often produces pleasing results.
Negotiate: If you have a complaint for your company, a manager, or anyone in general, be respectful, diplomatic,
and plan to negotiate and work on a solution together.
People like to hear how you're stepping up to be part of the solution, rather than piling more work on them to fix something alone.
Be a good friend. Have good friends.
Openly reach out and welcome those without friends.
