Build Your Career By Design

Design Your Ideal Path Between Employment and Entrepreneurship.

Ever feel stuck at a career crossroads, wondering whether you should climb the corporate ladder or build something of your own? You’re not alone. Countless talented professionals struggle with this exact decision.

The truth is, the “job vs. business” question isn’t one-size-fits-all. Your ideal path depends on your unique combination of strengths, circumstances, values, and vision.

That’s why we created Build Your Career By Design – not to push you toward either option, but to help you design the path that’s genuinely right for YOU.

This Course Is For You If:

You’re considering a transition from employment to entrepreneurship but aren’t sure if it’s the right move

You’ve tried entrepreneurship but wonder if you might actually thrive in the right organizational role

You want to make intentional career decisions based on self-knowledge rather than external expectations

You seek to align your work with your larger purpose, whether that’s within a company or by creating something new

What Makes This Course Different

Most career courses either push you toward “escaping the 9-to-5” or climbing traditional career ladders. We take a different approach. Through practical frameworks, honest insights, and guided reflection, we help you uncover which elements of employ‐ ment and entrepreneurship align with your unique wiring.

What You’ll Learn

  • How to accurately assess the risks of both paths beyond conventional wisdom
  • Your personal needs for structure versus autonomy
  • How your relationship with failure impacts your career satisfaction
  • The different types of value created in employment versus entrepreneurship
  • Practical strategies to test entrepreneurial waters without risking everything
  • How to design your career based on your vision and legacy, not just skills and circumstances

Course Structure

This self-paced course includes 16 video lessons (approximately 3 minutes each), downloadable worksheets, and reflection exercises.

You’ll walk away with a personalized framework for making your next career move with confidence.

Stop second-guessing your career direction. Join us and design a path that truly fits who you are and what you want to create in the world.

Course Highlights

  • How to accurately assess the risks of both paths beyond conventional wisdom
  • Your personal needs for structure versus autonomy
  • How your relationship with failure impacts your career satisfaction
  • The different types of value created in employment versus entrepreneurship
  • How to identify and transform self-limiting narratives that may be constraining your possibilities
  • Ways to develop visionary thinking that can be applied in both employment and entrepreneurship
  • Practical strategies to test entrepreneurial waters without risking everything
  • How to design your career based on your vision and legacy, not just skills and circumstances
  • How to discover your hidden self within your unique gifted talents
  • How to understand your timeline and remove obstacles in your transformation roadmap

Course Content

Day 1: Foundations & Mindset
10 Topics
Welcome to Build Your Career By Design
The Reality of Your Professional Timeline
The Reality of Your Professional Timeline Activity
The Career Myth That’s Holding You Back
Situational Conversation – The Employee vs Entrepreneur Spectrum
Your Relationship with Failure
The Risk Reality Check
Situational Conversation – The Risk Assessment
Your Financial Truth
Transitioning from Day 1 to Day 2
Day 2: Personal Alignment
10 Topics
Situational Conversation – Separating Money Facts from Money Fears
The Autonomy-Structure Spectrum
The Inner Dialogue That Shapes Your Path
Your Hidden Strengths and Blind Spots
Seeing What Isn’t There – The Abraham Wald Story
The Side Hustle Strategy
Reflection Dialogue – The Side Hustle Reality Check
Transitioning from Day 2 to Day 3
Day 3: Social & Strategic Elements
11 Topics
The Social Factor
Task Work – Building Relationships That Design Your Career
Reflection Dialogue – The Loneliness Reality Check
Building Skills vs. Building Equity
Situational Conversation – Building Skills vs Building Equity
The Sand Clock Perspective: Irreversibility and Career Design
The Timeline Truth
Task Work – Why Your Career Timeline Belongs to You Alone
What Nobody Tells You About Starting a Business
Reflection Dialogue – The Innovation Trap
Transitioning from Day 3 to Day 4
Day 4: Career Paths & Meaning
10 Topics
What Nobody Tells You About Corporate Careers
Finding Meaning in Work
Reflection Dialogue – The Dream Job Illusion
Creating Your Legacy
Reflection Dialogue – The Comparison Trap
Visionary Thinking in Career Design
Reflection Dialogue – The Pivot Moment
Design Your Experiment
Task Work – Transform Your Career by Embracing Your Values
Transitioning from Day 4 to Day 5
Day 5: Future-Proofing & Implementation
14 Topics
The Loyalty Reality Check
Reflection Dialogue – The Family Conversation
Beyond Job Security – The Promise of Employability
Navigating the AI Revolution – From Disruption to Transformation
Task Work – Five Essential Dimensions of Career Redesign
Situational Conversation – Navigating the AI Revolution
Your Next Step Forward
Clearings: Removing What Blocks Your Natural Growth
The Power of Self-Discovery in Designing Your Career
Course Conclusion
Private Career Counseling Services
Invitation to Join The Career Nudge
PLDC Discount Offer
Certificate

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