How do we end up staying so long??
PART 3
What Career Direct taught me about my Wiring
After mortgages, I trainied as a Career Direct consultant and began giving assessments and consultations. LOVED it. (still do!) As a part of my training, I took another assessment where “unstructured” was again my number one personality trait. My first assessment was taken in the middle of mortgages, stress and overwhelm.
Wrestling with the Results
After resigning, the stress was gone and I had to consider — could this actually be true? One of the strengths of this assessment is that it is statistically verifiable, meaning that if you were to repeat the assessment, your numbers would remain the same or very close. Your interests, skills and values may shift, but your personality remains the same. Which is what this second assessment showed — None of my numbers changed more than a couple either way on the continuum, but that “unstructured” trait shifted two points to be the most possible. I questioned my trainer — “how could this be true?” She very gently encouraged me that there are no bad traits. I was seeing a therapist and broached the subject of possibly being A.D.D. She didn’t diagnose, but her “you THINK?” said it all. Over a period of two to three years, the Lord confirmed His design in me and showed me more of the good things about who I am. He also led me to great strategies for those parts that have been hard. (Like “time-blindness”!)
New Things!
This caused a bit of shame since I was from a pretty structured home and should be able to do structure. I led our church in a Job Fair with Better Together. Oh, what fun!! As we were packing up and leaving, I felt the Lord distinctly say, “This is one of the good things I had in mind for you to do.” (Not audibly, but distinctly, nonetheless.) I called the CEO at Better Together and we had breakfast. We decided it would be great to work together! They offered me a part-time, flexible position the following year as a Partnership Manager working to encourage churches to join in the mission. As a pastor’s wife for forever and lover of business, it was a sweet fit and the work felt like a wide-open door that was intuitive in nature. My boss was amazingly great and we approached the work similarly and made great headway in opening a new region in Florida. I can’t TELL you the difference it makes working in your strengths vs. against them. I highly recommend!! My husband and I moved to Virginia the following year and are currently creating a new life here including kids and grandkids, close family, new friends, gardening and lots of new work. The Lord knows what’s next for us . . . and for you! Want to have a conversation about your work?