Courtney Bejgrowicz – Grad to Grown-Up

Author: Lauren Herring
Published: Thu 09 Jun 2022
Episode Link: https://take-control-of-your-career.simplecast.com/episodes/courtney-bejgrowicz-grad-to-grown-up-MoS_GeAN

Courtney Bejgrowicz is the Co-author of Grad to Grown-Up: 68 Tips to Excel in Your Personal and Professional Life; secondary educator; and post-secondary mentor and consultant

In this episode Lauren and Courtney discuss:

Long- and short-term goal setting
Following your passion
Bouncing back and resilience
Benefits and challenges of remote work, especially for young professionals

Key takeaways:

It’s important to get to know yourself and gain clarity on your values and what you want in your career
Writing down your goals will help guide you towards achievement
Completing goals and checking them off a list leads to increased satisfaction, self-confidence, independence, and motivation
Failure is an important step in learning and growing. Everyone, even high achievers, needs to build the resilience muscle to be able to bounce back and grow from failures
You will be more successful when you love what you are doing and are passionate about it
When working remotely, you must set boundaries to maintain a work-life balance while also being proactive in connecting with co-workers and leadership to advance your career

“Before you can even set goals, especially long-term ones, you have to know what your foundation is – what do you stand for, what do you believe in – and make decisions with that as your compass.” – Courtney Bejgrowicz

“Take the moments of failure and make sure you are purposeful about them.”

– Courtney Bejgrowicz

“Sometimes you are planted in the wrong soil and you need a new garden to blossom in.”

– Courtney Bejgrowicz

Reach out to Courtney at:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-bejgrowicz-rice-656a64231/

Get the book, Grad to Grown-Up: 68 Tips to Excel in Your Personal and Professional Life, here:

Paperback Book: amzn.to/3Ns7wjK

Reach out to Lauren at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenherring/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenHerringCareerExpert

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenherring