Listen to an Uncommon Conversation from July 17th, 2008 – Test Drive Your Dream Job
By Katherine Gotshall English
Listen to the call below:
Book It! Words for the Soul
Thursday, July 17th at 3:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time
Host: Lynn Kindler
Guest: Brian Kurth — wise and insightful motivator, practical and pragmatic dreamer
Book title: Test Drive Your Dream Job
What you need is a vacation! What you need is a new job!
Catch two birds with one net! Why not go on a fascinating vacation…and… while you’re at it, test drive your dream job!
Hunt for buried treasure at the bottom of the ocean, work on a dude ranch, be an innkeeper, a chef, a music producer or a winemaker.
Go on a long vacation and intern for a dream job.
Join Lynn Kindler, host of the of the program series: Book it: words for the soul, as she talks with Brian Kurth about the opportunities awaiting you when you combine vacations with job explorations.
Guest: Brian Kurth, founder and president of Vocation Vacations is our guest at this month’s Book it: words for the soul. Please go to http://www.vocationvacations.com to learn about the story and the launch of this Oregon-based company.
Host: Lynn Kindler previously interviewed two individual authors for Uncommon Conversations in May and June. This is the third call in this series especially produced for The Coaching Commons. For background and more information on host Lynn Kindler go to: http://www.sacredpathcoaching.com.
Design of the Call: Listeners are invited to call 3 minutes prior to the beginning of the call. The first half of the call will be a conversation between the host and the guest. The second half of the call will be open to listener participation. The recorded call will begin at 3:00 pm and end at 4:00 pm eastern
Book it: words for the soul is one of a series of programs designed exclusively for The Coaching Commons. This is part of a series entitled 2008-The Year of Uncommon Conversations produced by Katherine Gotshall English. Mark your calendars for the following future programs: August 21 and September 18. All programs will begin at 3:00 pm Eastern. Register once during the series and attend all the ‘Book it’ calls.
As always, please post your thoughts/questions below.
Comment by Coach Lynn Kindler on 17 July 2008:
Hi everyone, Lynn here
Great call today with Brian Kurth, Founder of VocationVacations. Thanks to all those who joined us!
Couple of pieces of information that I promised during the call. For those of you who live in New York, Brian will be at the Paramount Hotel on Wednesday, July 23 for a Happy Hour (free copies of his book are being given!). For more information, you may go to http://briankurth.wordpress.com/. You can also send an email to events@vocationvacations.com for information about the New York Happy Hour and other cities that Brian will be visiting.
His book title (once again) is “Test-Drive Your Dream Job”. It is chock-o-block full of good information from A to Y about how to land the job of your dreams.
There’s no time like the present to live the life of your dreams!
Comment by Coach Lynn Kindler on 15 July 2008:
Incidentally, if you happen to be a Career Coach, you may be interested in checking out VocationVacations as a place for you to offer your services. You may go to http://www.vocationvacations.com/Dream_Job_Coaching/Are_you_a_life_coach.php for more information.
Comment by Coach Lynn Kindler on 9 July 2008:
Hi everyone, Lynn here
I promise you and inspiring interview with Brian Kurth. I stumbled across Brian about 3-4 years ago when I came across a two-page advertorial inside FastCompany Magazine that featured Brian. Evidently he won some contest (Brian? What was it?!) about coming up with an inspiring new business.
Well, I liked the pictorial and photo of him but continued on reading the magazine. Then my inkling niggled me and I had to go back and look at the ad again. I noticed the photo was shot in a barn. Very nice. Kept on flipping through the magazine. My inkling niggled again. Finally, I went back to the ad and noticed that midway through the page there was a gold line across the page. On one end it had written, “trying to figure out your life’s goal”, at the center it said, “others trying to figure out their life’s goal” and then on the other end it said, “purpose: finding out your life’s goal is to help others find theirs”.
I’ve been hooked ever since. I found Brian on the net and emailed him to tell him I loved his idea and would like to be a Coach with him. I’ve been with him ever since.
There is hope, there are good, talented people in the world who want to help others to do their purpose and Brian has found a vehicle for all of that!
Come with your questions, come with your curiosity but most importantly, be there!!
lk