The Career Guy

What’s Next, Following an Inner Voice

Episode Summary

This is the final segment of a three-part interview with Chris Wilson, snowboard instructor, hardware associate, helicopter pilot, aircraft maintenance engineer, author, business owner, and entrepreneur. This interview continues from the previous segment where Chris is pondering the idea of what’s next. It is clear that he has established himself and is living the dream. However, he talks about how he starts to entertain the voice in his head that may want more or something else. There is a good insight into how Chris goes about experimenting with an array of ideas to figure out what his desire might be and what he may want to pursue. This is true self-reflection. He talks about hiring a coach and that relationship and how that worked. There is a good discussion on how Chris developed projects such as writing books and how that materialized. He discusses how he embarked on the various avenues in the online world including social media. All this leads to developing an online business where he can give back by assisting others with their career paths. This interview will cater to anyone who is pondering the idea of a career change or starting their career as there are many dialogs on self-reflection and how someone can go about figuring themselves out. More so on how to execute on this as well, note that there are some surprises here. This interview will inspire potential authors as there is a good road map on how to go about writing, editing, and publishing a book. There is a good discussion on entrepreneurship and how someone like Chris has gone about leaving a good-paying day job to pursue a calling and starting his venture. This is an insightful, inspiring, thought-provoking, and informative interview that will leave the listener with sound information on career development.