Planning for Passion in Your Career: Make Passion Your Competitive Advantage


The work you do has the potential to be an incredible source of energy and inspiration. And when you’re on fire about your work, it doesn’t just feel good – it also gives you a competitive advantage in the job market. In today’s uncertain environment, that’s more important than ever.

If you want to tap into the high-voltage energy that comes from a career that lights you up, this workshop is for you! Based on "The Occupational Adventure Guide," Curt Rosengren's Passion Pursuit / Career Development model, this workshop gives you a nuts-and-bolts approach to consciously build passion into your career.

Through Curt's presentation, group interaction, and journaling, by the end of the workshop you will understand how to use the model to:

  • Discover your Passion Factors, the unique and individual sources of your passion.
  • Create your Passion Core, the internal compass that will help you identify your passion path and ensure you stay there.
  • Identify opportunities to bring more juice into what you do today.
  • Identify possible paths that will energize and inspire you.
  • Tap into the potential of passion as a competitive advantage in your career.

This nuts-and-bolts, easy-to-implement approach to building a career you love will give you the conceptual tools you need to take a practical approach to getting the most out of your career.

Speaker: Curt Rosengren
As a speaker, writer and coach, Curt Rosengren helps people discover their passion and put it to work to make a difference that inspires them. His motto is, "Love your work. Change your world." He is the author of the book, "101 Ways to Get Wild About Work," and the e-book, "The Occupational Adventure Guide: A Travel Guide to the Career of Your Dreams." He blogs at http://mapmaker.curtrosengren.com and podcasts at http://mapmakerpodcast.curtrosengren.com. He also blogs for U.S. News & World Report.

Date Saturday, January 17, 2009
Topic Planning for Passion in Your Career: Make Passion Your Competitive Advantage
Presenter Curt Rosengren
Time 9:00 AM-Noon
Location DigiPen Institute
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Registration Register online or call 206-623-8632 by 5:00 PM, January 15
Cost $25 for members; $40 for non-members; $10 for students