Kristin A. Sherry - YouMap: Find Yourself. Blaze Your Path. Show the World!

YouMap

Find Yourself. Blaze Your Path. Show the World!

A step-by-step guide to discover and land a job youll love.

Kristin A. Sherry

Copyright Kristin A. Sherry 2018

Black Rose Writing | Texas

2018 by Kristin A. Sherry All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publishers, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a newspaper, magazine or journal. The final approval for this literary material is granted by the author. Second digital version All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Print ISBN: 978-1-68433-143-7 PUBLISHED BY BLACK ROSE WRITING www.blackrosewriting.com Print edition produced in the United States of America

Edited by Beth Crosby

YouMaplogo design by Crystal Davies, Davies Designs

Praise for YouMap

Were all born without life and career instructions. For many its a complicated puzzle whose pieces never seem to fit together the way wed like, leaving us unhappy and discouraged. With YouMap Kristin Sherry has created THE instruction manual for solving the puzzle and hitting the career bullseye. Shes created a life-changing framework that uses science to design the art of the possible. Using her methodology I guarantee you will love yourself, your career, and yes, Mondays!

KEN TASCH , Chairman & CEO, Richard Dudgeon, Inc. and author of Business Brainfood: A Real-World Playbook for Business Mastery

YouMap is a gem. It reads as if Kristin Sherry is sitting right next to you, helping you to identify your personal strengths and to clearly see how you add value to others; then, it teaches you how to communicate that in the best way possible.

It's full of wisdom, yet remains--dare I say--downright fun to read.

Reading this book is like hiring a masterclass coachand then benefiting from the coachs top-tier network. A brilliant storyteller, Kristin Sherry teaches us through one interesting, insightful, real-life example after another.

Regardless of your personality type, age, or current career path, I guarantee youll find lessons in this book that will help you enjoy your work moreand make you better at what you do.

JUSTIN BARISO , popular Inc.com columnist and author of EQ Applied

I usually struggle to enjoy business self help books. Either theyre brilliant and Im annoyed I didnt write them or theyre mediocre and Im annoyed theyre selling more than mine. They rarely speak to me as someone who runs a small business but spend most of my time with corporates. But this book was a joy to read. It really is relevant to anyone negotiating their way in the world today.

DAWN METCALFE , Managing Director, PDSi and author of Managing the Matrix and The HardTalk Handbook

Navigating the myriad of career resources available to people in career transition can be daunting and overwhelming. With this book, Kristin provides a framework and an accompanying process that makes you feel like you are being guided and supported through your career journey. Having worked in the career development field for 20 years with very diverse clientele, I can honestly say that this book has something for everyone! This is a resource that I will use with clients, students, (my own teenage daughters) and anyone else that is contemplating a career move.

MARNIE GROENEVELD , Manager, Career Development Services, Manitoba Institute of Trades & Technology

Best job search and career development book since I first read Dick Bolles book, "What Color Is Your Parachute" in the 1970s which sold over 10 million copies. Today, Kristins YouMap book is the most simple, thorough and practical guide. If you are unemployed, misemployed, or happily-employed working without purpose or meaning, get YouMap and find your way today.

BRIAN C. RAY , author of Created for Good Works and founder of Crossroads Career Network

What a fantastic book! Kristin Sherry has done an excellent job putting together the content to help people discover themselves, then use their newfound power of potential to blaze their own path in this world.

I see how people at any stage of their career, from the newly-graduated college student to the mid-career professional, can use the plan from this book to determine how they can use their talents and skills to be everything that they want to be!

PAUL CARNEY , entrepreneur, speaker and author of Move Your : Know, Grow, and Show Your Career Value

YouMap: Find Yourself. Blaze Your Path. Show the World! will quickly become your go to resource for personal growth and career development. Kristin Sherry simply and yet brilliantly maps out your strategy for a successful career and happy life. Run, do not walk, to get your hands on this book! As you transition throughout the different stages of your career and life, this book will be a gift that keeps on giving!

DR. PATTY ANN TUBLIN , Amazon best-selling author and CEO & Founder, Relationship Toolbox LLC

I have been hired by three companies, two of whom were multi-billion dollar companies, to complete turnarounds for failing communications departments. I credit in large part to my success in using assessments to identify each team member's strengths and passions. It wasn't about kicking people off the bus; it was about switching seats to place each individual in a position to provide their talents which in turn contributed to success. We went from the poorest performing to the highest performing departments in short order. When Kristin Sherry introduced YouMap, I immediately responded by telling her that every, and I mean every, company should invest in YouMaps for their associates. What a roadmap it provides to get the best out of everyone, and ensure they can be successful on behalf of those they serve.

GRETCHEN FIERLE , leadership author, Fish Rot from the Head Down

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Acknowledgments

All my thanks, first and foremost, to God for blessing me with the most amazing opportunities, such as writing this labor of love.

Thank you to my mom, dad, mother-and father-in-law, my extended family, friends, and colleagues who have always been so incredibly supportive of my book projects, and of me. I am so grateful to have a wonderful network of supportive people in my life!

I am grateful to Patricia Edwards, Kerri Twigg, Kamara Toffolo, Lisa Jones, and Donna Serdula for lending their deep expertise to this project. I appreciate each of you more than you know! What a tremendous amount of talent is packed into this group of people.

Thank you to my wonderful clients, Antonette and Anna, who gave me permission to tell a portion of their story in this book.

To my tremendous right hand, Stephanie Hall. If you didnt keep so many balls in the air with Virtus Career Consulting, this book would not exist. I couldnt have done this without you helping keep the business running!

Thank you, Beth Crosby, for lending your editing talents, yet again, to another one of my books. I appreciate your tremendous gift and how easy you are to work with.

My sincere appreciation to Jeff Haden for graciously taking time from his busy schedule to read this book and write the foreword.

Thank you to fellow author and friend, Justin Bariso, for introducing me to Jeff Haden, and for helping me grow as a person through his daily writing about emotional intelligence.

A huge thank you to my beta-readers Paul Carney, Roxanne Arriaza, Caroline Laird, Dawn Metcalfe, Jana Shields, and Marie Shadden who took time and care to give valuable feedback on the book.

Id also like to thank my many connections and followers on LinkedIn who have been so supportive of my content contributions on the LinkedIn platform over the years. There are too many to list individually, but you and I know who you are!

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