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I was feeling unsure if I was doing the work that I wanted to be doing. I felt like I had multiple directions that I could take and wasn't sure which path I wanted to follow. I felt like I was running in circles. Like I'd start to go down one path, but then second-guess myself and go down another path...rinse and repeat.
The Career Blueprint gave me the resources, structure and framework I needed to help me analyze each of these paths, identify which ones aligned with my unique abilities and work style, which ones aligned with my passion and purpose, all while teaching me more about myself and my true values and beliefs.
As a person who normally dislikes Breakout rooms, this is where the magic seemed to happen. It's in these rooms where I was able to actually say things out loud that I hadn't said before.
With the help of all the assessments, resources and peer coaching that was provided throughout the course, I can confidently say that this path aligns well with my purpose, my passion and my unique abilities! I even bought myself a new domain name for my business on the last day of the course!
I've been struggling to find my fit in health and wellness for nearly a decade. It has always been such a big part of my life, but when it came to figuring out how I fit into the industry (if at all), I was at a loss.
I felt a great deal of anxiety trying to shove the proverbial square peg into a round hole. It's easy to look at the "obvious" paths within health and wellness (personal trainer, coach, etc.), but there are so many more ways to use your unique abilities - and that's exactly why I needed this course.
The Career Blueprint not only asked the right questions, it also guided me through the self exploration to answer them on a deeper level. Having a number of peers and coaches who had gone or were going through the same process was immensely valuable.
Make no mistake, I still have a lot of work to do, but this course has provided my own personal blueprint in moving forward and achieving success. The Career Blueprint gave me what I was lacking most - clarity.
I was unsure about what path to take in the fitness industry and I was totally overwhelmed.
What I loved about the Career Blueprint was that it challenged me on my own perception of myself, while at the same time being supportive, helpful and clear on which directions I might develop both professionally and personally.
Now, I feel more calm and confident. I know that what I'm about to do is aligned with my purpose, unique abilities and values. Knowing this is a game changer, and it gives me even more energy to start the next chapter in my life.
I had been stuck in a "career" rut for years. I got my PN Level 2 Master Coaching certification in 2015, but never felt confident enough to actually start coaching clients. I wasn't even sure if that was the direction I wanted to go.
The Career Blueprint went super in-depth and helped me understand my strengths, weaknesses, and unique abilities. And then to practice them in a safe and completely non-judgmental environment. Getting feedback from all of the amazing coaches that were in the same situation I was in was invaluable.
I only have major praise for the program and highly recommend it for anyone who wants to go in-depth when considering their career choices.
I was just starting out in health and fitness and wanted to narrow my focus, find the right path. But, I felt overwhelmed by all of the options. I didn't know where to start, what I'd be good at and what I'd end up enjoying.
The Career Blueprint helped me narrow my focus to an area that I feel confident I will be successful in and enjoy. It's not a one size fits all program that forces you into one path or another. You get to explore many options and there are exercises to help you understand which ones might fit best based on your unique abilities, values and personality traits. It's very personalized.
When we took the personality tests I had an a-ha moment. There are ways I prefer to work that I often found myself fighting against. Once I understood that I can create my own path that supports my preferred ways of working, I just felt so relieved and excited. From there I focused on career choices that have me lean into my preferred way of working. I ended up discarding the path I started with at the beginning of the course and choosing something different that I'm excited about and confident I can do.
I have direction. I'm motivated to keep pushing towards my goals because I have confidence that I'm heading in the right direction.
Before taking the course, I had no clear idea about what I'm really good at and why I'm better at certain projects and tasks than others. While I was happy with my position, I had the feeling that I could do better if I just knew how.
I committed to the 10-week program, and with the support of peers and instructors, I noticed its impact straight away. Not only was I learning, but I was also spending time reflecting on life's bigger questions. I learned a lot about who I am, how I work, how my work affects others, and what I really enjoy doing.
Now, I'm doing more of the work that I love, I better understand how to approach those I work with, and I have better working relationships as a result.
Before I discovered The Career Blueprint, I was disconnected. I never actually slowed down to figure out what I really wanted in life.
The Career Blueprint connected me with incredible people who were going through similar challenges. Together, we worked to support each other in the journey of self-discovery. The course nudged me to step out of my comfort zone, get real about what I wanted in my life, and taught me how to take purposeful steps to begin manifesting that vision.
Now, I feel much more at ease and way less stressed about transitioning careers. I feel a greater sense of self-trust because I know I’m moving in a direction that aligns with my values, personality traits, unique abilities, and goals. I feel more aligned with my authentic self.
I was struggling with my online nutrition coaching business. I felt stuck, unappreciated for my work, and I doubted my abilities.
The Career Blueprint was a journey of self exploration that helped me understand my strengths, my abilities, my values, my weaknesses, and most importantly, how that fits into my career. As I dug into the course with the guidance of my course instructors, I explored previously unseen options that would suit my life and situation.
Because of The Career Blueprint, I know that I can build the career of my dreams and truly change lives.
I was suffering from Imposter Syndrome, frustrated by trying to create my business and afraid to make the leap into a new career. It felt like I was spinning my wheels, not making any progress. I knew I needed a change but I wasn't sure where to go or what to do.
Because of The Career Blueprint, I gained more clarity around my decisions. Everything had changed and I gained the confidence to take the leap! I have successfully made a career transition into health and fitness doing a job I love, working for a dream company!
Being at an age when many of my friends are retiring, I found it necessary to re-evaluate my career goals. I have a strong sense of urgency to live into my designed purpose and still maintain flexibility.
Not only did The Career Blueprint affirm that I truly am spending my waking hours in the most meaningful and enjoyable ways, but I also found clarity in realizing where I can make adjustments and continue to become the best at my craft. I highly recommend this course in any season of life!
Everything you need to succeed in an ever-changing landscape.
Imagine how good it would feel to have confidence in your career path... to finally feel like you can reach your potential... to feel like you can do what you were meant to do, with the people you're meant to work with, in a way that brings out your best.
The data are clear: 90% of new businesses fail. It's very challenging to do what you love, and get paid for it.
But thinking about what you want to do is only a small part of what it takes to create a meaningful career. You must also...
Know your unique skills — applying them is one of the only ways to increase your chances of success.
Understand how you work — it will help you operate in a way that's more natural for you, while giving you the opportunity to gain support around your blindspots.
Know what people are willing to pay you for — testing your assumptions, and prototyping your career, is one of the best ways to ensure you're on the right path.
The Career Blueprint is the most respected program for helping health and fitness professionals find the career path that is right for them, saving precious time and money.
In ten short weeks, you'll have confidence in your skills and your career choice. And you'll have a proven methodology that will help you test your assumptions and pivot as the world changes, so you won't feel trapped or like you can't make ends meet.
No matter where you are in your career, you can find a path that you'd enjoy, you'd be great at, and you can succeed in.
You can think of a career course as the thing before the thing.
The number one question we're asked is: "What's a career course? Is it a business course? Is it a continuing education course?"
No, actually... it's what you do before those things.
It's the thing you do to figure out the path you want to take before you spend years of your limited life trying to build a career that wasn't well suited for you.
Honestly, scrambling your way through a career, not understanding why "you just can't make it work," and feeling constant anxiety is no way to live.
Yet we see it all of the time.
The Career Blueprint is your chance to live differently. To consciously choose a path that you'll love, one that you can succeed at, and one that will be meaningful in the end.
Developed and written by John Berardi, PhD, CSCS, and Andrea Hayes, MBA, BSc, The Career Blueprint is the synthesis of everything we've learned over 40+ years of coaching and starting businesses.
John Berardi
Andrea Hayes
If you're going to embark on a career path, you want to make sure you get it right. But where should you start?
Should you go back to school?
If so, which course would you actually take?
Is there any degree program that helps people uncover their unique abilities, their purpose, and their values?
And helps folks translate them into a real career in the real world?
If so, we don't know what it is. And with over 15 years of higher education, we've been to a lot of schools.
Should you take a certification?
Maybe. Certifications are great, but most of them teach you a specific skill. Like coaching tools, marketing, or sales.
And that's not what we teach here.
This course is about you.
We're going to help you uncover which career you should use those coaching, marketing, or sales skills in.
Should you hire a coach?
You could do that. There are a lot of great coaches out there. But they'll be much more expensive and, chances are, they'll have less experience than us in this realm.
The truth is, we've done what this course outlines with hundreds of people of varying ages and levels of experience.
Plus, through our program, not only will you have support from your instructor, but you'll also have a peer group that you can connect with and test your ideas.
You can think of this course as the thing before the thing.
It's what you take before you hire a business coach. Before you hire a marketing coach. Before you hire a sales coach.
You have to figure out who you are, what you need to sell, and who to, before you start selling.
Should you learn from the internet and social media?
Tough call. There are a lot of great resources out there, and there are a lot of not-so-great resources out there. And it's very hard to tell who is actually succeeding in the health and fitness industry, and who can provide grounded advice.
Nothing addresses the three biggest challenges that we see in the health and fitness industry:
Except The Career Blueprint.
We get how hard it is to put in a lot of effort, only to feel like you're barely treading water. We get how it feels to wonder if you're wasting your life...
Figuring out what you really want to do and what you'll succeed at isn't easy. In fact, it's one of the hardest things we, here at Change Maker Academy, have done.
Luckily, with years of experience, many failures, a lot of self-reflection, support from mentors, peers, and counsellors, and plenty of hard work, we're fortunate to:
We want to save you the a) years of effort and b) tens of thousands of dollars it took us to accumulate this information and find our path.
This course really is the culmination of everything we've learned.
Plus, we've used this material with hundreds of others, people of varying ages and levels of experience, to better align who they are with the work they do.
No matter where you are now, it's never too late — or too early — to build the career of your dreams.
FAQs
Here are the answers to the most frequently asked questions about the course.
You can think of a career course as the thing before the thing.
*It's the thing you do before you try to build a website.
*It's the thing you do before you try to market yourself.
*It's the thing you do before you try to maximize sales.
*It's the thing you do before you do a certification.
*It’s the thing you do before you quit your job and transition.
It's the thing you do to figure out the path you want to take before you spend years of your limited life trying to build a career that wasn't well suited for you.
Honestly, scrambling your way through a career, not understanding why "you just can't make it work," and feeling constant anxiety is no way to live.
Yet we see it all of the time.
The Career Blueprint is your chance to live differently. To consciously choose a path that you'll love, one that you can succeed at, and one that will be meaningful in the end.
The Career Blueprint is our exclusive 10-week career course that'll show you how to uncover your unique skills and talents and apply them to a career path that you'll love and succeed at.
In the course you'll be provided evidence-based aptitude tests so you can make confident, data-driven decisions about where you'll go next.
We'll also teach you how to quickly test-drive your chosen career path so you can gather immediate feedback and find out if you're on the right path (or not).
Plus, we're going to teach you how to gain access to some of the best people and opportunities in the world.
In short, The Career Blueprint will help ensure you're pursuing the right career choice so you can:
*Step into your potential,
*Maximize your impact, and
*Do work you love, with people you love working with.
For more details, check out the day-to-day outline of the course curriculum above.
The price of The Career Blueprint is $597 USD. This includes a 10-week roadmap to discovering a perfect career path, support through our exclusive online community, live weekly calls, direct support from your instructors, and over $700 USD of aptitude tests.
You can think of The Career Blueprint as a giant puzzle.
Each day, you're going to receive a new insight—or a new puzzle piece—into who you are, how you work, and what you do best.
You'll use this data to build your way forward, forming the bigger picture—and completing the puzzle—of what it is you're meant to do.
Plus, you'll be given actionable steps so you know exactly what to do next. And, if you're ever unsure, you'll have the support of ambitious peers to help you take action.
At the end of 10 short weeks, you'll know how to use your unique talents and values to establish a purpose-driven career.
We get what it's like to lead a full life and we've created this course with the busy person in mind.
Each weekday, you'll receive a lesson and exercises that will take you approximately 45 minutes to get through.
So, with approximately three to four hours of work each week, you'll be able to move your career forward and make a meaningful change in your work and life.
Since the course is online, you can do the lessons at a time and place that is convenient for you.
Some of our students are figuring out whether to open an online personal training business or open their own gym.
Other students are trying to decide whether to offer nutritional counseling on their own or if they want to establish a collaborative partnership with other health professionals.
Others are choosing between starting a podcast or writing a blog.
Some are trying to decide if they want to work in the industry part-time, full-time, or, not at all.
If you're trying to decide what career path to take next, or how to evolve your current role, we can help you with that.
While you'll be in charge of the final decision, we'll help you gather the pertinent data you'll need to distill down what the right choice is for you.
The Career Blueprint is for anyone who's:
*Just starting out in the industry and wants to know which direction to go to maximize their potential, or who's
*Seasoned but feels like they haven't reached their potential and wants to know why.
The Career Blueprint will help you work through your roadblocks and show you how to use your unique talents to create the career of your dreams.
The Career Blueprint is a 10-week course that will help you discover your purpose, unique abilities, and values so you can line those up with the perfect career; one that you can go "all in" with confidence.
Once you enroll, you'll receive:
*daily lessons, exercises, and scripts that will help you put what you learn into practice,
*over $700 USD in aptitude tests,
*access to an exclusive community,
*live weekly calls, and
*direct support from your instructors.
Not only will you have the chance to clearly define your career path, but you'll also have the opportunity to create meaningful connections with ambitious health and fitness pros around the world.
Hundreds of our students are now great friends, many collaborate on projects together, and some have even started businesses together.
Unlike traditional courses, the objective of The Career Blueprint isn't to pass a test; it's to take what you learn, apply it to your life, so you can make a meaningful difference in your career.
...will you use them well?
Each of us will work for about 90,000 hours over the course of our lives.
We shudder to think of spending those 90,000 hours doing work that:
We're terrified of getting to the end of our career and thinking we spent those hours doing work that was largely meaningless.
And if you're afraid of getting to your retirement day, or your deathbed, and asking yourself, "What was that all for?", you've come to the right place.
Because this course is about changing that story.
It's about creating a clear path to do work that:
It's about checking to make sure that the ladder that you're climbing is leaning up against the right wall before you spend years of your limited life hustling, only to find out that you didn't end up in the right place.
Figuring out what you're meant to do is one of the most important things that you could spend your time on.
And almost no one is talking about it.
Come talk about it with us.
"Before the course my confidence was shot. I'd gone from running successful classes and personal training sessions to being in lockdown… I felt more than a little lost.
Now, I know where to put my energy. I can also assess whether another course or a book would be useful for what I want to do and achieve… I feel more aligned, and congruent with my purpose."
-Denzil Bentley
