Important Note:

This Career Orientation Canvas is an executive summary design to “Our belief is that any
be used as a high-level thinking document that will challenge you
worthwhile career encounter
to answer obvious but difficult questions when you are digging
deeper! starts with self awareness and
centeredness for a sustainable
long term positive impact and
contribution for yourself and
others “

CONTEXT:
What we are using is the ICS - Identity | Contribution | State ™

! model for #self #leadership and was coined by Career Shift’s

co-founder Mihai ZANT after years of personal transformation
Please take 1-2 hrs in a quiet place and reconnect to yourself and assisting thousands of people for more meaningful and
when answering it! impactful careers. This is just the necessary start in any
thorough work/life design.
1. C. What
1.
are my top
5 capabilities?
(What am I good at?)

IDENTITY
2.

3.

4.

5.

(Who am I?) B. What are your

values?
(if it’s hard to answer this directly

D. What
use a values list over the internet
or let’s talk to use proficient tools are others
to map them)
praising me for?
A. Write a tweet about who you are
(280 characters)
CONTEXT:
1.
(please respond with the most
frequent quotes)

2. 1.

3. 2.

4. 3.

5. 4.

5.
2. CONTRIBUTION
(What do I want to contribute to? What positive impact do I want to make in the world?)

This section is especially important for those

searching for meaning. We believe that in most
people's lives there will be a moment of A. What would you want to contribute to?
(If for 5 minutes I were to suspend all my belief around what feasible, possible, realistic and we
transcendence where an Identity and Meaning would land to LA-LA-Land where anything I would put my mind on I could achieve…. What would
that be? (max 3 areas)
Crisis will occur, usually between 27-35 yrs old. This Eq.
comes after having solved most financial and ”I would be an IT developer but also an rock band singer and a painter”
“I would be a Project Manager but also an interior designer and would an mental health awareness activist”
social problems (stable shelter, secure “I would do coaching, travel the world to learn about different culture and also raise awareness about
plastic in the oceans”
income/economies, social acceptance -
friends/family) and it’s a normal step in one’s a.
development.
b.

c.
?
if you cannot enter such a state to respond
to this https://careershift.ro/contact
question let’s talk. We have certified
coaches to guide you through.
3. In 1 Yrs In 3 Yrs In 5 Yrs

much would you want to earn

Time Time Time

while getting toward your Goals?

STATE
(How do I want to feel while
Minimum
(needs)

Good
(comfortable)

reaching my objectives)

A. How
A lot of people we have worked with are reaching a stage of Excellent
(v. proud)
their careers where this may be the most important point.
What we are realizing is that they have sacrificed parts of
their lives to reach certain goals with the expectation to feel
in a certain manner. This realization is especially happening
to entrepreneurs or executives we are working with and
occurs over their 40s. The bottom line is that there is rarely a !

stable and sustainable state of fulfillment that comes with
achieving goals only. The secret lies in the consciousness
while doing the journey. So…
people usually overestimate what they can achieve in one year and grossly
underestimate what they can achieve in 3-5 yrs’ time and therefore put a lot of
pressure on themselves. Also, there is a certain difficulty in having a 3 layered
salary desire frame. Reach out if you need help or clarification on this!
 C. Design your Ideal
Work & Life Week:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

6:00

7:00

B. How many hours

would you work
8:00

9:00
for each of your
10:00
objectives?
11:00
Contribution Contribution
12:00
1 2
13:00

14:00

15:00

16:00

17:00
Contribution !
3 it is not necessary 18:00
to have 3 but also 1
or 2! 19:00

20:00

21:00
 If you feel the need
to go deeper and
more thoroughly
into this please
write to us at

julia@careershift.ro

Also, if you have

appreciated this
introspection and
found this helpful,
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