let me ask you…
Does any of this sound familiar?
“When we are younger we all have visions of running and controlling our own lives, but I feel like mine is being run for me by something/someone else.”
“I’m too afraid to open my bucket list - I’d see how little progress I’ve made.”
“I find myself constantly fantasizing about quitting, not having to do this anymore.”
“I start to worry I’m being so unreasonable and that whatever I would do next would likely provide similar obstacles. Do I need to make some concessions [on my dreams]? That thought depresses me even more…”
“It’s exhausting. To make matters worse, it’s my lone source of income. How else can I do all the things I do well, make money in the process without constantly feeling like I’m hustling, climbing the corporate ladder?”
“I wake up most days with a lot of anxiety and little motivation.”
“Whats stopping me from getting there?…I don't know where 'there' is”
…if so then you’ve stumbled into the right place.
Here’s some stuff that can help:
Check out the Transformation Summer Series (TSS) on the blog: https://www.charleskunken.com/blog?category=Transformation
This will give you some foundational things to bring you the awareness you need to start climbing out of that hole.
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I’m serious
After writing the first few posts of the TSS I began jumping on phone calls with some of my peeps who said it was resonating and we just began hashing out their particulars and talking through some ways they could begin figuring the way out of their rut.
I love this puzzle, more than anything. It’s why wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning and write about it for the blog.
The way I see it, the more people I can talk to about what’s keeping them up at night out there in the real world, the better I can hone my ability to serve.
People ask me if I am ‘trying to be a life coach’. The answer is definitely not. I give away my ideas for free and always will. My best stuff is always out there for anybody who wants it.
(I am writing a children’s book though with my wife, so go check that out, lol: goodbaby.band/kidsbook )
Anyways, if you’ve read this far I know I can help.
Got nothing to lose. Hit me up.
aight lata,
charlie
Here’s How to Do It
Send me an email: charlie@charleskunken.com
or you can use this form and then we jump on the phone..
These questions are a good place to start our chat:
Whats nagging at you?
Where would you like to be?
What’s stopping you from getting there?
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Hey, Whatsup
I’m Me, Charlie Kunken
Finance at Amazon since 2014 (Finance Leadership Program)
MBA New York University, 2014
BS Cornell University, 2005
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Writer. Rider.
New Yorker. Artist
Since starting at Amazon in 2014 I’ve interviewed lotsa peeps. I was also a mock interviewer at NYU,
I’ve been where you are. I know what’s it’s like and I know I can help.
That about sums it up.
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