As you walk that same path, looking for the right degree of focus, listen to what’s happening as you evaluate the options. What’s giving you pause as you slow your march toward expertise? Often it’s actually lack of courage masquerading as lack of opportunity, but this is the time to be transparently honest with yourself, recognizing that it is, in

concept. See yourself as someone who values curiosity, learning, mental flexibility, and searching for knowledge.

you have to lean into the really uncomfortable feeling of making a risky career choice, which means not knowing where your next pay cheque might come from. But you have to believe in the long-term vision, which for me is being as independent as possible.