The Antidote to "I am feeling stuck in my career"
How do you know when it's time for a change?
Determining when it's time to change can be challenging. If you're not paying attention, you lose precious years stagnating and being unhappy. I use this framework to evaluate if it's time for a change. I do this every quarter, but YMMV.
Determining when it's time to change can be challenging. If you're not paying attention, you lose precious years stagnating and being unhappy. I use this framework to evaluate if it's time for a change. I do this every quarter, but YMMV.
- Accomplishment : Have I done anything noteworthy these last three m
Apoorva Govind • How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time
If you have found an outlet in your career that provides both the requisite hygiene factors and motivators, then a deliberate approach makes sense. Your aspirations should be clear, and you know from your present experience that they are worth striving for. Rather than worrying about adjusting to unexpected opportunities, your frame of mind should
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I think the missing piece is the alignment between the skills you build and what brings you energy. No matter how logical a combination of skills looks on paper, you have to actually spend the time to practice those skills to get competent. And along the way, I tried to develop several skills that made logical sense, and just were not a fit for me;... See more
A Fourth Career Moat Pattern
Successful careers are not planned. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, and their values. Knowing where one belongs can transform an ordinary person—hardworking and competent but otherwise mediocre—into an outstanding performer.
Peter Ferdinand Drucker • Managing Oneself
Once you understand the concept of emergent and deliberate strategy, you’ll know that if you’ve yet to find something that really works in your career, expecting to have a clear vision of where your life will take you is just wasting time. Even worse, it may actually close your mind to unexpected opportunities. While you are still figuring out your
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