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Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life
Good work should do at least one of these things: fund the life you actually want to live, align with values you can defend at dinner parties, surround you with people who challenge you to grow, or teach you skills that compound like interest over decades. Great work does several of these at once.
why are we lying to young people about work?
Taking a nontraditional path will force you to grapple with what matters
The greatest benefit of a nontraditional path is that you have to figure out what you care about. Rather than an employer telling you what you should value, you have to do the hard work of determining what you value for yourself. This may sound self-evident, but in a world whe... See more
The greatest benefit of a nontraditional path is that you have to figure out what you care about. Rather than an employer telling you what you should value, you have to do the hard work of determining what you value for yourself. This may sound self-evident, but in a world whe... See more
Simone Stolzoff • In Praise of the Meandering Career
Most people are at least a little bit wrong about what they think they want to do when they start out. The first decade of your career should be about collecting experiences, not locking into a path too soon. The best way to figure out what’s right is by trying things and paying attention.A few key signals:- Do you leave work feeling energized or d... See more