Goal Setting
An exercise to start figuring out your career pathway: Write your dream professional bio. When you retire, what do you want to be known for, what impact to you want to have had on the world?
Skill/Interest Matrix
Pivoting is the key. Work will feel like work some days, no matter what. The most effective way to find your “career path” is to start somewhere and pivot until your path starts revealing itself. Your career is a living and breathing organism that will grow and change with you. Becoming an unstoppable force or ultra successful does not need to occur in the way of finding your passion early and following that trajectory (think of like kids who are in college for astrophysics or smth). Your career path can be messy and all over the place and you can also accomplish huge things and be fulfilled.
Since the beginning of time, the answer to “What do you do?” could be answered with one word.
Finance. Sales. Education.
But today, most jobs exist in liminal spaces: Kind of like this but also not quite that.
It may have been fair to think that any explanation longer than a one-word, universally understood, job title was just an attempt to look
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Maalvika • Why Are We Lying to Young People About Work?
How to figure out where you want to go in your career
I like to think of careers as less like ladders and more like lily pads. In retrospect, some hops might look as if they were on a path, while others might look like a digression. Some might prioritize work, others might prioritize life outside of work. But whatever you hop to next, know you’ll have the chance to hop again. Little in life is
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People love to ask what you do for work and understand your professional trajectory. Often, it’s a surface question. Or, used to quickly categorize people in familiar boxes. But beneath this lies a far more interesting story.
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Sam Sager • Work, Ambition, and Identity
Your career is an extension of who you are.
A career is more than just a job, it’s a journey of personal growth, professional development, and purpose-driven work. Whether you’re just starting out, advancing in your profession, or seeking new opportunities, the career path is full of learning moments, challenges, and triumphs. Every experience, success, and setback shapes your professional
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