Think of your career like your portfolio
- Many of us assume job security, but any job someone gives you can be taken away. You may also wake up and decide the job you have isn’t what you wanted at all, which is another way things change.
- To thrive in a world of flux, think about your career more like a portfolio you curate rather than a singular path to pursue.
- Thinking you’ll succeed if you make it down a predetermined path leads to a lot of hurt, disappointment, and a potential identity crisis when the path doesn’t work out or you decide it’s not the path you want to be on.
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