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Career changes are daunting
Career changes are some of the biggest shifts we will make. They often involve some retraining and will impact your personal life.
When you manage the situation through the lens of a few mental models, you can clarify which direction to go and find a path to get there.
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Career change: Elements of planning
Once you know what direction you want, planning for change is vital.
Two models are useful to help us identify what we need to plan.
- Global and local maxima. It refers to the high values in a mathematical function and can be applied in switching careers. Somet...
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Reaching your dream job
To find out what your dream job will be like, try to get an accurate picture of what the day-to-day is like. No job is 100% fulfilling all of the time.
Talk to people doing the job you want. Talk to people in the organization. Talk to the ones that enjoy it and to the one...
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Velocity: Speed and direction
Change will never be right unless it aligns with what you want to get out of life.
Do you know where you want to go? There's no point just moving at speed without knowing where you want to go. When you articulate your desired direction, you give yourself a clear purpose in...
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Inversion: Working backwards
Once you know where you want to be, work backwards to where you are now. Carefully consider all the steps in-between in reverse order.
Once you identify your requirements, you can use that list to evaluate opportunities.
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Probabilistic thinking
Once you have narrowed down your options for a new career,, consider these questions: Which one would you bet on for being the better choice one year later? How much are you willing to bet on it?
Doing this exercise will not guarantee that any choice will be the right one.
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Take stock of the skills you already have
Knowing what skills you already have will reveal what you can repurpose.
We often fail to realize how versatile our existing experience is. Being good at presenting the monthly status update doesn't mean that you're good at presenting monthly status up...
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Finding your flow: career ladder vs career curve
On a career ladder, you might "lose" a rung or have to start climbing again at a new organization. It feels like a step back. A river's curves and changes in direction are all part of the journey. What came before informs what flows after.
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Start From Where You Are: Money, Health And Career
If we have to master the domains of money, health, career, and relationships, we have to start from where we are.
- Take care of yourself with a good diet, regular exercise, and being stress-free.
- Take stock of the situation, performing an inventory covering your current finan...
Relapse and recycling are common
The path between stages is seldom straightforward. Most people relapse at some point and recycle through one or more stages, though you usually won't go back to square one.
Every time you relapse, you will learn something about yourself. Next time, you can use what you learned, make ...
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