Navigating Career Transitions

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The chapter explores the challenging journey of transitioning from management consulting to sales, detailing the speaker's realization that the sales path was not aligned with their career aspirations. It emphasizes the importance of asking hard questions, rejecting suitable but unfulfilling opportunities, and taking time to identify true career goals. The chapter reflects on the speaker's struggle with feeling undervalued, being reduced to a checklist provider, and ultimately finding a meaningful role in city government that allowed for personal growth and contribution to society.

There’s this funny phenomenon that happens when people are looking for intentional work. They get to a point where they’ve been working on their career change for a while — they’ve identified what will make work meaningful for them and what they are looking for in an organization — but then the search for their ideal role starts taking longer than expected, and the doubts start creeping in.

Staying true to yourself when you begin to have doubts is possibly the hardest part of the entire career change process. After a third job change left Eric as burned out as the one before, Eric decided his next career change would be much more intentional...but when his job search started approaching the yearlong mark, he began having doubts.

Hear how Eric maintained focus by seeking support and ultimately refusing to settle for anything less than meaningful work.

What you’ll learn

The importance of staying true to yourself and your values throughout the career change process.
Strategies for maintaining focus and perseverance, even when faced with setbacks and challenges.
The power of seeking support and guidance during times of transition.

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