Moonshot Mentor with Laverne McKinnon Scaling or Growing? How to Stop the Career Grind ⚡
What most people don’t understand is that growing your career is completely different from scaling your career. Growth and scaling are often used interchangeably, but they’re not the same thing. Depending on where you’re at in your career trajectory, you may want to consider scaling rather than growing.
Growth is about increasing your output—taking on more projects, acquiring new skills, or advancing to a higher position. There’s often a correlation between the hours you put in and the progress you make. That kind of progression has value, but it can also be exhausting and lead to burn out. Growth also tends to be linear—one step at a time with each new opportunity demanding more work, time, or resources.
Scaling, on the other hand, is about expanding your impact without a proportional increase in effort. Think optimizing systems, relationships, and strategies so you can achieve more without the burn out. For example, rather than networking endlessly, you cultivate a handful of key relationships that open multiple doors. Instead of taking on every opportunity, you focus on the ones that truly align with your long-term goals.