Direction
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Your Career Is Not the Structure. It’s the Bricks.
Your career history may look like one very specific path, but that path is only one way your skills and experience can be assembled. A Lego metaphor for dismantling what you’ve built, identifying the pieces you already have, and choosing what gets built next.
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Mapping the Ascent: Strategic Goals for True Momentum
Imagine climbing into an airplane. The engines start. The runway stretches out before you. Everything is ready for takeoff. Then the pilot turns around and asks: “Where would you like to go?” You shrug. “I’m not sure.” No matter how powerful the aircraft is… No matter how much fuel it carries… No matter how skilled…
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The day I realized I wasn’t good at everything
A classic from the archives: I originally wrote this post in November 2015, after suddenly remembering the day I discovered—much to my surprise—that I was not, in fact, good at everything. Several readers told me at the time that the story helped them rethink their own experiences with failure, talent, and changing direction. I recently unearthed…