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We should also come to accept the reality of changing our minds.
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153 |
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No matter how common it has become, no one has figured out how to avoid the turmoil of career change.
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0 |
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For those of us… who want change but lack a clear direction, the hardest part is finding an alternative to the path we are already on.
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011 |
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Change always takes much longer than we expect because to make room for the new, we have to get rid of some of the old selves we are still dragging around…
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013 |
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Once the change is underway but long before the transition is completed, different versions of ourselves battle it out in a long and anguished middle period.
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014 |
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Few working lives are untouched by organizational changes, internal management shuffles, office politics, and the stress, burnout, or disaffection that goes with the territory.
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017 |
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When a relationship with a mentor deteriorates, or irreconcilable differences with our superiors arise, we experience more than mere disillusionment; our images of possible futures also change.
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056 |
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In making a career change, we become what we do.
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059 |
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With the benefit of time between selves, we are more likely to make the deep change necessary to discover more satisfying lives and work…
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065 |
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…a series of [small wins] increases the likelihood of serious change by setting in motion a dynamic that favors a next step and makes the next solvable problem more visible.
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074 |