There’s a lot of pressure to have your career “figured out.”
But in reality, certainty is often overrated.
The people who build interesting, fulfilling careers rarely started with a perfect plan.
They stayed curious.
Instead of trying to map everything out upfront, they treated their careers more like a series of experiments.
- Trying a short course.
- Taking on a project outside their usual scope.
- Having conversations with people in roles they hadn’t considered.
Not because they had all the answers, but because they were open to finding them.
Each step gives you useful information.
- What energises you.
- What drains you.
- What you’re naturally good at.
- What you’d rather leave behind.
That’s the kind of clarity you can actually build on.
In coaching, this is often the shift; moving from trying to “figure it all out” to exploring more deliberately.
Because the better question isn’t: “What should I do forever?”
It’s: “What am I curious enough to try next?”
You don’t need a long-term blueprint to move forward.
You just need a direction that’s worth exploring.
Start there.
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