Bernadette BoasExecutive Leadership Coach, Trainer and Speaker, Ball of Fire Coaching · Become the Leader Everyone Wants to Follow and No One Can Overlook.

How Can We Learn from Others Career Paths

1 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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In this talk, the speaker emphasizes that successful careers are rarely linear; most people experience twists, turns, and periods of low motivation. Recognizing this, the speaker advises listeners to first clarify what they need—whether it’s processing a situation or solving a specific problem—before reaching out for help. They suggest identifying the most suitable member of one’s personal “board of directors” (a network of mentors or trusted advisors) and actively engaging them, noting that complex problems cannot be solved in isolation.

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And the thing that we tend to forget is we're not the first ones to walk this path. Most people that have a successful career have had some twists and turns, have had some times that were less motivating to them than others. And if you're sort of clear on what's going on, or even that clear on what you need from them, it might be a situation of, I'd really like to just process this with you so I can try and figure out what's going on. Great. Or I'm thinking that there's one or two things that I'd like to solve for. Can you help me do some problem solving? Think a bit about what you need at that time. Think about who it is on your board of directors that can best serve that for you and get active about it. It's very unlikely that the problem that exists in the world can be solved in your head. You got to engage.