James LimExecution & Direction Coach for Ambitious Overthinkers

One life, one career... Is this it?

Name: One life, one career... Is this it?
Uploaded: 2021-03-14T22:24:50+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Channel: James Lim
Description: A first-person monologue (YouTube transcript) in which the speaker reflects on believing in a single lifetime career, grappling with mismatch between…

14 Mar 2021 · 1 min

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A first-person monologue (YouTube transcript) in which the speaker reflects on believing in a single lifetime career, grappling with mismatch between character and job, loss of confidence and increasing risk aversion, and ultimately reversing the spiral by stepping back and creating an action plan that allowed exploration and life change.

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One life, one career. I was brought up to believe this but there's a problem. What if I get it wrong or I'm a poor fit? We often have good instincts. We know when something doesn't suit us. This was me. I could do my job but I was far from excelling and my character didn't match well with many aspects of my job. I knew I had potential but this wasn't allowing me to explore it. The problem was I felt committed. I couldn't change now. Surely I would go through this cycle again and again. In the meantime I was losing confidence and motivation. I was risk averse and I wasn't comfortable taking a leap of faith. But that was all I could come up with. I couldn't figure a way out of this spiral. It wasn't until I took a step back and built an action plan that would work with my risk aversion and allow me to explore some of my ideas did my life completely change.