A speaker explores why people trap themselves in careers that no longer fit, using sunk-cost fallacy to explain how twenty years climbing a ladder can feel impossible to leave. The answer isn't quitting abruptly but finding small bridging moments that let you shift toward what you actually want while still excelling where you are.
People are afraid to say that this is what they want or that they've made a mistake. Especially in economics. You talk about opportunity costs and sunk cost fallacy. You know, imagine if you've spent 20 years rising through the ranks of a profession and now you decide you want to do something totally different for folks at the highest levels, but really at almost every stage, somebody who thinks, this is what I'm known for, this is who I am. And when you tie a position, a title, a rank or a profession to your identity, this idea of changing what you want can be very daunting, which is why you should really be tied into purpose. But also a lot of times you can find those little tweaks, those little reassessments about how you're thinking about life, how you're showing up in ways that you can bridge that gap. And so a lot of my coaching, we talk about these ideas around bridging moments, bridging thoughts about how you can become more of what you like while you're still being the best version of you.
