In this motivational coaching video, Natalie Fisher argues that most people seeking career clarity waste time consuming information—books, TED talks, personality tests—without taking real action. She explains that true clarity comes from experiential learning: trying jobs, projects, or environments to discover what feels right. Fisher emphasizes that modern careers are a series of experiences rather than a single lifelong destination, noting that the average worker changes jobs 10‑15 times and typically spends five years or less in each role. She debunks the fear of making a “wrong” decision, stating that indecision is itself a decision that stalls growth. By confronting discomfort and making concrete choices, individuals can move forward. Fisher shares client anecdotes illustrating wasted years and the payoff of decisive action. Throughout, she invites viewers to book a clarity coaching call or use her free resources to map out their next step, positioning her service as a catalyst for rapid, purposeful career movement.
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In this video, I'll explain to you how to finally figure out what you really want to do with your life, what the next step is to take, and how to finally get moving. So stay tuned. So most people that come to me and they're lacking clarity and they're not sure what their next move is, they think they just need to think about it some more. They think they need to take personality tests to determine what the best fit is for their personality. They think they need to read books on They need to ask other people what they think they'd be good at. They need to watch TED Talks on finding their perfect career, and they need to look at lists of possible careers for inspiration. And I did all that stuff too. The thing is though, that if you could figure out what you wanted to do for real and gain that clarity you wanted so badly, then that means that we'd be able to do that stuff and then we'd have the clarity. You'd be able to watch an amazing TED Talk on finding your passion, and then you'd instantly know what you wanted to do, and you'd take action on it. action right away and you live happily ever after. But that's not what happens. It never happens. In fact, you can spend months, weeks, even years looking for your passion in these ways and be no farther ahead. It's like reading a book on how to swim or reading a book on how to snowboard. It can tell you how you should move your arms. It can tell you how you should distribute your weight in the pool or on the snowboard. But then When you actually get into the deep end of the pool, you're not going to be able to swim, and you're going to discover quickly that reading that book didn't actually help you. Why? Because we learn by doing, not by thinking about it, not by consuming more information, not by taking a cookie-cutter personality test that spits out random suggested careers that might match up with the keywords that we entered in our answers. It doesn't work. So that's why we get clarity by experiencing things and by being in them. So no matter what a book promises you, no matter what a TED Talk says, you can't really know what your passion is or what you're really gonna enjoy doing until you've tasted it, until you've been in the environment. So the truth of the matter is that our entire career is a journey in itself. It's an experience. It's not a destination that we're necessarily going to reach and then be able to stop and rest and be happy. And the biggest misconception people have is that they think they have to choose one thing and then they stay married to that one thing forever. But that's not how it goes because they don't want to close any doors. They don't want to close off any opportunities to other things. But it's not like dating. That's not the ultimate goal here. And it's rarely ever the case that we pick one thing and stick with it for the rest of our lives. In fact, the average number of times people change, change jobs: 10 to 15 times, with an average of 12 job changes during your entire career. Many workers spend 5 years or less in every job, so they devote more time and energy actually transitioning from one job to another than they do in the job. So for example, the Bureau of Labor Statistics US Department of Labor stats said there were 3.2 million people in 2017 who either quit their job or were laid off. This means that people don't stay in one place until retirement anymore. It means that we are moving in a society where we need to be flexible and agile to make the best of our careers. So it's not about what you really want to do for the rest of your life anymore. It's about what you really want to do next. And it's really exciting. It's good news. When people fail to realize this, they end up stuck for really long periods of time reading books, thinking about it, thinking about what they need to do, trying to figure it out, sometimes years, because the fear is holding them back of thinking that they have to just pick this one thing, and if they don't pick the right thing, then they're going to be screwed for life. They don't want to close doors, they don't want to make the wrong decision, but you don't have to worry about that because there is no wrong decision. You think that you need education or experience. You think you need all this stuff. Most of the time you don't need that stuff. Most of the time you just need to make a decision. So they spend a lot of time thinking about it, trying to figure it out with no result, no forward movement at all. Making no decision is making that decision in itself. And it is to do nothing, to stay in confusion. And it doesn't serve you. That is one decision that you make that is guaranteed to keep you So these are the people that are constantly saying, I just need to figure out what I want to do, or I just need to think about it, but aren't really taking any real steps or action towards figuring it out because it isn't comfortable to stay in one place. It's not comfortable to move into something that they don't know, even though they will argue that they really do want to figure it out. They don't because they're not. So if you're really ready to finally move forward, if you've had enough of this back and forth chatter in your brain about what you should do, if you've been reading books, watching TED Talks, taking personality tests, but you still have no clue what you really want, if you want to discover what you really want to do and get some clarity around your next steps, then book a call with me. I can support you through this transition. We can map out a plan together on what your next move is and why you don't have to be scared of committing to one thing. The real enemy here is the And the discomfort that you get from being in confusion. It's easy to say, I just need to figure it out, and then just keep saying that but not taking any real action. That's the easy part, because taking the action is the uncomfortable thing, and being uncomfortable is what's gonna get you to live your full potential, to live the life of your dreams. Fear and confusion lead you to making no decision, staying comfortable, and doing nothing. And the longer you stay in the place of indecision, The more it erodes away at your real potential to discover how you need to be serving in the world. So let me ask you, what's more important? Your fear, your confusion, or getting out there and serving in the way you need to be serving right now? I will teach you the skill and the flexibility that you need in order to understand how to make decisions confidently. And I was where you're at. I know exactly how you're feeling right now, and I wasted a lot of time doing exactly what you're doing. So if you don't want to waste any more time, you want to get moving, then make this a part of your life. Embrace it instead of avoiding it and hoping that the magical answer will just come to you. Book a call with me and we'll map it out. And before you can know what you need to do, you need to have some clarity around what your next step is going to be. So don't be that person who wakes up years later wondering what the F you were doing and why you wasted all that time either in a dead-end job trying to figure out what you were going to do. It's probably the saddest messages that I get from people. Actually, I have some examples. A few people have shared some stories with me about this, and they'll say things to me like, I told myself I would figure it out. I told myself I'd figure it out once I graduated and started working because I'd have a lot more time to do so. I found, however, that working life has its own time vacuums and it's energy draining, and day after day is rather difficult without a proper system or an idea of where and how to begin. I wasted 3 years of my life. While 3 years of my life might not seem like a whole ton in the grand scheme of things, I've been going to lunch with some of my coworkers for a while now, and it's exactly the same kind of thing that I would do not want to be doing in 20 years. I don't think I want to be doing this for very much longer. So not only that, I realized that I have the ability to do so much more. It takes a little bit of investment to do this, and I'm going to do it. And this was somebody who ended up working with me. Here's another one. I've invested— wasted a lot of time and money in education, but without a great methodology to help me know what to do afterwards, I'm scared of landing another mediocre job and of not being able to provide sufficiently for my parents in their retirement. I don't want to live a mediocre life. Let me know if you can relate to that one. Need I say more? If you are the person who struggles to figure it out, sign up for a clarity call with me below. You can see all my links. I have a lot of free resources as well as a free training, but if you want If you want to get this figured out quickly, jump on a call and let's map it out. Thank you for watching. If you want to watch another video from me, click here. Video in the series, click here. Subscribe, give me a thumbs up, and I will see you next week. Thanks. Bye. Bye.
