Natalie FisherCEO, Natalie Fisher Coaching

The 4 Most Toxic Over-Simplified Pieces Of Career Advice Deconstructed - PODCAST EPISODE #220

1 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment of her podcast, Natalie Fisher critiques the common practice of presenting career success stories as simple, universally replicable formulas. She points out that while testimonials—showing people landing jobs or earning specific incomes—are factually true, they are often presented in a way that suggests "if they can do it, you can too" without revealing the nuanced strategies, context, and tools required to achieve those outcomes. Fisher argues that this oversimplification deprives listeners of the actionable resources they need to translate such stories into their own career progress.

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This person did it and you can do it too. When we're showing testimonials or when you see somebody land a job or when you see somebody make a certain amount of money in their business, we're looking at that and we're seeing it like we're being sold it like they did it, you can do it too. They are all true, but there is so much more to it. So the problem with the oversimplification is that we don't end up getting the tools we need to make it work for us.