Don’t wait until ‘after reviews’, or ‘after Christmas’, or even, ‘on Monday’ (my favourite new-exercise-regime day). Figure out what you want, figure out a plan and then start. It doesn’t have to be a big life-changing plan.
Hands up if you’ve ever been sitting at work, in a meeting, chairing a meeting thinking ‘shit, any moment now they’re going to figure out I don’t really know what I’m talking about.’ Or ‘why are they listening to me, I’m sure they all know more about this than I do’…
...Someone smarter than me told me that advice when I was starting out, nothing forces your hand like telling people you’re going to do something.
It’s a bit like my first eDM after changing career roles. O.M.F.G. as the kids say. Is there anything scarier than your first bit Mail Chimp “send” button?...
I was having the ‘nearly 30’ crisis and was asking a mentor of mine – “...but aren’t I too old to change career direction now?” His response was as liberating as it was daunting...