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Why your best friend’s advice will be toxic to your career change
The best career advice comes when you leave your comfort zone.
As someone who used to change careers almost as often as I changed my signature t-shirts, I’ve sought my share of advice about life decisions. At some point, I began giving advice as well.
Career advice can be a minefield.
Most people begin with their nearest friends and dearest family members. Before you know it, you’re in a serious state of confusion. The ideas you had seem to dissolve as soon as you put them into words.
That adventure you saw as exciting and life-changing? You get a.response like, ‘What are you — nuts?”
Or you express realistic doubt over the odds of success in your next venture. “It’s so competitive,” you say.
Your loved ones brush past your concerns like a broom sweeping away dead leaves.
“You’re wonderful,” they say. “You can do anything.”
Yeah, right.
It’s true. Just when you most want someone to listen, you realize you need to get beyond the familiar faces of your comfort zone.
