How to Find Clarity When You’re at a Career Crossroads

tl;dr:

1. Pick a career about which you have immense passion


2. Be obsessive about learning in your field


3. Develop mentors in your field


4. Embrace peer relationships in your field


5. Always be gracious and pay it forward.

If you have found an outlet in your career that provides both the requisite hygiene factors and motivators, then a deliberate approach makes sense. Your aspirations should be clear, and you know from your present experience that they are worth striving for. Rather than worrying about adjusting to unexpected opportunities, your frame of mind should

Instead, we can conduct an advanced search and ask three questions: “What do I feel deeply inspired by?” and “What am I particularly talented at?” and “What meets a significant need in the world?”