Your career is your responsibility. Waiting for your boss to grow your career for you is a waste of time.
If you want to change your career, you must first change yourself.
According to Erika Ayers Badan, ‘Nobody cares about your career.’ That is why you should take care of your career. Waiting for other people to make your own career decision for you is a waste of time. Do not do it.
When you are ready and willing to bet on yourself, according to Erika, ‘You can do anything if you’re willing to give yourself to it, fuck up a bunch while at it, be uncomfortable during it, and be reflective after it.’
‘If you are sincere about who you are, nothing can take you down because how you feel on the inside matches what you show and give off on the outside.’
‘Changing up your attitude and headspace to allow for more learning, innovation, and risk is the first step on a journey to something bigger for yourself.’
‘You are the only person who can truly defeat you, silence you, keep you still. You are also the best person to figure out the way forward.’
‘Doing something that feels fulfilling to you, even if it’s not what the people around you think is right, can be hugely freeing.’
‘Accept that you can’t make things what they were, but believe that you can make things different- and better.’
‘Falling down is the best way to get good at getting up. Knowing how to trip is a good way to get good at running.’
‘Spending your time worrying doesn’t do anything but make you better at worrying. Spending your time doing makes you better at something, which gives you skill, builds your confidence, and makes you viable and valuable to someone else.’
‘The more you expose yourself to new people, experiences, and points of view, the more you will benefits.’
‘The weird thing about eating shit is that it makes the drama go away faster.’
‘You don’t need to be perfect. Just own your mess, deal with it, and know you are capable of doing that and much more.’
‘If you don’t want people to think you’re a fraud, try not to be one.’
Source
Erika Ayers Badan (2024). Nobody Cares About Your Career: Why Failure is Good, The Great Ones Play Hurt, and Other Hard Truths
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