Sort Your Career Out

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tl;dr

• Career crises, career change, burnout and redundancy are opportunities for growth and to replan your career road trip.
• Don't spin the Career Wheel of Fortune in the hope that any new job will solve your situation. Rest, recover and take ownership of your career.
• Painful experiences in our career are inevitable, but we can cultivate these experiences for post‐traumatic growth.
• Working through your answers to part I of this book is critical to ensuring your career journey brings you the joy you're seeking.

Shell in the driver's seat

Coming to a career crossroads

As with any good road trip, you need to prepare for the unexpected. You'll hit a roadblock, a crossroads, a dead end, get bogged, run out of fuel. Or maybe your career car will have a [nervous] breakdown that leaves you stranded on the side of the road, waiting for the tow truck, wondering where to next.

Career changes, career crises, burnout, redundancy, unexpected employment ends: each of these situations can feel like your career road trip has come to an abrupt stop. Emergency break activated.

If you've experienced one of these, I want you to know you're not alone (welcome to the career crisis club). As we process these tricky parts of our careers it can feel like we're isolated, lacking the knowledge or resources to move forward.

But we ...