PEOPLE - On the Wrong Path? 6 Steps to Finding Your Way

If you find yourself feeling like you’re on the wrong career path, don’t panic
1. Do What You Can With What You Have
2. Listen to Your Inner Voice - I knew, deep down, that the work I was doing wasn’t the work I was meant to be doing - lacking the
3. Redefine Success - It is about feeling deep fulfillment and meaning, eliminating unhappiness from my life, and experiencing progress every day.
4. Find Someone Who Believes in You - Invaluable when you take the leap "Why not?" "What’s the worst that can happen?"
5. Pick Something - I had no idea what I wanted when I first arrived in New York. I only knew what I didn’t want. So I decided to pick something, anything, that seemed interesting. I figured that picking something was better than picking nothing at all, and the only way we figure out what we really do want from life is when we go out and actually do something.
6. Make it Happen - If you have an in with a company that aligns with your new definition of success,
and tell them how you want to help. If they say no, keep trying until you find one that says yes


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