I’m writing a book

It’s surprising, even to me. And I’m the one that’s going to be writing the thing. ;)

I’ve done a number of interviews this past month with people who self-identify as career changers. Across each interview, I wanted to know:

• Why the person made the career change?

• What were the challenges that they had to overcome?

• What were the lessons learned along the way?

From these interviews, I heard stories of loneliness and grief leading up to the decision to change careers. For one person, the driver was curiosity. For another person, the driver was destiny.

But for each person I interviewed, the end result was always a sense of triumph. I detected a deep-seated pride in their accomplishment of joining a new profession or pursuing a new path in life.

I think that however this book ends up being shaped, I want that to be the final message.

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