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you know what the greatest obstacle
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isn't the world around us It's the
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hidden biases As you move forward with
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your career transition remember this You
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will have a disadvantage Not because
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you're not smart enough not because you
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don't have the right skills but because
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you'll be making decisions based on what
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you know and not on the vast number of
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opportunities you don't even know exists
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There's an entire landscape of careers
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industries and skills you've never had
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the chance to explore And that's not
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your fault I spent years in medicine and
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in a way my world became small because I
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didn't know how to navigate a career
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outside of medicine Now that I've made a
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transition from medicine to management
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I've realized this If you're not careful
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your lack of exposure to other
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opportunities will keep you stuck in the
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same patterns Chasing jobs that feel
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close enough instead of exploring what's
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truly right for you Dr Daniel Kaneman
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describes a cognitive bias called the
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availability horistic or tendency to
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make decisions based on the information
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that is most easily available to us We
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are blind to our own blindness We have
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very little idea of how little we know
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We're not designed to know how little we
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know And that's exactly what happens
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during a career transition You gravitate
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towards what's familiar For me for
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instance I only look for roles with
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medical in the title because that's all
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I knew I assumed the only options were
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research teaching or healthcare
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administration I didn't even consider
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other industries because I couldn't see
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how I would fit in But here's the truth
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Just because you haven't seen an
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opportunity yet doesn't mean that it
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doesn't exist So how do you overcome
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this the first step is to deliberately
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expose yourself to new information Start
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reading about industries you've never
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considered before Listen to career
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transition stories from professionals
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outside of medicine Join networking
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groups where people talk about
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non-traditional career paths Dr Armenia
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Ibara explains "We learn who we are by
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doing not by thinking
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Experimentation is the key to
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transformation So give yourself
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permission to explore You're not making
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a permanent decision right now You're
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just expanding your awareness of what's
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possible Step two recognize the
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influence of others But even as you open
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your mind to new opportunities you'll
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face another challenge the opinions of
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others Because whether you realize it or
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not your career choices have never been
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just yours Your family your friends your
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colleagues they all have expectations
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And even if they don't say it outright
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their beliefs about success stability
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prestige will influence how you see
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yourself Dr Dr Carwick states that many
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of the things we believe about ourselves
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were given to us by others and when we
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accept them without question we limit
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our potential So before you make your
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next career move ask yourself Are you
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choosing a path that excites you or one
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that will make others comfortable are
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you afraid of stepping into something
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new because of your fears or because of
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the expectations others have placed upon
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you if no one else's opinions mattered
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what would you truly want to do because
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reinvention isn't just about learning
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new skills It's about unlearning the
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limits others have placed upon you Step
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three make decisions from possibility
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not fear When making a career decision
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most people ask "What if I fail what if
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I'm not good enough what if I regret
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leaving this job?" But let me challenge
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you with different questions What if I
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succeed beyond my imagination what if I
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discover strengths I never knew I had
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what if this is the best decision that I
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have ever made dr Bnee Brown also writes
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"We can choose courage or we can choose
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comfort We cannot have both." So ask
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yourself are you making this decision
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out of fear or out of possibility
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because the truth is this transition
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isn't just about finding another job
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It's about reprogramming the way you see
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yourself It's about making decisions
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from a place of expansion not limitation
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And when you start thinking that way the
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possibilities they're endless So as you
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move forward ask yourself are you
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choosing a future based on what you
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already know or are you willing to open
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up yourselves to the possibilities you
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haven't even imagined yet because your
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next career it doesn't have to be a
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compromise It can be your greatest
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evolution yet But even as you seek
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purpose and meaning I want you to
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remember that money matters
