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(6 of 8) Wrong-Fit Opportunities: The 3-Step Framework That Reveals the Right Career for You | What Fits You

June 13 · 8 min · Episode 725 · 8.7 MB
0:00-8:31

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Most career professionals stay stuck not because they don't have options, but because they're evaluating them against the wrong thing. They compare role to role, company to company, path to path. And because none of the options is obviously better than the others, they keep circling without ever moving. The problem isn't the options. It's the comparison point. In Day 6 of the What Fits You 8-Day Mini Course, you'll use everything you've built across Days 1-5 as the only criteria that actually matters. By the end of today, you'll have a clear shortlist of three opportunities that actually fit you, and a much smaller list of the ones you can stop pursuing. You don't evaluate a career opportunity against other career opportunities. You evaluate it against what you know about yourself. What you'll learn:
  • Why comparing one career opportunity to another keeps high performers stuck for years
  • The 3-step framework that turns five days of self-discovery into a real decision criteria
  • How to eliminate wrong-fit opportunities so you stop wasting time pursuing them
  • The specific signs that an opportunity matches your Signature Strengths, your Five Areas, and what your 5 Whys revealed
  • Why eliminating what doesn't fit isn't giving up, it's how you make room for what does

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  1. What Fits You - Introduction (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  2. What Fits You - Day 1 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  3. What Fits You - Day 2 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  4. What Fits You - Day 3 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  5. What Fits You - Day 4 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
  6. What Fits You - Day 5 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)