“What do you want to do with the rest of your life?” is the dreaded question we hear when graduating from college. Almost ten years later, it shows no sign of slowing down.
Over the past year, I have frequently felt behind. As David reminds us in this book, development is not linear. We have this expectation that career paths are supposed to be a straight line; decide on a path, put in the hours, and then retire (preferably early); but that’s not how it works for most of us. 99.8% of us have no clue what we want to do, and still don't.
These diversions that set us back in the short term end up becoming powerful tools in the long term. Instead of thinking about our careers as a one way street, David recommends framing it as a novel and asking yourself, “What’s my next adventure or chapter?”
