Steve Jobs passed 11 years ago, but he’s still someone people turn to for career advice.
Jobs once said, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backward.”
In the context of your career, this can be loosely translated to mean: Trust that what you’re doing right now will get you where you want to go. That is provided you’ve taken the time to consider your decisions relative to your goals. Either way – you will be the sum total of your decisions to date.
As a recruiter, I regularly talk with people trying to figure out their next career move. They often wish they could get their hands on a crystal ball in order to see what role might lead them to the best future.
It’s pretty much impossible to predict where your future might lead. Career, personal, health, family, etc. for that matter.
Yes, you can make smart, strategic decisions in your career. But as Jobs also said, “You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
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