42. In the search of growth...

Category: Career and Purpose

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42. 

The ‘in-between’  times
are a powerful place to be. 
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And most of us skip through it.

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Transitioning between jobs can feel uncertain, but it is also a powerful time for personal and professional growth. Most people rush through this period, missing its potential.
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We make sure to secure the next job and start as soon as possible because of obvious reasons - money. Even more so, if we find ourselves in an in-between period against our will, we know we must focus all our efforts into securing our income.

Yet, here’s why the “in-between” times matter:

• Opportunity for reflection: So often we choose a new job not because we love the new one, but because we hate the old one. Feel free to read that again.
• Recalibrating priorities: Linked to the first point, a time to pause allows us to recalibrate with what we actually want in our lives, rather than to simply run away from what we do not..
• Variety of experiences: What I often see in coaching sessions is that during in-between times - especially when those were unexpected - people start reconnecting with old hobbies or activities we did not have time for previously. This leads to something so important - finding ourselves again, our whole self.
  
  

The times in between jobs are neither embraced in society, nor do we like talking about them. For many people I coach, this feels like a ‘wasted time’ while they are in it, and then months or years later looking back there is always one revelation that appears:  This was an opportunity to change course. 

Taking a pause to reflect makes sense. What else?
    Yes, here is why a versatile career paths are really good for us.