141. How to Think About Your Career When You Don’t Have a Plan

About this episode

The episode discusses how to approach career planning when clarity and direction are lacking, introducing the Three Horizons framework as a helpful tool.

In this episode, I explore a different way of thinking about the future of your career, especially when the path ahead feels open or uncertain. Many mid-career professionals feel pressure to have a clear long-term plan. To know exactly what they are aiming for and where they are headed. When that clarity is missing, it can feel uncomfortable or unsettling. In this episode, I introduce a framework I use regularly in my coaching work called the Three Horizons. It offers a way to think about car...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Crossfield

Topics covered

• career planning
• mid-career professionals
• uncertainty in careers
• Three Horizons framework
• self-improvement

Keywords

• career change
• mid-career
• career uncertainty
• future planning
• coaching framework

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