When the Path You're On Stops Feeling Like Yours — Max Young

About this episode

Max Young and Christopher San Agustin discuss the challenges of navigating career paths and creative fulfillment.

Max Young and I came to this conversation from the exact same spot. Two senior creatives, a decade-plus in, standing at the same crossroads and asking ourselves the same questions. What kind of work do we actually want to be doing now? What should we be focusing on? And is the path we're on still the right one? That crossroads can feel isolating. You build something up, get excited about it, and then there's this voice that quietly tries to pull it back down. Turns out Max deals with it too. ...

People in this episode

Host: Christopher San Agustin

Guest: Max Young

Topics covered

• career crossroads
• creative work
• self-discovery
• professional growth
• isolation in creativity

Keywords

• career
• creativity
• self-reflection
• professional development
• creative process

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