Why Feeling Behind Is Killing Your Progress

About this episode

Kevin Pannell discusses the pressures of feeling behind in life and emphasizes that personal growth is a continuous journey.

A lot of young people feel like they are already late. Late to choose the right major, late to land the right job, late to make real money, late to figure life out. In this episode, Why Feeling Behind Is Killing Your Progress, I share the long arc of my own path, from joining the Navy at 19 to working IT support at 25, going back to college at 29, graduating at 32 with a newborn at home, serving in public health and emergency management through my late 30s, becoming an EMS Captain at 41, and eventually leading an enterprise IT PMO. Along the way, I also built strength in my 40s, earned my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blue belt, and continued to grow in faith and discipline. This conversation is a reminder that your twenties are not a deadline; they are a runway. You are not behind, you are building.

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Pannell

Topics covered

• personal development
• career progression
• mental health
• life choices
• fitness
• resilience

Keywords

• career
• progress
• life path
• mental health
• personal growth
• fitness
• resilience

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