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If you want to make a career change, you first need to figure out your survival number. Welcome to episode two of lessons I'm learning being career confused. Hi, I'm Jesse.
Jessi Jean shares key lessons on making a career pivot, focusing on financial planning and finding your survival number.
Key Takeaways
- Identify your survival number to understand your financial needs during a career change.
- Financial planning is essential before making a career pivot.
- Allow yourself time and mental space to explore new career options without stress.
- Reverse engineer your career transition based on your financial requirements.
- Career goals and desires can change over time, and that’s normal.
Summary
- Jessi Jean discusses the challenges of being career confused and making a career change.
- She emphasizes the importance of identifying your 'survival number'—the minimum monthly income needed to avoid panic.
- Making a career pivot can be costly due to bills and potential pay cuts.
- Most people need financial planning before changing career paths.
- Jessi shares her personal survival number of $4,000 per month.
- She advocates reverse engineering a career pivot around this survival number.
- Instead of stressing about choosing the wrong path, she suggests giving yourself time to test and plan.
- Building a financial bridge while exploring new career options is crucial.
- The video is part two in a series about lessons learned while being career confused.
- Viewers are encouraged to follow for the next lesson.
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Speaker A
through binge eating recovery forever. Turns out you can go through seasons of life where what you thought you wanted changes, but making a career pivot can be costly. There's bills to pay and starting over can mean a pay cut. Most
Speaker A
And I thought I was going to be coaching women through binge eating recovery forever. Turns out you can go through seasons of life where what you thought you wanted changes.
Speaker A
to make each month to not panic. For me, that number is 4,000. So now I'm reverse engineering my career pivot around that number. And instead of stressing about choosing the wrong career path next, I decided I was going to give myself one
Speaker A
But making a career pivot can be costly. There's bills to pay, and starting over can mean a pay cut. Most people can't change career paths without a little financial planning.
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clinging to what's familiar. So, lesson two, figure out your survival number, then build a bridge to that number, doing something that gives you enough mental space while you test, plan, and try things on. Follow for lesson three.
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