Optimize for feeling lucky - by Ami Vora
When I’m deciding between big job choices (like whether to stay at my current role or take a new one), it feels like my whole career hangs in the balance.
When I’m deciding between big job choices (like whether to stay at my current role or take a new one), it feels like my whole career hangs in the balance. I convince myself I have to make the exact right choice or my career is over, and I think of all the ways the wrong decision will ruin my future. Sound familiar? This is a privileged problem to have, of course, especially in a rapidly changing industry when it can be hard to find even one good opportunity. But when this choice does come up, I’ve learned a surprising way to ratchet down the pressure so I can make a calmer choice. As you…
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