2016-09-05
58 分钟As a kid, like I said, I loved playing business, but in this moment, I realized I don't want to be CEO of some giant company someday.
That's not my aspiration.
And that was starting to be the first moments that I said there can be a different path.
So I first met today's guest, Jenny Blake, back when she was working at, ooh, a little company called Google.
And she had the job that so many people thought, that's what I aspire to.
That's how I know I've made it.
Shortly after I met her, she left that job to go out on her own and really start her own business, become an author, a coach, a speaker, and it was a huge move.
And she has a new book out now called Pivot.
And it's really kind of fascinating because what she's doing is reframing the idea of making these sometimes fairly substantial career shifts and saying, you know what?
This is not actually a big, disruptive thing that happens every once in a long while in a career anymore.
This is your career.
It's a constant evolution, or in her words, a constant pivot.
So we spent some time sort of deconstructing this idea and how to navigate it, but also really looking at her personal story, looking at her journey and what kind of gave her the fortitude to make some really big moves and how that turned into a process for her.
Hope you enjoy the conversation.
I'm Jonathan Fields and this is good life project.
So we're gonna jam a little bit on.
There's a little thing that you're bringing to life as we're hanging out right now, but we've known each other for a long time now, and I knew you before.
You were actually rocking New York City, I guess, shortly before.
So let's take a step back in time.
Actually, let's take a bigger step back in time.