The right risks to take for a great career (w/ Molly Graham)

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  This is How to Be a Better Human.

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  I'm your host, Chris Duffy.

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  Today on the show, our guest is Molly Graham.

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  Molly is, among many other things, a very successful business person,

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  a writer, and the new host of Ted's WorkLife podcast.

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  So we're going to be talking to her about how the rules for building a great career have evolved

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  and what it takes to navigate this new work landscape.

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  You know, when I was searching for my first job,

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  I really, really, really wanted to write for a newspaper.

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  I was positive that I wanted to be a traditional newspaper journalist.

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  But then everywhere I applied, they were cutting positions rather than hiring.

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  I couldn't get a job.

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  And I needed a job that would let me pay my bills.

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  So I just started applying for anything and everything.

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  And I ended up getting a position teaching English abroad.

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  And then I got a job teaching at an elementary school in Boston.

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  I could never, ever, ever have predicted

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  that starting there would lead me to be here hosting this podcast and talking to you right now.

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  In fact, one of the biggest lessons that I've learned,

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  maybe the only career lesson that I feel totally confident standing behind

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