The Most Important Piece of Career Advice You Probably Never Heard

Love this quick post on first determining the lifestyle you want, and then working backwards from there to figure out what job/role/projects/career choices take you there:

The Most Important Piece of Career Advice You Probably Never Heard

What do I mean by lifestyle? Roughly speaking: a detailed feel for what your day to day existence would be like. Some questions to consider when imagining an ideal lifestyle:

- How much control do I have over my schedule?
- What’s the intensity level of my job?
- What’s the importance of what I do?
- What’s the prestige level?
- What type of work?
- Where do I live?
- What’s my social life like?
- What’s my work life balance?
- What’s my family like?
- How do other people think of me?
- What am I known for?

Thanks Michal for sharing!