Luck is Not a Career Success Strategy
summary
Outlines a concrete five-year plan method with reverse engineering and quarterly check-ins, prescribes contacting career interviews of 3–5 people for 15–30 minutes via LinkedIn, and using a SWOT to map strengths to opportunities and convert weaknesses by volunteering or projects. Recommends SMART goals, tactics like RSVPing to five networking events, journaling wins, making a vision board, joining Toastmasters for communication, chasing grants for training, and tracking progress (reads ~50 books/year, celebrate wins 24 hours).
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:50Suzanne Ricci Introduction
- 2:42What is Career Success
- 4:23Plan to Fail
- 7:30Career Interviews
- 13:19Positioning Statement
- 17:13SWOT
- 21:16Resources
- 21:49Goals
- 23:31Strategies Tactics
- 27:59Goal Buddy
- 30:46Vision Board
- 34:13Assess Your Progress
- 35:39Define Your Career Success
- 37:24Contact Suzanne Ricci
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