When you don’t know what you want to do with your career …

Personally, I am a huge proponent of finding your passion/purpose and pursuing it — which can begin as a hobby or even a part-time job for additional income and could grow to become your primary source of income. Having operated in leadership roles within companies such as JPMorgan Chase, Allstate, and LegalShield for more than 20 years now, I have found several reasons that further substantiate my point of view.

However, as an avid learner, during a recent podcast interview with one of my mentors, Matt Winter, former president of the Allstate Corporation, he shared a great point of view that I belovingly titled The Uncharted Course to Career Management, which is in fact for many of us, how it actually happens.

The key to managing through The Uncharted Course as Matt explains it? Saw the wood in front of you.

Saw the Wood in Front of You

Such a simple phrase, but let’s look at Matt’s career a bit to get some context

• College education — Wildlife Management and Forestry
• Military — Serves in the Army