Career Planning/Resets: Don't Enter Field Where You Can't Star, Good-Enough No Longer Allowed

 Work has become one-dimensional. At least if you want to get in, stay in and maybe move on up. It's all about stardom, that is being an extraordinary performer. 

Have doubts? Just take the direction of AI. Who's hired, whose kept on, who gets the stock options are those heavyhitters who can handle the strategy, oversee the bots and edit. BusinessInsider chronicles this development. It extends from tech to sales.  

"Workers who are decent at their jobs — but not superstars — are facing a tougher slog in industries like tech, where employers have the upper hand, and AI threatens to automate their roles."

It used to be, of course, that the world of work was binary. There were the stars and the good-enoughs. The former got to the top. The latter were able to survive if they didn't mess up politically.

The dawn of the star paradigm was outlined by litigation star at elite Paul, Weiss Brad Karp back in 2021. In an interview with Bloomberg Law Karp hammered how the business of law had shifted to star power. Those firms which didn't have the resources to recruit, retain and motivate the stars would risk going out of business. Karp himself became a star at Paul, Weiss by time he was a second-year associate. The top tier assigned him to a major case when his peers were doomed to grunt tasks.

In initial career preparation for youth and for those resetting after burnout or collapse of their industry I guide how to make a living in niches in which they can dazzle. It might not be their passion. It might not pay the most. It might be a lousy fit for work and life balance. But the odds of they will be hired and not be terminated. And, yes, land in the C-Suite.

For example, a man with a PhD in literature from an Ivy was amazing with his motor skills. This human being could fix anything. They came to me after not being able to get a job related to their education. Obviously, they were perceived as not a cut above in a glutted territory. I helped clear away the stigma of transitioning to the trades. They are a star in a home service business. Eventually I have a hunch they will open their own shop.

When content-creation was moving into areas in which I couldn't star I had to move out. That I did. My regret was not fast enough. Bottom fishing dented confidence. 

Takeaway: Size up your strengths with brutal realism. Your living depends on it. There is a whole cottage industry of books and workshops for discovering your strengths.

Success is a mental game. Failure comes from being done in by the “committee” in your head.

Together, we liberate your thinking. Then we change your story. And, unleash success. Meanwhile, we focus on bringing in income. That puts you in a position of strength.

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