3 times the Streetlight Effect is misdirecting your career
Vanessa Monsequeira - ?????????
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VP of People at Gorilla | Building Employee Experience as a Product | In pursuit of making work suck less | Leadership & Career Coach | Corporate Hippy - views expressed here are my own
How often are we looking for answers in our careers where it is most convenient, in the light, rather than where our metaphorical solution keys are obscured by ambiguous darkness?
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Sales Engineer + Automation Solutions Expert | Helping Companies Solve Labor Challenges, Improve Quality, and Increase Throughput with Automation & Robotics Solutions
1 年Very interesting perspective!
3x Founder, Harvard MBA, ex-Bridgewater Associates, Goldman Sachs | Executive Coach | Helping ambitious founders/CEOs unleash their potential and purpose
1 年“preventing you from searching in the dark and finding the key to the scary / exciting question “what do I really want to do?” “ - nailed it with the exciting yet scary question. So simple yet so few can authentically articulate their answer.
The Science-Backed Relationship Coach | Giving C-Suite Execs' Clarity on their Marriage & Career | From “SHOULD I STAY OR GO?” to “SUCCESSFULLY IN LOVE?” ?? | University of Oxford M.St | Podcast Host ??| Masterclass ????
1 年When in a state of panic or uncertainty, it can be so difficult to step out of the light ('at least I can see") and into the dark "what's waiting for me in there?"). Your solutions are simple and effective ("allow my eyes time to adjust to the dark"). Really insightful post!
Executive Coach | Leadership Advisor | Career Strategist
1 年Another gem Vanessa. I've heard that parable before, but this is a great application of it, and very true. We stick with what we are familiar with, even if it means low rates of success. Doing what the herd does might be comforting, but often not in our best interest.
Founder & Fractional CTO, CodeSwiftr. We scale funded startups that achieved product-market fit with tech leadership and tailored software development.
1 年Thanks for sharing, Vanessa! I've seen the streetlight effect (looking for solution in familiar places without properly exploring the unknown) a few times and I wasn't aware of the term.