Doubt is part of a journey

Once upon a time there was a thought. Maybe yours, maybe someone else’s that became yours. Maybe borrowed from a film, a book, or a success-case compendium.

“When I find my true calling, I will finally be happy and everything will get clear”.

“Look at uncle X – he loves what he does AND THEREFORE he is happy”.

With time, a thought has become an assumption, - something you believe is true.

“If it’s a doubt, it’s no doubt”.

“If it’s not exciting and effortless, that’s not for me. It should come easy, otherwise its not my true calling, my devotion, my thing”.

Well, expectations like these are unrealistically high, or just unrealistic. And let’s face it, they are far from being modest. “Sky is the limit”. Perhaps, at some times, but not all of the time, not most of the time – because the sky doesn’t care (just like the rest of the world).

Real-life careers aren’t scripted this way. In fact, they aren’t scripted anyhow, as you are the author in charge of the script. To some extent.

And doubt is a part of the journey, because as a professional, the more you know, the more you doubt. No-doubt cases are for amateurs, who assume being the experts.

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