Feeling Lost in Your Career? Stop Asking What to Do. Ask What to Avoid.

Being lost isn't the problem. Staying lost because you're too busy running away from the feeling, that's the problem. Slow down. The answer is usually closer than you think.

Most career advice tells you what to do. Build this skill. Network more. Find your purpose. It’s well-meaning and almost entirely useless when you’re feeling genuinely lost.

Here’s a more honest approach: instead of asking “what should I do?”, ask “what should I stop doing?” That one flip changes everything.

The inversion framework and why it works

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