For the next 21 days, I'm going to be posting my Inner Compass journey on my blog. Want to go through the Inner Compass Process with me to find more personal and professional fulfillment? Please read these short blog posts and journal your responses.
When it comes to building a fulfilling career, it’s not just about what you do—it’s about the impact you want to make. That impact is rarely random. More often, it grows out of the core values we form in childhood.
Before we had résumés or job titles, we were already learning what mattered to us through our most contented childhood memories.
For me, my favorite memories center on adventure with my family—traveling to new places, trying new things, stepping into the unknown, and discovering what was possible. Those experiences shaped what I value: curiosity, exploration, and novelty.
That’s why the impact I most want to make through my work is facilitating new experiences for others. It’s what I’ve always craved for myself—and what feels most natural for me to offer the world. Whether in careers, creativity, or personal growth, helping someone see a new possibility is deeply fulfilling to me.
When you understand the values that formed early in your life, you can make better career choices. You’re no longer chasing roles or titles—you’re choosing paths that allow you to express what matters most to you.
So I’ll leave you with this: What values did you develop in childhood? And how might those values shape the contribution you’re meant to make in the world?
To learn more about identifying the contribution you want to make through your career, CHECK OUT MY NEW BOOK The Inner Compass Process: Using Childhood Memories to Guide Your Career Change: https://www.amazon.com/dp/173671760X/
P.S. This is a picture of me taking my first vacation since COVID. I went to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which was really novel for me.