In this episode, Lyn walks us through how we can reinvent our career after the military. As veterans we know the struggles of reinventing our careers all too well. So it’s important to have a roadmap to guide us through that transition.
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Scott DeLuzio: 00:03 Thanks for tuning in to the Drive On Podcast where we talk about issues affecting veterans after they get out of the military. Before we get started, I’d like to ask a favor if you haven’t done so already, please rate and review the show on Apple podcasts. If you’ve already done that. Thank you. These ratings help the show get discovered so it can reach a wider audience and while you’re there, click the subscribe button so that you get notified of new episodes as soon as they come out. If you don’t use Apple podcasts, you can visit DriveOnPodcast.com/subscribe to find other ways of subscribing, including our email. I’m your host, Scott DeLuzio, and now let’s get on with the show.
Scott DeLuzio: 00:44 Hey everyone. Today my guest is Lyn Christian, who is the founder of an organization called Soul Salt. You might recognize Lyn from last week’s episode where we talked about figuring out what your core values are, why it’s important to know your core values, and how knowing all of that helps us make decisions that are true to ourselves. I’d encourage you to go back and give that episode a listen if you haven’t done so already. You can find out more about Lyn and her background and what she does in that episode. Today though, we’re going to talk about how we can reinvent our career paths. This episode we’ll be a dive into something that is especially important to service members as they transition out of the military and back into civilian life. I think we’re all familiar with the concept of reinventing a career.
Scott DeLuzio: 01:30 There’s many examples of famous people who have done it. Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger were actors before getting into politics, Jeff Bezos worked in computer science and finance before launching Amazon. I could probably come up with dozens more examples like this, but we get the point. The problem though, is that it might look easy to reinvent your career when you look at some of these celebrity examples, but, it’s not always that easy. So, Lyn, welcome back to the show. Let’s jump right in and talk about why people have such a hard time when they pivot in their careers.
Lyn Christian 02:05 Scott, that’s a great question. And it’s an astute observation that it looks easy when you see somebody else doing a jump from a career. They reinvent, they’re doing something different. It looks incredibly easy from the outside...
