by Jenny Blake
50 percent left a job: Ibid.
Fortune’s 100 Best Companies: Fortune, “100 Best Companies to Work For,” last modified February 2015, fortune.com/best-companies/.
“more than 16,000 books”: Ibid.
contribute to one of their core values: “Zappos Library List,” Zappos.com, zapposinsights.com/about/library-list.
Fund a Goal program: Mark Walker, “Lululemon Athletica—Driving a Culture of Individual and Organizational Development, Accountability and Innovation,” HRMToday.com, September 29, 2011, www.hrmtoday.com/featured-stories/lululemon-athletica-driving-a-culture-of-individual-and-organizational-development-accountability-and-innovation/.
Reverse mentoring and lunches: Leslie Kwoh, “Reverse Mentoring Cracks Workplace,” Wall Street Journal, November 28, 2011, www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203764804577060051461094004.
INDEX
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Adams, Tara, 2, 5
adaptability, 232–33
agility, 13, 72
Allen, David, 128
analysis paralysis, 89, 156
Anderson, Marques, 2, 6, 115
antifragile, 25, 238
Anzman, Melissa, 188
assumptions: hypothesis versus, 142
asymmetric upside, 149–50
bartering, 103–4
basketball analogy, 13, 226–27
Beck, Martha, 204
Belsky, Scott, 190–91
Bezos, Jeff, 199
Biali, Susan, 95
Bilanich, Bud, 3, 6
Bisong, Gigi, 156–57
board of advisors, 97–98, 100
body: and Plant stage, 47–49, 52
boiling frog, 188
Bourke, Joanna, 67
bridge income, 79–80, 81, 84, 85
Brilliance Barter, 116–17
Brown, Brené, 114–15, 117, 204
Brynjolfsson, Erik, 119
Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop, 143
Burch, Noel, 109
burn rate, 79
calfee, 101
Campbell, Joseph, 9, 173, 235
career conversations/coaching, 10, 219–21, 223–25, 226–32
career karma, 104–5
career portfolio, 66, 146, 150, 155
Career Roomba Syndrome, 186
careers
in age of app and smartphone analogy, 8–9
operating modes for, 23–25
plateaus in, 24, 190–91, 222, 226, 235, 236
Carr, Peter, 180–81
Chaloeicheep, Adam, 2, 5, 50, 51, 102, 131–32
change
and duration of pivot, 15
fear of, 8–9, 119
and mindset, 20, 22, 23
as opportunity, 20, 22
childhood interests, 67–68
Chödrön, Pema, 10
Clark, Dorie, 126
Clow, Julie, 3, 6–7, 127, 224
collective brainpower, 94
Colvin, Geoff, 120
combinatory play and hobbies, 110–11
comfort zone, 27–28, 47, 60, 89, 111, 118, 158, 194, 197, 238
complexity, 235–39
connecting the dots, and looking backward, 10–13
Connolly, Bill, 47, 147
continuous pivot, 211–12
Cotton, Becky, 187–88, 220, 221
courage: and Launch stage, 173–95
Covey, Stephen R., 39
Dahl, Marisol, 154–55
Danckert, James, 20
Danylchuk, Lisa, 105
date-based timing, 174, 176–78
Deaton, Angus, 19
decision fatigue (ego depletion), 49–50, 52
decision
to launch, 172, 174-82, 185, 209
as separate from difficult conversations, 205–6
Decision Tracker (exercise), 166
Decoda, Tara, 181–82
Deffley, Andrew, 75, 76, 98, 99
difficult conversations, 205–6
diminishing returns, 186, 188–91
discoverable, 89–90, 123–37
Dizon, Melani, 145
Doucette, Elisa, 102, 158
Downing effect (illusory superiority), 118
drafting, career, 98–99
“Drop the Bucket” game, 114
Durand, Kyle, 2, 6, 22, 155
Dweck, Carol, 19, 20
entrepreneurs: mindset of, 17
exercise(s)
linear logic, 113
listening, 117–18
meditation, 51–52
mentor, 96–97
Pivot Hexagon, 185
platform, 128–29
skills/expertise, 108
“sliding-doors” careers, 59–60
strengths, 68, 70, 128–29
success, 58–59
30-Day Decision Tracker, 166
values mining, 41–45
vision, 57–62
Zone of Genius, 70
experts, 126–27, 128–29. See also reputation; skills/expertise; thought leadership expert
failure
and courageous life, 238
definition of, 198–99
fear of, 197–213, 238
as feedback, 201–2
regret and, 198–99
and risk, 173, 180
and values, 198, 199
family, 182. See also other people
fauxspiration, 156–57
fear
of change, 8–9, 20, 119
as consuming thinking, 113
of failure, 197–213, 238
and finances, 83
FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and, 238
FONT (Fear of Not Trying) and, 238
and mindset, 20, 23, 28, 29
Ferriss, Tim, 20, 108
Ferry, Jenny, 166
Fields, Jonathan, 114, 117
finances
and bridge income, 79–80, 81, 84, 85
burn rate and, 79
as constraint on pivot, 35
and duration of pivot, 15
and emergency fund, 78
and income-anxiety seesaw awareness, 84–85
last resort and, 237–38
mindset and, 18, 21, 26, 29–30, 83–84
and monthly nut, 77–78, 85
risk and, 76, 78, 81
runway for, 78, 79, 157, 174
and savings, 79–80
side hustles and, 80–82
and yearly nut, 78
folding: and knowing when to fold, 185–91
Frank, Thomas, 163–64
friendtors, 100–101, 146
Gaiman, Neil, 107
Garnett, Laura, 69–70
Gaspay, Nerissa, 124
Geisel, Theodor, 150–51
get scrappy, 143–44
Gillian (sister-in-law), 56–57
Give-Receive-Achieve framework, 58–59
givers, 23, 58, 94, 104–5, 116–17, 125, 126–27, 217
Gladwell, Malcolm, 60
Godin, Seth, 81
Golofaro, Christian, 21, 22, 210–11
Gower, Bob, 148–50
Gramaglia, Casey, 51, 52
Grant, Adam, 94
Grant, Alexis, 102–3
Grayeb, Jennifer, 224, 225
greener grass, 135–36
Grey, Nick, 129
Grose, Laura, 225, 232
Grosz, Stephen
, 8
grounded theory, 114–15, 116, 232
Guarriello, Tom, 233
happiness, 39, 46–47, 52, 124, 135, 202–5
happiness formula, 47
Harold (grandfather), 151–52
Harris, Dan, 51
Heller, Rachel S.F., 190
Hellstrom, Travis, 21–22
Hendricks, Gay, 69
Henry, Shawn, 93, 200
high net growth, 18–30, 221, 236
high net worth, 18–30
Hill, John, 3, 6, 54
hobbies, 110–11
hotter/colder, 41, 167
hypothesis: assumptions versus, 142
illusory superiority, 118
impacters
aim/purpose of, 18, 70
and career operating modes, 68–69
characteristics of, 19–23
and courageous life, 238–39
and discoverability, 126, 132
as givers, 94
and mindset, 19–23, 24–25, 28
self-doubt of, 118–19
strengths of, 68–69
income-anxiety seesaw, 84–85
incremental pilots, 152–53
Insight Timer app, 50
instinct and intuition, 174, 179–81, 192–93, 205, 206, 237
interests: importance of, 221–23
internal mobility and programs, 229–32
intrapreneurs, 17
Jacobson, Jeff, 55
JennyBlake.me (website), 11, 23, 29, 116
jobs
disengagement from, 4
impact of technology on, 4
reasons for leaving, 219–23
See also careers
Jobs, Steve, 11, 49
John-Reader, Courtney “CJ,” 222
Jones, Brian (alias), 3, 6–7, 177–78, 235–36
Justin (client), 40–41
Kahneman, Daniel, 19
Kaufman, Josh, 108
Kelleghan, Daniel, 127–28
Kelly, Kevin, 126
Kit (friend), 81
knots, 235–36, 239
known and unknown variables, 62–63
Koenig, Lora, 102
Kondo, Marie, 128
Kotler, Steven, 114
Krishnamurti, J., 173
Krohn, Tricia, 171–72, 203–4
last resort, 237–38
Launch stage
approvals in, 182
and “being scrappy,” 143–44
benchmarks in, 17
courage and, 173–95
and evaluation of launch, 209–11
and failure, 173, 179, 180, 195, 197–213
and fear, 171, 182, 184–85, 197–213
and finances, 171, 174–76, 177, 184–85, 187, 190, 202
and other people, 174, 181–82, 202–6
overview of, 13, 14, 171–72
perfect conditions for, 207
and Pivot Scales, 194–95
progress milestones in, 174, 178–79
and risk, 173, 180, 182, 184–85, 188, 194–95, 208–9
and success, 171, 200, 209–11
launch timing criteria, 174–82, 185, 209
Lead stage
and career development, 219–33
listening during, 219–33
overview of, 15, 217
leadership
and mindset, 23
and “servant leader” perspective, 115
thought, 60, 93, 126
lean pilots, 148–49
leapfrog approach, 130–32
learning
discernment about, 119–20
and evaluation of Pilot stage, 167
failure and, 111, 201
and how to learn, 108–9
importance of, 137
levels of, 109–10
mindset and, 21, 25, 28
and MVP, 143
letting others know you are looking, 133–35
leverage existing strengths, 7, 8, 14, 29–30, 61–62, 65–73, 89, 112, 119, 128–29
Levine, Amir, 190
Life After College (Blake), 3, 11, 18, 26, 29, 45, 154
listening
active, 118
exercise about, 117–18
to gut, 135, 136
investigative, 114–18
and networking, 117
Little, Brian R., 124
Lucius Seneca, 91
make-or-break marker, 82–83
managers, career conversations with, 223–25
Marbin, Seth, 152–53
marketable skills, 71–72
Martin, Roger, 49
Martin, Steve, 18
Maslow, Abraham, 8
mastermind groups, 101–3, 146
McAfee, Andrew, 119
McCarthy, Monica, 9, 65–66
meditation, 50–52
Meitner, Amanda and Tom, 176
mentors, 94–97, 99, 100–101, 146, 232
Miceli, Carlos, 134–35
mind map, 43–44, 45, 62
mindset
abundance, 84
and finances, 18, 21, 26, 29–30, 83–84
growth, 18–30, 221, 236
pivot, 16–17
MIPs (Most Important People), 204–5
Momentum (online community), 116–17
monthly nut, 77–78, 85
Mullainathan, Sendhil, 83
MVP (minimum viable product), 143, 144, 148. See also get scrappy
Nash, Jennie, 179
networking
and bartering, 103–4
board of advisors and, 97–98, 100
collective brainpower and, 94
discoverability and, 129, 132, 133–35
and drafting, 98–99
and expanding sphere of influence, 93
friendtors and, 100–101
and letting others know you are looking, 133–35
mastermind groups and, 101–3
and mentors, 94–97, 99, 100–101
Newport, Cal, 128
Nguyen, Davis, 154
Oka, Marvin, 193
180s, 28,
one-off mentors, 94–97
operating modes, career, 23–25, 68–69, 227
opportunities
and career conversations, 228
and organizational change, 233
sources for, 91–92
organizations
changing nature of, 232–33
pilots within, 152–53
Pivot Method within, 226–29
other people
happiness of, 202–5
and letting others know you are looking, 133–35
as MIPs, 204–5
panic zone, 27–28, 163, 174, 194, 197
Pell, Dave, 129
Pennington, Casey, 133–34, 165
performance reviews, 227, 228
personality assessments, 70
Pham, Julien, 61–62, 125
Pilot stage
aim/purpose of, 14, 136, 141, 163, 167
and being wrong, 142
characteristics of, 146–150, 158
evaluation of, 161–67
and failure, 201
and fear, 158, 194
and finances, 146, 157, 162
and “getting scrappy,” 143–59
and MVP, 143, 144
overview of, 13, 14, 141–42
and risk, 141, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153–55, 164–65, 171, 194
pilots
incremental, 152–53
lean, 148–49
list of common, 1
45
in organizations, 152–53
size of, 148–50
strong, 146-50
vision, 146
Pink, Daniel, 60
Pivot Cycle, 14, 15, 86, 138, 168, 211–12
Pivot Hexagon, 183–85
Pivot Method
aim/purpose of, 226
benefits of, 212, 217
as coaching tool, 15, 217, 229
overview and stages in, 13–17
within organizations, 226–29
pivot paradox
Don’t Push the River, 191–92
Embrace the Slow Build, 150–52
Fauxspiration, 156–57
finances and, 82, 83–84
Ignorance Is Bliss, 118–19
Make Short-Term Trade-Offs if Necessary, 183
Scarcity Versus “The Secret,” 83–84
Shoot the Moon, 208–9
When the Grass Really is Greener, 135–36
pivot points, 3, 226, 239. See also plateau, career
Pivot Scales, 194–95
PivotMethod.com, 15, 23, 50, 85, 137, 167, 213, 233
pivots/pivoting
business, 7, 15
characteristics of, 9–10
crisis compared with, 9–10
culture for, 217, 219–33
definition of, 7
degree of, 28, 161
duration of, 15
fear of, 8, 17
or getting pivoted, 4–8
mindset for, 16–17
motivation for, 1–3, 4–8
plateaus versus, 24
risk in, 9
Plant stage
aim/purpose of, 14, 35, 89, 107
finances and, 75–85
guiding principles and, 39–52
overview of, 13, 14, 35–37
project-based purpose in, 69–70, 124–25
and strengths, 35–37, 61–62, 65–73, 107, 118
values and, 35, 39–45, 52, 66
and vision, 35, 53–63, 66
plateau, career, 24, 190–91, 222, 226, 235, 236
platform, 93, 120, 125–29, 163–64, 178
progress milestones, 174, 178–79
project-based purpose, 69–70, 124–25
Project Management Triangle, 183–84
quantity/quality issues, 145, 150, 183, 228
Rapple, Rebecca, 97
Rasmussen, Christina, 10
Rath, Tom, 35–36
reciprocal transformation, 105
Redecker, Cliff, 231
redundancy, 153–55, 164
Reese, Nick, 77, 78
regret, 172, 198–99, 207, 210, 211
rejection, 130, 181–82, 195, 200
reputation
of best managers, 224
capital, 92
and discoverability, 123, 125, 127, 130
and duration of pivot, 15
networking and, 94
and strengths, 71, 72–73
