Melissa Craig: Finding Your Sweet Spot by Ditching the Career Path
Episode description
Imagine planning a road trip. You’ve picked your destination, packed your things, told your friends and family of your adventure, and days before you set out you realize it’s the wrong destination. Instead of delaying the trip, you opt to set out on the journey trusting that the destination will reveal itself in time.
This is the story of Melissa Craig’s career. Melissa went to under and post grad to become an Intelligence Analyst focused on Terrorist Financing. Except upon graduating with her masters she realized this was not where she saw herself. Without a career mapped out, Melissa set off to live in DC where she would go on to experience tremendous success in her career. Today, Melissa is the VP of Americas at Avolution Software leading a team of product, sales, customer services and success. On our episode today we discuss:
- How to lean into fear so it doesn’t block your career
- Letting go of not having a career path and focusing on staying true to yourself
- Approaching new situations with the mindset of what unique perspective do I bring
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