The top 5 moments that had the biggest impact on my career
By ShayneT - On 05 Apr, 2014 - 10 comments
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Thanks for sharing this Shayne, what an amazing journey! I always find it fascinating to see the path we take in life and how greatly it often diverges from “the plan” and how often they start with an introduction.
Thanks Louisa. I’ve planned to make a plan about my career plan at some point in the future
Some great milestones for you Shayne. If I was to write a similar post then taking a spin around the block in the Volt with you would certainly feature!
I think the people I nearly ran over might remember it too!
Thanks for Sharing!
Now if you recorded those skype sessions with Darren you could probably sell them for a mozza
Did at any time in this journey – did you feel frustrated and that something needed to happen.
Or did the stars align and did these moments just fluidily happen ?
Nice post Shane – interesting topic. It got me thinking back to an incident years ago when I was a banker. I had a client who was leaving his lucrative pharmaceutical job to set up a child-related business with his wife. We had a long talk about arranging work around family instead of the other way around.
Though I stayed in that career for another six years, every now and then the conversation would pop back into my mind. And when I gave birth to my third child, I decided to leave the bank and start working from home as a business, tech, and finance writer. That was four years ago. Yes, I took a (huge) pay cut….at first, and lost the predictable paycheque. But I’ve never been happier.
Just goes to show – what may seem like an inconsequential chat at the time may actually be anything but!
It’s always interesting to read or hear how people’s lives have changed direction for the better.
I’m hoping for some of the same.
I’d also like to thank you for putting a link to my post on PB
Cheers
I enjoyed your article very much because it shows how one decision leads to another opportunity. All we need to do is decide to take that first step toward something more. It’s interesting how everything happens for a reason and you were meant to be on this path. I am sure more great opportunities will come your way soon and I look forward to reading more. If there is anything I can do to inspire you, or to help, please let me know. ~ Lise
I keep hearing “if you wait til you’re ready, you’ll never be there”. I read that here too, thanks for sharing Shayne, taking that leap sure looks scary, but rewarding like nothing else
On my vision board in my home office is a post-it note, it says “Work for the community, not for the man”. That’s my aim 
Kewl Story, i was just browsing the web and happened to discover your blog, it was exactly what i needed at this point in my life. Ive worked a lot of different jobs and just graduated with an associates but i dont like my job. I build custom windows for private airplanes. Im an excellent problem solver and thought about getting into programming. I taught myself javascript and flash in high school. But im not sure where to go from here. Thanks for sharing your story.