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How to Make a Bold Career Pivot

How to Make a Bold Career Pivot

Update: 2025-05-15
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Tired of staying in a job that drains you? In this episode, I chat with Brittany Cates, founder of Shift Your Day Job, about leaving behind a career in education and finding freedom in a whole new field.

We talk mindset, transitions, and how to stop waiting for permission to make a change.


⏱ TIMESTAMPS:00:48 – Brittany’s backstory: teacher to designer02:57 – Why she left education (twice!)05:40 – Navigating fear + self-doubt in transitions10:48 – Do you really need another degree?14:40 – Entrepreneurship as an option18:11 – What a growth mindset actually looks like22:33 – The best + worst advice she received

Founder of Shift Your Day Job🎁 Free Career Transition Blueprint → https://www.shiftyourdayjob.com/career-blueprint📱 Instagram: @shiftyourdayjob🔗 LinkedIn: Brittany Cates


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How to Make a Bold Career Pivot

How to Make a Bold Career Pivot

Brenda RIgney