The Path and the Pathless

A career development journey

This is a path

And this is pathless

Path careersDefined by predetermined milestones

Examples: Medicine, Law, Science, and Finance

Pathless CareersCannot be pre-defined

Example: entrepreneurship and nearly everything else

Path Careers

• Pre-defined milestones

• Goals are obvious

• Risky (failures are definable)

• Potential incomes are established

Pathless Careers

• Unscripted

• Potential for innovation

• Driven by inspiration

• Uncertain (failures are undefinable)

• Incomes are unpredictable

SMART TIIESNavigation Plan

Navigation Plan

• SMART - Method to set up goals

• Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-based

• TIIES - Guidance system for the pathless

• Testing, Integrity, Internal, External, Stochasticity

You can go your own way

Paths and pathless careers are both great choices. If you go pathless, you cannot measure your progress by the milestones of the path. They are no longer relevant to you.

Consciously choose.

Path or pathless.