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<v Speaker 1>Wind Down with Janet Kramer and I'm Heeart Radio podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to introduce you to On the Job and

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<v Speaker 2>host Avery Thompson. Avery shares stories of people making changes

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<v Speaker 2>in their professional and personal lives. Whether it's a successful

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<v Speaker 2>athlete transitioning into a new career off the field, a

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<v Speaker 2>fly fishing tour guide trying to introduce a new segment

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<v Speaker 2>of folks to the joys of the outdoors, or a

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<v Speaker 2>stadium beer and hot dog hawker who doubles as a

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<v Speaker 2>CEO of a red hot startup. We'll find out what

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<v Speaker 2>drives them and what lies ahead. These are heartfelt stories

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<v Speaker 2>of people finding their lives. Work on the Job is

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<v Speaker 2>brought to you by Express Employment Professionals. This week, Avery

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<v Speaker 2>talks to an author who learned the transformational power of

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<v Speaker 2>making a professional pivot.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome to On the Job. Since we're focusing on pivots

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<v Speaker 3>this season, we hear at OTJ figured why not check

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<v Speaker 3>in with someone who knows all about pivots, So on

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<v Speaker 3>today's episode, we're going to speak with Adam Markel, who,

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<v Speaker 3>after a pivot of his own to write a book

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<v Speaker 3>called Well What Else? Pivot? Before Adam Markel ever thought

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<v Speaker 3>of becoming an author and keynote speaker. He was a

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<v Speaker 3>lawyer in New York City, and a successful one at that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean I liked winning, and there's a part

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<v Speaker 1>of you when you beat somebody in court that is

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<v Speaker 1>just an exhilarating experience.

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<v Speaker 3>And there were even parts of the job to fulfill

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<v Speaker 3>them on a psychological level.

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<v Speaker 1>I was bullied as a kid, and at a certain

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<v Speaker 1>point when I decided that wasn't going to be my

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<v Speaker 1>life experience anymore, I became the carnivors part of why

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<v Speaker 1>I became a lawyer.

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<v Speaker 3>And as you can imagine, being a lawyer in Manhattan

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<v Speaker 3>was quite lucrative.

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<v Speaker 1>You can make a lot of money, a lot of money,

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<v Speaker 1>a tremendous amount of money in a very controlled environment.

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<v Speaker 3>And yet despite all the success, Adam could feel that

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<v Speaker 3>something was off, or more accurately, he could hear it.

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<v Speaker 1>I would I could describe it almost like it was

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<v Speaker 1>a hum. And I would say, you know, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>saying to somebody, do you hear that? They go, they go,

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<v Speaker 1>what are you talking to about? I'll go, it's that hum.

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<v Speaker 1>It's that there's like this dull thing out that says

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<v Speaker 1>this sucks, this is not right. But nobody heard it

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<v Speaker 1>except me.

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<v Speaker 3>Adam just tried to pretend this hum wasn't there, to

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<v Speaker 3>focus more on his work, or, as he explained it,

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<v Speaker 3>to become even more of an agro aggressive attorney. Until

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<v Speaker 3>one day.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I ended up with a serious anxiety attack

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<v Speaker 1>at one point, ended up in the hospital, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the whole I'm thinking I'm dying of a art attack experience.

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<v Speaker 3>Fortunately for Adam, the doctors checked him out and said

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<v Speaker 3>it was okay. But he knew if he didn't make

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<v Speaker 3>a change soon, it was only a matter of time.

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<v Speaker 3>But to understand the change that Adam made, we need

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<v Speaker 3>to go back a few years, back to Adam's teenage

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<v Speaker 3>years when he was a lifeguard on Long Island.

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<v Speaker 1>I worked at a place called Jones Beach, was really

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<v Speaker 1>active beach on the Atlantic Go and we made and

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<v Speaker 1>I kid you not, we made one hundred plus saves

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<v Speaker 1>every Saturday or Sunday in the summer because we had

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand people in that beach.

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<v Speaker 3>And the more Adam thought back on those times, the

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<v Speaker 3>more he realized that not only did he miss the beach,

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<v Speaker 3>but that he drifted so far from that version of

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<v Speaker 3>himself that he loved, and with the support of his

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<v Speaker 3>wife Randy, Adam said goodbye to the rat race of

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<v Speaker 3>New York City and then he and the family packed

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<v Speaker 3>up all their belongings and moved way out to San Diego, California.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we were uprooting our entire family. I figured

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to have some therapy bills down the road.

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<v Speaker 3>And that massive mid career pivot that Adam made was

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<v Speaker 3>a big influence on his decision to write a book

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<v Speaker 3>all about pivoting.

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<v Speaker 1>We have to override that with design, and that's what

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<v Speaker 1>the book Pivot is about, designing your changes in life.

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<v Speaker 1>We are constantly growing and ourselves are replicating in our bodies.

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<v Speaker 1>Old cells die and new cells are created. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the cycle of life. This is not didn't make it up.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what it is.

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<v Speaker 3>And then when you do feel it's time to make

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<v Speaker 3>a change in your life, Adam wants to remind you

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<v Speaker 3>that it's all about that first step, however small it

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<v Speaker 3>might seem.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you'll be inspired to do the one small thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Like getting pivot, I talk about the process, and that

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<v Speaker 1>process always starts with the tiniest little step, what we

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<v Speaker 1>like to refer to as the small domino.

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<v Speaker 3>But I should clarify that neither Adam nor I are

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<v Speaker 3>saying that you have to drop everything and move across

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<v Speaker 3>the country or change careers.

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<v Speaker 1>There's something really amazing when you find yourself in a role,

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<v Speaker 1>in an organization, in a profession that you could you

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<v Speaker 1>could be there for decades.

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<v Speaker 3>So whether your next pivot is going to be as

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<v Speaker 3>big as Adams or as subtle as a change in

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<v Speaker 3>your perspective, make sure that you listen to that voice

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<v Speaker 3>in your head, to that gut instinct that we're all

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<v Speaker 3>so lucky to have, because come on, folks, haven't you

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<v Speaker 3>been listening? Pivots are so hot right now. For on

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<v Speaker 3>the job, I'm Avery Thompson.

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