confident young business woman  How to Find a New Career: Avoid
These 5 Mental Traps  You probably fell into your current
career.  Yes, I know you planned. You carefully considered your
choice of degree. You got a job you were qualified for.  But you
only assessed opportunities that were right in front of your
nose.    Your choices were (unwittingly) limited. Limited by
your environment. Limited by the expectations of friends, family
and teachers — and yourself.  Career theorist John Krumboltz
called it “planned happenstance.” A bit of planning, yes. But
also luck. Being in the right (or wrong) place at the right
time.  How to make your own luck  Instead of fishing in a pool
of limited options, you have the chance to find where the most
delicious fish are swimming.  Then, when chances do arise, you
will be ready, and want, to say yes.  Increase your luck by
knowing the five most common reasons people stay limited: (Click
here to tweet this list.)  1. You don’t know what you want  You
think you need to be sure