This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life.

I'm your host, Mack Pritchard. I'm also the

founder of Max List. It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling

career. Every Wednesday, I talk to a different expert about the tools you need to get the work

you want. Experts say you will change careers three or more times.

And as you make these moves, you will need to overcome real challenges.

But other obstacles you may worry about simply aren't real.

Mark Crossfield is here to talk about three career change myths you need to ignore.

He's a coach, author, and podcast host, and he has a new book out, mid-career change, a guide for hope, clarity, and action.

Mark joins us from the northwest of England.

Well, Mark, here's where I want to start. Career change

really is more common than people think, isn't it? Why are you likely to change careers at least

once and perhaps several times? Yeah, well, we often reach a crossroads in our career. We start

to question if our job is a good fit for us and start thinking about what else we

could do instead and I think this is because we evolve and changing our lives and this applies

to our career of course as well as our life so there might be changes in the things that matter

to in your career your priorities and those things that are important to you. So,

for example, salary and status might have been the main focus for your career initially,

but now you're looking for more flexibility in your work and perhaps also to have more meaning

in what you do. So there's definitely times in your career when this happens mid-career is one.

Such time, there's life transitions, perhaps starting a family, and you also have professional

plateaus when you get stuck or you feel unchallenged. So there's quite a few times when

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