With the Motley Full Money Extra, I'm Chris Hill.

Whatever you do for a living, imagine being one of the best.

Not just where you work.

Imagine being regarded as one of the very best in your profession in the entire country.

Now imagine quitting your job with no idea of what you want to do next.

That's what Tess Vigland did in 2012.

A long time host for Marketplace Radio, she walked away from the anchor's desk and began

a journey she ended up sharing in her book Leap, leaving a job with no plan B to find the

career and life you really want.

And for anyone thinking about changing jobs at some point in the future, Tess has some

good advice.

First, forget about traditional networking.

This is a piece of advice that I would really encourage people to start thinking about.

And even if you really love your job, you never know how long it's going to last.

You never know what is going to happen in your workplace, in your industry.

It's always good to at least have something in the back of your mind.

Even if you don't have a actual plan B, you need to think about what would happen if

it went away.

So one thing that I think is really valuable is, you know, we hear this word networking

all the time.

And I think it's a very squishy idea.

You know, yeah, talk to people who are in your industry and get to know people.

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