This is Help Wanted, the show that makes your work work for you. I'm Jason Pfizer,

editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur magazine.

And I'm money expert Nicole Lappin. On Tuesdays, Jason and I answer the helpline and help

callers solve their work problems. And on Thursdays, I give you one way to improve your work and build a career or company you love.

And it starts now.

You want to do something new, but you're hesitating because you're not sure if it's the right thing to do.

What does that mean, the right thing? Well, you know, you have certain skills, you've followed a certain path,

maybe people expect certain things of you, maybe you expect

certain things of you. There is a lot after all that you quote unquote should do next, but

ah let's just be honest those things don't excite you.

You're ready to try something a little different.

You're not sure if you have the permission to do so, or the freedom, or the flexibility. Well today I'm going to help you make a shift.

I'm going to introduce you to a concept that I call the ticket. It's a way to stop thinking

about what you should do so you can think about what you can do.

And to see how it works, I will first tell you about a friend who is in this situation right now,

feeling stuck at a crossroads and searching for courage.

So my friend James, that's not his real name, but we'll just go with James. James just left

his job after 12 years.

James was accomplished.

He seemed pretty secure, but you know it was just time for a change, he said.

And it's true.

It wasn't some big life crisis, just time for a change.

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