How to Escape a Shadow Career and Follow Your True Calling

“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” - Farrah Gray

Dan recently read a book by Steven Pressfield called "Turning Pro" that gave him a whole new perspective on his own journey to where he is today.

For many years, Stephen did everything in the world but what he knew was his true calling: writing. He was even a truck driver for awhile who had his typewriter in the back of his truck, but he never used it. It was a "shadow career." Something that you do to fill a spot that should be something fulfilling to you, instead.

If you find yourself helping others pursue their goals and dreams over your own, whether at work or with friends and family, this episode is for you.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

- What is a shadow career?

- How taking a look back at your past can help you figure out what you should be doing with your life.

- The questions to ask yourself to see if you're in a shadow career.

- How having people that drain your energy around you can keep you stuck.

- Three tips to help you start to move out of a shadow career.

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