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Most people think careers are built through planning.

They’re not. They’re built through quakes.

Unexpected moments that shake everything:

Your job

Your identity

Your relationships

Your sense of what matters

You don’t avoid these moments. You become because of them.

This mini-book introduces a new way to understand your career—not as a ladder, but as a system of forces shaping you in real time.

If you can learn to read those forces, you don’t just survive quakes. You use them.

Here’s what you’ll get inside:

[00:02:00] – Lifequakes Are the Rule, Not the Exception: Research shows we experience major life disruptions every 12–18 months, with 3–5 true “lifequakes” across adulthood. These aren’t linear or predictable—they’re messy, nonlinear, and they reshape everything.

[00:07:00] – The Three Rings That Actually Define Your Career: Your career sits inside three interacting forces:

Global quakes (AI, economy, war, culture)

Organizational quakes (bosses, roles, pay, politics)

Personal quakes (health, family, purpose)Most advice focuses on one. Winners learn to read all three—at the same time.

[00:12:00] – Why Global Forces Shape Your Destiny More Than You Think: You don’t control macro shifts—AI, recessions, regulation—but they control what’s possible.

[00:18:00] – Organizational Quakes: The Game You Think You’re Playing: Promotions, bosses, compensation, and role clarity feel like “the career.” They’re not. They’re one ring. Over-index here, and you miss the bigger game. Under-index, and you get crushed by politics and structure you didn’t see coming.

[00:24:00] – Personal Quakes: The Ring That Actually Determines Everything: Your relationships, health, family, and sense of purpose are not separate from your career—they are your career infrastructure. The right people accelerate you. The wrong ones destroy you. And most people don’t realize this until it’s too late.

[00:30:00] – Seven Truths About Quakes That Change How You See Everything: You can’t stop quakes—but you can change your POV about them.

[00:36:00] – From Surviving Quakes to Becoming Quake-Wise: The goal isn’t a stable career. That’s a myth. The goal is to shorten the distance between shock and strategy. To read signals faster.

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Eddie Yoon

Christopher Lochhead

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