If you’re a high-achieving professional, you might be making the mistake of using one strategy for both your career and business. This episode explores the importance of separating your career and business strategies, using the SWOT analysis as a tool to gain clarity, improve your focus, and ensure progress without burnout. You’ll learn how distinct approaches to reputation, scalability, and sustainability can lead to sharper strategies and clearer outcomes for you.

In This Episode:

00:00 Career vs. Business: Separate Strategies
02:24 Career as a Platform, Not a Destination
04:44 Reputation: Different Outcomes
07:25 Clarity Prevents Burnout

Key Takeaways:

• Differentiate your career platform from your business destination to avoid stalled growth.
• Apply SWOT analysis with distinct lenses for your career (performance, reputation, advancement) and your business (systems, scalability, sustainability).
• Understand that while your career provides resources, your business offers ownership and potential for greater impact.
• Recognize that reputation holds different ownership and outcomes in your career versus your business context.
• Align your career and business strategies to prevent burnout and ensure your efforts reinforce each other for sustained momentum.

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