What if you stopped asking, “Am I qualified?” and started asking, “How can I learn?”
Jess Furman has reinvented herself again and again—from singer-songwriter to producer, Billboard-recognized music executive, Emmy-nominated creative, entrepreneur and Web3 innovator.
In this episode of The PIVOT Show, Jess sits down with Cristina Dam to reveal how curiosity became the force behind an extraordinary career of constant reinvention.
Jess shares how a difficult childhood led her toward music, how she pursued her dream even when her parents wanted a different path, and what happened when promising record deals repeatedly disappeared.
Eventually, she got tired of letting other people control her future.
So she moved to Los Angeles, taught herself how to record and produce, and created an entirely new career.
Years later, she did it again.
Jess entered the world of blockchain knowing virtually nothing about it. Instead of deciding she wasn't qualified, she immersed herself, found communities, took courses, entered hackathons—and began building in a completely new industry.
Her story is a powerful reminder that you don't have to stay who you've always been just because other people understand that version of you.
Sometimes your next PIVOT begins with curiosity.
You don't have to know everything before you begin. You just have to be willing to learn.
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