3 Signs You’re Ready for a Pivot

You’ve checked all the boxes—but feel empty inside.

You wake up on Mondays with a knot in your stomach.

Your body is screaming “no,” while your mind keeps saying “just push through.”

I still remember the exact moment the lightbulb went off. My boss sat me down and asked me to be his successor. It should have felt like a career-defining honor, but instead, I felt a resounding “No” rise up inside me. I didn’t want his job, the politics, or the work that came with it. That moment made something crystal clear: I didn’t want to keep climbing the ladder I was on. What I truly wanted was to step away from product development and move toward developing people—the work that had always energized me most.

But clarity wasn’t the same as immediate action. It took three years and about 60 informational conversations before I felt ready to leap. Those conversations helped me explore possibilities, learn from others’ paths, and gather the confidence I needed to make a big change. And when I finally made the move, I felt an incredible sense of relief and alignment. For the first time in a long time, I was excited and renewed—proof that sometimes the hardest “no” can open the door to your most meaningful “yes.”

You’re not broken. You’re misaligned.

The truth? You can be successful and unfulfilled. But you don’t have to stay there.

If this hits home—share your story.

Let’s start the conversation you’ve been avoiding. It might just change everything.