5 Career Myths That May Be Holding You Back

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“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” ~ Mark Twain

While the actual author of this quote may be in question, the meaning behind it rings true, especially when it comes to building your career. It’s a common approach to find out how to get to somewhere by following the insights, paths, and guidance of those who have done it before you. But does it work?

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Career Myth #1

To be influential and well paid, you need to find a way into management.

Not really. It depends very much on how you define influential and well paid. Many people in my network have never managed large teams or been at the helm of an organization, but they have founded their own companies, became partners or leaders in financial firms, or taken on ad-hoc consulting gigs, and are fabulously wealthy in both the traditional sense of money and the less traditional sense of control over their own time. If the main reason you’re interested in the management track is…