I listened to a conversation between Sam Harris and David Whyte that ambled through all manner of interesting thoughts about identity, but the question that sticks with me is whether I think of my work as a career or a frontier. Is it a destination that can be achieved, or is it a frontier where something is always just out of reach, intentionally beyond my grasp so that I can keep striving to be even better, more satisfied?

When clients talk about feeling unsure of their next move, I know they are experiencing that moment as a frontier (and perhaps are staring into an abyss!) but I wonder if it might be helpful to consider all work as being in that state, whether or not we are preparing for a transition. Not the abyss, but rather the edge of something grand and unknown.

As someone who recently made a big leap into the unknown, I can certainly attest to the fact that it feels like an unexplored frontier most days, and that is exhilarating. That emotion affirms that I made the right choice.