How are you wired to reinvent — and where are you stuck?

We celebrate bold moves. We admire “the leap.” But we rarely ask what makes leaps land.

Most career advice skips the hard part. That courage without structure is just noise. Instead, it tells you to be brave, trust your gut, follow your passion—as if clarity arrives through willpower alone.

It doesn’t.

Reinvention begins with honesty. It starts when you name what no longer works: the role that’s shrunk you, the path that’s stopped making sense, the version of success you’ve outgrown.

That naming requires structure. It means asking:

• What am I solving for?
• What constraints am I working within?
• What trade-offs am I willing to make?

Courage comes after clarity. After you’ve tested assumptions, talked to people who’ve walked similar paths, and identified what you’re stepping toward—not just running from.

Without structure, courage becomes reckless. You quit before understanding what’s next. You chase opportunities that look good but don’t fit.

Structure doesn’t kill boldness. It directs it.

The difference between “I’m going to start a business” and “I’ve validated demand and mapped my first six months.”

Both require courage. Only one works.