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The average professional will change jobs ten to fifteen times in their career.

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Every move is either an acceleration or a detour. The difference comes down to

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one word: intentionality. Smart career moves are strategic. Reactive career

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moves are expensive.

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Move toward something, not away from something. Green flags: you've stopped

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learning, there's no upward path, you've accomplished what you came to do, or a

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significantly better opportunity appears. Red flags: you're running from a bad

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week, you haven't been there long enough to show results, or you haven't

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explored internal opportunities first. The worst career moves I've seen were

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reactive — someone had a bad quarter, got frustrated, took the first thing

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available, and regretted it six months later.

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How you leave matters as much as where you go. Give proper notice. Create

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transition documentation so thorough that people are impressed. Thank people

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personally. Never, ever badmouth your previous employer — in interviews, on

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social media, anywhere. Your industry is smaller than you think, and your

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reputation follows you everywhere.

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This completes Module Nine — career growth and advancement. You now have systems

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for performance reviews, career development, leadership, and strategic moves.

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Module Ten brings it all together — your lifelong career management system.