Question Everything — with Michele Margolin

What if changing direction doesn’t require reinventing yourself at all? Executive and leadership coach Michele Margolin joins Wise Up to challenge some of our assumptions about career change, success, and what it means to keep evolving throughout our adult lives. Drawing on her own nonlinear journey from law to coaching, Michele argues that the goal isn’t to become someone different—it’s to bring more of who you already are into what you do next. We cover topics including: Recognizing when it may be time for a change, from feeling disengaged or simply going through the motions to realizing that an old definition of success no longer fits. Embracing the idea of “multiple adulthoods,” and giving ourselves permission to reconsider the values, priorities, and assumptions that may have guided earlier stages of our lives. Questioning our own thinking, including the inherited ideas and outside advice that can keep us stuck, and learning to define success on our own terms. Michele offers a useful alternative to the pressure to dramatically “reinvent” ourselves: keep paying attention, keep questioning, and allow the next chapter to emerge from more of who you already are. The Wise Up! Podcast is your regular dose of business wisdom, brought to you by the members of OpenWater.