I spent 40 years asking myself what I wanted from my career. I had every
credential people told me to chase — top schools, ICF certification,
Harvard certification, years at BCG and across industry. None of it answered
the question.
At 51, I finally found my answer — not by asking myself, but by doing.
By building things. By watching what pulled me in and what drained me. It
turned out my core was ‘investigative mind’ — I'm someone who creates
new things through investigation. No questionnaire would have told me that.
No coach would have either. I had to discover it through evidence.
This is the process I wish someone had given me at 35.
Week 1 60-min call. The questions nobody asked you. Leave with 5–7 experiments to run that week.
Week 2 45-min debrief. What gave energy. What didn't. New experiments.
Week 3 Same. The pattern starts naming itself.
Week 4 60-min synthesis. Using 3 weeks of evidence, name your core.