Episode 90: Myth Busting and Amplifying Good Advice for Career Planning Part 1 - Propelling Careers Podcast 

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This episode is our first myth busting episode of 2026.  Jim Gould and I also amplify good advice. In this episode we focus on advice for career planning and navigating your career covering these points below.  We have a lot more advice that we will go into in future episodes.  We hope you find this episode helpful and that you enjoy listening!

We want to shoutout everyone who provided advice for this podcast.  we put out a call to our network for good and bad advice people have received and we received a lot of advice!  It was really insightful to see so many pieces of good and bad advice…

• Good career advice Jim and Lauren have received
• Bad career advice Jim and Lauren have received
• Advice people have shared regarding career planning
• If you move from academia you can never return - not true!
• You should be passionate about your career
• Hockey analogy: skate to where the puck will be, not where it is
• Keep diversifying your skill set and explore different areas. It helps keep you sell-able and sustainable
• Be a sponge, be humble, be adaptable through change
• It is important to always try to see the big picture.
• Being able to tailor your communication to the audience is extremely important

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!