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Before You Pivot

Four small steps to get your best idea out of your head and into real life, without quitting your job first.

Your free starter guide: name what's been stopping you, remember who you are now, make room to hear yourself, and choose one small experiment to start this week.

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Your free starter guide

What's inside:
four small steps

Fill it in on screen or print it out. One step every few days, and you'll finish with a page full of clues about what's next.

01Spot your cageTick the pattern that's kept you playing it safe, and name it so it starts to loosen.
02Remember who you are nowAsk five people for three words, then five small questions that show what lights you up today.
03Make room to hear yourselfOne walk, one question to take with you, and two quick drawings of how work feels now versus a good day.
04Make one small, bold moveDesign a tiny experiment you can start this week. No resignation letter needed.
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Sound familiar?

Your career is impressive…

You're probably three or four plot twists deep,
with more experience in your little finger
than the new hire who jumped the AI recruitment hoops like an athlete.

But there's a tug in your gut that says there's more.
More control. More adventure. More meaning.
More recognition for your brilliance.

You want work that means something.
You also want to keep a roof over your head.

You've done the personality tests. You've had coffee with the friend who made the leap. There might even be half a plan sitting in the Notes app on your phone.

And still, every idea gets talked out of the room before it's had a proper try, and you stay where it's comfortable.

And underneath it all, the thought you haven't said to anyone:

What if I've left it too late?

You haven't. You've just been testing your ideas in the one place they can't survive: your head.

This career pivot hits different.

Jools Raye, Career Wingwoman

Is this you?

This is for the woman who:

Has built a career people are proud of, and now wants one that feels like hers.
Takes her responsibilities seriously, so wants a tested move, not a gamble.
Has noticed she talks herself out of good ideas, and is ready to break the pattern.
Wants a first step, not a five-year plan.
Jools Raye laughing with a green mug in her hands

Meet Jools

I'm Jools

Career Wingwoman and host of Bold Moves

For years I rejected my ideas before I'd properly explored them. A paycheck was how you made a living, wasn't it? Then redundancy came, and I used my own coaching tools on myself. Now my son and I are building Finn the Puffin, the idea he dreamed up on holiday.

18 years in careers and coaching, 8 of them in Defence, and one hard-won lesson: clarity comes from testing, not thinking. This guide is where that testing starts.

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