How to trust life’s nudges when navigating a career change
Sometimes life kicks you out of the nest when you don’t have the courage to jump.
Halfway through the PRSA ICON 2018 conference, I realized that I was choosing my tracks more for what the grassroots side of me needed than for my job as director of media relations at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I knew instantly that the grassroots advocacy side was really where my heart lay.
Marvin Stockwell, Founder, Champion the Cause
That was early in the process of writing my book, “Champions of the Lost Causes,” which explores why people champion causes, what sustains them and what helps them succeed. My curiosity for the subject matter stemmed from my continued work saving Memphis dormant Mid-South Coliseum from the wrecking ball and helping it reopen. It would be another year before I started a “Champions of the Lost Causes” podcast to interview people who champion other causes. Why did they have the fire in the gut?
Cause-based work is often where the world changes – where pipelines are stopped from going through sacred land, where buildings are repurposed not bulldozed, where policies are changed, where a campaign of ideas wins hearts and minds and turns back unchecked greed.
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