Stay Curious: Keep Your Career on Track Annie Gladding, Intel Education October 10, 2014

Why Does Curiosity Matter? Typical cycle: –Learning –Performing (Confident) –Repeating –Suffering – Don’t go here!!! The secret? –Be Curious and Keep Learning, but how?

Get Uncomfortable When learning stops, so does job satisfaction We aren’t learning when we’re comfortable: Salman Khan: “Researchers have known for some time that the brain is like a muscle; that the more you use it, the more it grows. They’ve found that neural connections form and deepen most when we make mistakes doing difficult tasks rather than repeatedly having success with easy ones.” What can you do?

Embrace Change, Struggle and Grow! 1.Know your goals 2.Have a high-level plan 3.Beware of what comes your way 4.Share your goals 5.Recognize “Repeating” & act! Comfort Curiosity Job Satisfaction

Opportunities to Explore Seek “adult internship” opportunities Have a mentor (or five) Job Shadow Participate in Women’s Networks Set up Informational Interviews Put yourself out there – always explore new opportunities

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