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Saturday · 11 April · 9:30–11:30am
Career Clarity
Workshop
The Hive Tanjong Pagar
79 Anson Road #23-01
Not advice.   Not motivation.   A mirror.
Today's Session
We're here to see your career pattern clearly,
so that you can move with intention.
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See what your career has been optimising for
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Find the gap between that and what you actually value
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Leave with one clear move you can make this week
Rule one: What is said here stays here.
Rule two: Honesty beats politeness.
Part One
Career Stage
Mapping
Your career has a pattern.
The next fifty minutes make it visible.
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1Solo · 2 minutes · before you speak to anyone
Check-In
"What brought you here on a Saturday morning instead of somewhere else?"
Write it down. Be honest with yourself first.
2Pairs · 4 minutes · 2 min each
Check-In
"What brought you here on a Saturday morning instead of somewhere else?"
Find a partner. Two minutes each.
2New partner · 4 minutes · 2 min each
Check-In
"What brought you here on a Saturday morning instead of somewhere else?"
Find a different partner. Two minutes each.
1Solo · 3 minutes
Career Architecture
Every move you made was optimising for something — learning, money, escape, recognition. Most people have never made that pattern visible. Now you will.
Map your career in three stages. For each one, complete this sentence:
"I was optimising for ___"
2New partner · 6 minutes · 3 min each
Career Architecture
Share your three stages with a new partner.
Listener's job: notice what shifted between stage two and stage three.
Do not advise. Just notice.
4Fours · 7 minutes
Career Architecture
Two pairs join together.
Each person shares one observation about their partner's pattern — not their own.
1Solo · 2 minutes
The Invisible Optimisation
"What are all the things you could do to guarantee you will stay exactly where you are?"
Write a list. Be specific. Be honest. Outrageous answers welcome.
2Pairs · 3 minutes
The Invisible Optimisation
Share your lists with each other.
Do any from each other's list resonate?
Then ask: which one are you most resistant to stopping?
RRoom · 3–4 minutes
The Invisible Optimisation
Share with the room.
Listen for the pattern across all of them.
Halfway
Ten minutes.
How much of what you've been optimising for still fits?
Part Two
Values and
Direction
You have seen what your career has been optimising for.
Now we look at whether that matches what you actually care about.
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2Pairs · 5 minutes · talking, not silent
Values Gap
Select your top five.
Autonomy
Mastery
Recognition
Security
Contribution
Creativity
Influence
Integrity
Family / Personal Time
Achievement
Challenge
Fairness
Learning
Stability
Purpose
Connection
Independence
Wealth
Health / Energy
Adventure
Status
Service
Legacy
Respect
2Within pairs · 3 minutes
Values Gap
For each of your five values:
"How well does my current role honour this?"
Score each value 1 to 10. Share your scores with your partner out loud as you go.
2Rotating pairs · 6 min per person · mirror, don't advise
Values Gap · Discovery Questions
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"Which value has the biggest gap between importance and reality?"
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"When in your career was that value fully honoured? What was different?"
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"What would have to change for that value to score an 8?"
3Trios · Round 1 of 3 · 90 seconds each
The Real Question
"What did I see about my career today that I was not seeing before?"
Groups of three. 90 seconds per person.
3Trios · Round 2 of 3 · 90 seconds each
The Real Question
"Why does that matter? What is the cost of continuing to not see it?"
Same groups. 90 seconds per person.
3Trios · Round 3 of 3 · 90 seconds each
The Real Question
"What is the smallest, most specific thing I could do in the next seven days to test what I learned today?"
Same groups. 90 seconds per person. Make it concrete.
2Pairs · 5 minutes
One Move
"What is one thing entirely within your control that you could start this week?"
Tell your partner. Their only job:
"Is that actually within your control? Could you do it by Friday?"
If yes — shake on it. If no — refine it until it is.
To Finish
If your career has a pattern, and today you saw it clearly for the first time —
the question is not "what should I do next?"
"What have I
been avoiding?"