I Didn't Stroll Into The C-Suite On Day One
I started out as a lifeguard, running a swim school on the side while I was studying at uni. Then my girlfriend, now my wife, gave me a two-week ultimatum to go and land a "real" job.
I found one in the public service, and that's where I learned how to stack value fast. By 31, I'd climbed to C-suite: six-figures, leading teams, and still showing up for my family, my health, my identity outside of work.
That's the part most career advice leaves out: you shouldn't have to trade your life for your income. Along the way I built a framework to help other people do both at once. That framework became The Career Boardroom.
These days my work is split between building TCB and staying exactly the person I was before it existed: husband, dad, mate, the one still up for a Saturday match or a Sunday swim.
Craig Senior