In this episode of Career Sparks with Val ✨, host Val sits down with ⁠Jesse Edge⁠, Sales Engineer at Tattile and Co-Founder & Co-Owner of DJM Sports Management.

Former professional footballer turned sales professional, he talks about his transition out of sport, adapting to new cultures, and how mindset and curiosity have fueled his second career.

Key takeaways:

• Transferable skills are real: how you can still transfer your existing skills from fields that may appear very different, such as sports and office work.

• Adapting to new cultures: what to keep in mind when facing big changes such as moving to a different country and confronting yourself with a new culture.

• From planning to doing: how to turn your plans and "good intentions" into actions and become the protagonist of your own story.

• Learning to learn again: the importance of blending real life experience with formal education, and how it's ok to retrain to pivot careers.

• Mindset over mastery: a curious, open mindset can be your biggest asset in learning, connecting, and growing in a new career or field.

• • The value of starting over: your next chapter might be even more fulfilling than the first, and how you can still allign your passions with work in a different way.
  • The importance of relationships: people around you can help you go through big changes, support you and even open new opportunities for you.

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  If you're navigating a big career change, or looking to adopting a more positive, action-driven mindset—this episode is for you.

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  Original music by Renato Šoša

  Recording and producing by Valeria Kadelski