WorkCookie - Get Ahead with Industrial/Organizational Psychology in the Workplace Ep. 286 - Year-End Career Audit
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Dec 8, 2025 Dr. Emi Barresi, an expert in industrial-organizational psychology, and Asif Haider, a technology and decision-science practitioner, dive into the art of conducting a year-end career audit. They explore aligning your career with personal values to avoid burnout and discuss the importance of honest postmortems to refine your future path. Asif also shares insights on utilizing AI for career mentoring, emphasizing the need for ethical AI use while treating it as a reflective tool, not a definitive guide. It's a blend of introspection and innovation!
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Dissect Passion Before You Pivot
- Dissect moments of passion to identify underlying drivers (teaching, content creation, coaching) before pivoting.
- Use year-start goals and year-end data (emails, notes) to create a reality-check and avoid emotion-driven plans.
Document Wins Continuously
- Track small wins and artifacts (reports, websites, emails) throughout the year so your year-end audit shows real progress.
- Keep simple notes or archive documents to counter the tendency to minimize accomplishments.
Use LLMs To Synthesize Your Year
- Dump your emails, texts, and documents into a closed LLM or NotebookLM and ask it to summarize accomplishments and patterns.
- Refine outputs month-by-month and use the model to generate prioritized action steps for January and beyond.
