Are you thinking about a career pivot?

Like most sports, it is recommended to start early in life, and boxing is no different. The average boxer begins at the age of thirteen. Especially if you desire a long career, late bloomers are rare. Some would even say it is an anomaly. It makes sense, at least on face value. Who in their right mind would dedicate all that time, effort, and pain? Oh, the pain. There is no sport like boxing, some say romantically. Yet, boxing is real fighting, genuine violence. The pure notion of walking into the squared ring is to be the lone victor. Fast track to today (2020), where the boxing world is flipped upside down with the current two heavyweight champs - Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. Both fighters start their careers later in age - Joshua at eighteen and Wilder at twenty, respectfully. Today, they stand as the remaining two champs poised and ready to be the only ones remaining.

A sport with several life lessons embedded in it, it presents another maxim. At the end of the day, it’s about how much you can bear, how much you can endure because no pain or trial that we experience is wasted. Because what we do in the process of a journey will make that success even sweeter. Similar to the sport, it is recommended to begin any professional career early. We celebrated the young that is wildly successful - all for good reasons. Yet, how about the parent deciding to reenter the workforce or the seasoned professional changing careers after decades in another. These stories all need feature film attention and are celebrated with the same vigour. Their actions are courageous and over time like Joshua and Wilder can’t be ignored.

Just food for thought to start this week. I hope it sparks conversations and stirs up ideas.

I wish everyone a great one!