What is the life of a professional tennis player REALLY like? Former professional tennis player Rina Einy who’s played in the Australian Open, US Open, Wimbledon and the Olympics, gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the realities of being a professional athlete, why she decided to move on from tennis to become a finance professional, and how to balance your career choices with your personal relationships. In the Mental Fuel® segment, I’ll explain why quitting is sometimes the best thing you can do for your career and life.

Key Career Insights

1. Certain professions can look much more glamourous from the outside looking in than they actually are in reality.
2. You have to consider whether you still have something left to “prove” in your current career path. If you don’t, perhaps it’s time to move on.
3. Your career path will always be a balancing act between your professional aspirations and personal priorities. Tradeoffs are inevitable, so you have to be willing to make those difficult choices that compromise one for the other.

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Resources Mentioned

• Dress for Success is that charity Rina mentioned at the end of the episode, whose mission is to “promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional clothes, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.”

Listener Challenge

During this episode’s Mental Fuel segment, I talked about the downside and upside of quitting. What’s one “carrot” you’ve been chasing in your own career that keeps you hanging on a bit longer in your current professional role, even though you’re not fully happy? If chasing that goal is no longer serving you, what will it take for you to decide to walk away?

I’d love to hear what goal you’ve decided to let go of so you can pursue something mor