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In this episode, we’re talking to Fatimah Williams of Beyond the Tenure track who shares her journey through academia to becoming a professional development and career coach for academics. Finding her own authentic pathway to a fulfilling career and helping others identify and achieve success on their own lead to the creation of Beyond the Tenure Track.   Fatimah moved beyond what she should be doing with her degree to what she wanted to be doing and knows firsthand that reinventing yourself is extremely difficult. She created Beyond the Tenure Track to help other academics on the same journey.    Beyond the Tenure Track is a multi-step process that helps academics who have discovered the disappointing reality of the career they worked so hard to achieve discover new avenues for success. You worked hard for that degree, make it work hard for you in a new way! She also helps prepare graduate students for life after school and faculty members to take on leadership roles successfully.    Fatimah is now a full-time global speaker and career coach living her dream job helping other reluctant academics live their dream job. For any graduate student, faculty member, or PhD looking for advice on how to craft the career you truly want, this episode is for you!    Details on Fatimah’s career choices and how she created her own pathway to her authentic self.  Differences between cultural anthropology and sociology and how studying cultural anthropology helped Fatimah understand how people make decisions in society.  Benefits of having a sense of self and being able to separate yourself from your career to keep it from becoming all-consuming. Strategies for preparing people on the personal cost and cultural codes that are involved in academic positions and how to avoid looking “stale” in your job.  Details on Fatimah’s career change framework Beyond the Tenure Track that helps people in academia identify and achieve their dream job.   Listen on iTunes   Reach out! The Goal Standard Email: Hello@thegoal-standard.com | Instagram: @goalstandard_ | Twitter: @goalstandard_| Facebook: The Goal Standard   Beyond the Tenure Track Email: fatimah@beyondthetenuretrack.com | Instagram: @fatimaphd