Less Lost: Uncovering our Limiting Beliefs
A monthly gathering hosted by Wayfinder for people in tech to feel less lost in their career.
This will be the 5th time we offer this event.
This month: the hidden limiting beliefs that have been making your decisions for you.
"It's too risky." "That's not a proper career." "I'm not ready yet." Most of us carry a few rules like these, picked up somewhere along the way, and most of us have never checked whether we still agree with them. This session is about discovering your limiting beliefts, and looking at what following them has cost you so far.
About Less Lost
Less Lost is a career sparring session where around 10 people in product meet for an honest hour about the career questions we usually keep to ourselves.
How the hour works
Short intro and ice breaker
A reflection exercise, different every month
Small group sparring with other participants
Open discussion on what came up
You won't leave with your whole life figured out. But you will leave a little less lost: clearer about your own version of feeling stuck, less alone in it, and with a sense of where you might go next.
This is for you if
You work in tech or startups and your career looks good on paper
You moved here for the opportunity, and now the opportunity is the thing you're unsure about
The job is objectively fine, but you keep quietly wondering if it's the one you want
You've thought about doing something different and talked yourself out of it
Your facilitator (Kento)
I have spent years riding the career conveyor belt: university degrees, consulting, startup career in Berlin. Somewhere between the job titles and the LinkedIn updates, I started noticing the same pattern in the people around me: smart, capable, performing well, and quietly wondering if they were playing the right game.
I have also lived in Japan for three years, figuring out who I was and what I actually wanted without the usual scaffolding of home. I know how hard it can be to make career decisions somewhere unfamiliar.
Wayfinder is my attempt to do something about it.
Through my own studies and coaching experience, I gather the most useful exercises and share them during Less Lost.
Past Wayfinder participants say...
I came in just trying to go from unhappy to okay. Kento helped me see I could aim for more than 'fine’, and that I am allowed to want that. (Aya Tanikawa from Japan, Engineer at Tech Startup in Berlin)
Seeing myself put numbers to how much I allow myself to do things and the beliefs I have was really eye opening. Also made me realize how interconnected everything is. (Celine from UK)
It was a very interesting and insightful session. Especially your pre breakout presentation, it created a mental model and a framework for the breakout sessions. I wish I could have spoken with everyone longer. (Chinmay from India, Engineer at DeliveryHero)
About Wayfinder
Wayfinder is a weekend retreat near Berlin for people in tech who feel off-course in their careers and want the space to figure out what they actually want. Over three days with a small group, you do the honest work of getting unstuck and leave with a clear direction and a first step to take.
Curious to dig deeper?
Learn more about our upcoming Wayfinder retreats.