How To Know You Are Ready for A Career Change

We've all heard the famous John Burroughs quote, "[l]eap and the net shall appear."  

The phrase implies that you will not free fall if you take a chance and risk grave consequences to achieve success. Instead, you will be caught by a net, or some sort of saving grace, that will propel toward the success you seek and let you know that leaping was worth it.

We love this quote because it feels good to think of ourselves as the type of people who are willing to risk it all in service of a dream. 

That type of person is brave. She is principled. She achieves success, and we want that too.  

But that's where our love affair with this quote ends.  

Despite all of the good feelings associated with its sentiment, deep down, most adults don't really believe this quote is anything more than an optimistic phrase.

It's something we tell our children to encourage them to dive off a diving board or try a new sport, but we don't necessarily believe that it has any application in real, adult life unless yo…