Man, you see those horoscope things, right? Especially when you’re a Virgo and it’s all about your career, and someone like Cainer is throwing predictions out there. I used to just kinda glance at them, you know? Like, “oh, that’s kinda neat,” but never really took ‘em seriously. Until one day, things got a bit… murky.
I was in a real rut, I tell ya. Just coasting along in a job that paid the bills but gave me zero kicks. Every morning, I’d wake up, drag myself to the coffee maker, and just feel this heavy sigh coming on. It wasn’t bad, exactly, but it just wasn’t it. I felt stuck, like my wheels were spinning but the car wasn’t moving. I was looking for something, anything, to give me a little push, a hint, a roadmap, you know?
That’s when I stumbled across Cainer’s stuff, specifically the daily career horoscopes for Virgos. It wasn’t like I suddenly became a believer overnight. It was more like, “what’s the harm in taking a peek?” I figured, worse comes to worst, it’s a few minutes of reading some vague, feel-good stuff. Best case, maybe it actually clicks with something going on in my life. I started checking them out every single morning, right after that first bitter cup of coffee, before opening up any work emails. I was trying to “unlock” some kind of secret message, some divine guidance, something that would tell me, “Hey, buddy, this way to glory!”
For weeks, I’d read these little snippets. “A new opportunity beckons, be ready to seize it.” “Be mindful of communications, misunderstandings may arise.” “Trust your instincts in an upcoming negotiation.” I’d read them, nod my head, and then try to stretch and twist every little event of my workday to fit these predictions. Did someone send me an email about a new project? Ah, the new opportunity! Did I slightly misinterpret a Slack message? See! Misunderstanding! It was kinda silly, honestly, how I was trying to force life to line up with these words.
I was so fixated on finding a new job title or a promotion that I almost missed the real stuff happening around me. I spent evenings updating my resume, sending it out to every job board under the sun, getting those automated rejection emails, which, let me tell you, don’t exactly inspire confidence. I was waiting for that “new opportunity” to show up with a flashing neon sign and a six-figure salary attached to it. Nothing, crickets, just more rejections.
Then one particular prediction popped up. It wasn’t about a new job, or a big raise. It was something about “unexpected collaborations bringing unforeseen rewards” and “trusting your intuition to look beyond the obvious path.” I remember scoffing at first. What “unexpected collaboration”? I’m just trying to get out of here! But it stuck with me, this idea of “beyond the obvious.”
A few days later, an email circulated about an internal project. It was one of those cross-department things, totally outside my usual grind. My first thought was, “Nah, not my thing. Too much extra work for no real payoff.” But that “unexpected collaborations” prediction just kept echoing in my head. And the “beyond the obvious” bit? My obvious path was to find a new job entirely. This project was decidedly not that.
I chewed on it for a day or two, felt that weird gut feeling, and thought, “Alright, fine. What’s the worst that can happen?” I put my name down for it. I went into it with zero expectations, just a willingness to see what happened. And let me tell you, it was a totally different world. I was working with folks I’d only ever seen in the hallways, learning about parts of the company I never knew existed. We hit some snags, had some late nights, but it was… fun. Genuinely engaging.
That project ended up being a huge success. Like, unexpectedly huge. It got a lot of attention from the higher-ups. And because I was one of the few who volunteered and really leaned into it, I got noticed. Not for my usual day-to-day stuff, but for stepping up, for trying something new, for collaborating. Suddenly, people were talking to me differently. Asking my opinion on things. Asking me to join other internal initiatives. It wasn’t a sudden promotion to CEO, but it was like a complete shift in how I was perceived, and how I felt about my work. It showed me a whole new side of my own capabilities.
I realized then that those horoscopes, especially Cainer’s, they didn’t tell me to apply for that specific project. They didn’t have a name or a job title for me. What they did, though, was make me open my eyes. They made me pause and think differently about situations. They pushed me to consider paths I would have usually dismissed because they didn’t fit my narrow idea of “career progress.” It wasn’t about the stars dictating my every move; it was about them nudging me to look within, to trust my gut, and to be brave enough to step off the well-worn path. It really felt like I “unlocked” something, not in the stars, but in myself.
