Ilana Golan

So if you want the fast track, if you want a land of opportunities, if you want to play in the hidden market, this is where the portfolio career is.

This is where the advising, the board seats, the co-founding teams, the executive things, the investment opportunities, the leadership retreats, right?

Like it's all in the hidden market.

And if you're not playing in the hidden market and your brand is not aligned with the opportunities that you wanna get, you're not gonna get the right opportunity.

That's such a beautiful question.

I will say a few things.

First of all, we're living in a time that the pace of change is absolutely mind-blowing.

So it's the clarity, the story, the branding, the hidden market.

And when you actually play those games and you leap again and again and again, your life changes forever.

There is no comfortable.

There is no staying stuck.

You will never, like people around you will say, oh my God, what happened?

If you're not moving forward at the pace of change, at least, and leaping again and again, you will fall behind.

And that's just the most incredible feeling in the world because you can inspire, you become the role model that you're meant to be.

You will lose relevance at a pace you don't even realize how fast that is.

You can build the life that you want.

It's just incredible.

Now, with all respects to somebody comfortable, ageism exists.

People are seeing less and less opportunities as they age out.

And if you don't start creating a safety net, but beyond that, it's really not about just the pay.