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NEW RELEASE: Navigating the Quarterlife Career Crisis: Real Stress, Real Solutions by Scott Doyne

There's no shortage of people telling Gen Z what to do. What's been missing is someone who actually asked.

Scott Doyne spent 25+ years in sports media before becoming an ICF-certified career coach. He’s helped hundreds of clients, including more than a third who are young professionals under 30. He saw firsthand how lost, stuck, and anxious young people felt about their careers. So he interviewed and surveyed hundreds of 18–25-year-olds to find out what was really going on.

Using insights and real advice from Gen Z, he wrote the book they told him they needed: real talk on fear of failure, career path uncertainty, the job search, social media, AI, family pressure, and the full weight of adulting—backed by data, driven by their own words.

His promise: if you can reduce your career anxiety, you will have a more fulfilling life. This book helps you get there.

Grab a copy for someone 18-25 in your life:

🔗 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/118791/9781971718019

🔗 Amazon: https://amzn.to/47OPEvC

🔗 And other retailers: https://ripples.media/books/navigating-the-quarterlife-career-crisis/

As a parent, mentor, teacher and career coach of 18 to 25 year olds, I’m concerned about the level of career stress this generation is experiencing.

Over the past year, I conducted extensive research on Gen Z to better understand the situation and find out what resources they’d like to have access to.

I am now excited to share these insights in my new book, 𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨: 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨: https://a.co/d/0fdYgpXJ

This is a powerful primer for parents trying to help your children navigate unprecedented anxiety without getting eye rolls in return.

Inside, readers will discover:
* The most common causes of Gen Z career stress
* How to effectively navigate AI, social media, and fear of failure
* Practical approaches to mentoring, networking, and stress relief
* A comprehensive resource list including underutilized college and career tools

You can get a copy for yourself or give it as a loving gift, allowing me to share a message of empathy and empowerment.

🔗 Order here: https://a.co/d/0fdYgpXJ

➡️ RSVP for the free Virtual Book Launch event here: https://luma.com/cvexfx1u (March 24th at 7pm ET)

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Early feedback includes:

“Research-backed and deeply human, finally giving young professionals the roadmap they have been missing.” - Parul Khosla, CEO and Co-Founder, Arena Talent

“Timely and necessary for a generation navigating unprecedented change” - Jessica Santana, CEO of America On Tech

“Every 18-25 year old needs this book!”
- Shelly Kovacs, CEO Kovacs Connections and former Director of Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Michigan

My goal is to empower Gen Z to find comfort with the unknown, embrace their journey and take confident steps forward toward a fulfilling life and career.

Please forward this message or recommend the book to anyone who might benefit. And if you’re going through a career transition of your own, I have a midlife book for you too: https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Midlife-Career-Crisis-Navigating/dp/B0DH98G399

Emory Alumni event coming up next week!

https://www.engage.emory.edu/s/1705/21/interior.aspx?sid=1705&gid=3&pgid=24053&content_id=19167

New Newsletter!

This will be a monthly excerpt from the client newsletter I've been publishing the last 2 years. Subscribe here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/scott%E2%80%99s-newsletter-7389965015014912003

The goal will be to provide content that helps you navigate uncertainty, find clarity and achieve your goals.

Emory Alumni Association outing at Truist Park yesterday to see !

Back by popular demand… the second annual Turner Alumni reunion will take place on October 8th!

Tickets are now available here: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/turneralum

Monday Night Brewing is hosting again, with proceeds going to Atlanta Angels Non-Profit. Come reconnect & reminisce with former colleagues and friends for a good cause. We hope you can make this your 5-9 after your 9-5.

Please spread the word!

Special thanks to the alumni planning committee:
Ryan Kilpatrick
Jared Dent
Patty Everett
Henry Hoyal
Leigh Anne Rehkopf
Paul Dobesh
Wendy Gardner
Amber Alexander Boozer
Jim Babcock
Maigh Houlihan
Matthew Drooker
Rick Dascher

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁!
𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀

For my final summer workshop, I'm hosting a session specifically designed for young professionals including college students and recent graduates. I have been working with this age group a lot lately for my upcoming book project and I'm excited to set more time aside to support the next generation. Click the link below to join a small group cohort to explore your Ikigai, FIGure out your future and develop an ICAN networking strategy that propels you toward to a fulfilling life and career.

When: 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 15𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘛 (𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥):
🔗 https://calendly.com/doyne/group-workshop-early-career-navigation

For any fellow parents out there, feel free to share this with your adult children as a way of helping them help themselves. There are no quick fixes, but I promise to provide practical tools and frameworks for maximum empowerment. 🚀

There is limited space available, and I will open up future dates if there is additional demand. Please message me with any questions.





𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭: "𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘺𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘔𝘳. 𝘋𝘰𝘺𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘔𝘳. 𝘋𝘰𝘺𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘔𝘳. 𝘋𝘰𝘺𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩."

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴?

As a business person who has worked with emerging technology my whole career, one thing stands out – you can’t ignore change.

Whether it was the Internet, mobile apps, or social media, my mandate as a digital sports media leader was to provide relevant modern engagement opportunities for fans.

Over a decade ago, my first time being aware of AI was partnering with the NBA on a presentation at a conference featuring capabilities from SAP’s HANA architecture that leveraged natural language processing for a groundbreaking new basketball statistics interface. I didn’t understand it all, but I paid attention and we created a unique and useful consumer experience.

At another conference a few years later, I saw a presentation about AI that was unveiling the possibilities, but also the limitations. See the 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘩𝘶𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘢 𝘷𝘴 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯 meme in the comments for reference.

In my new chapter as a certified career coach, I am continuing to analyze what’s possible with AI, this time as a partner for my client’s professional aspirations.

Here’s one recent Supra podcast on the topic that described a product leader’s process for building an AI career coach for herself and 30+ women at her company: https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2381422&post_id=167710079

As I continue to explore this new terrain, here are my current takeaways…

Differentiated Value of an AI career Coach:
- Unlimited on demand availability
- Perfect memory/recall

Similar value - Sounding board, thinking partner

Challenges:
- Self prompt bias
- AI echoing what you want to hear vs what you need to hear
- Delivery of what you say you want vs what you really want

An unexpected aha:
- The potential of partnering with an AI coach with a voice and/or face versus just text. In particular, one of the co-hosts chose a British accent to make it seem smarter.

Open items:
- Non-judgmental - can AI be truly objective or will it always be a self-fulfilling prophecy
- Notion of privacy as a benefit, but is it really private?
- More confirmation bias around the certainty gained from the process. Is this a risk or can false confidence be an unmitigated value?
- Enables what feels like an exhausting optimization addiction - is there a threshold for diminishing returns?
- How well does AI serve as an accountability partner?
- How far away are we from recognition of facial micro-expressions and subtle tone of voice fluctuations?

The capabilities are impressive and evolving quickly, but I can’t help but think we lose something important in the process of de-humanizing empathy.

After all, I’m trying my best to embrace new technologies and not be defensive, but I’m still human. 😉

🔊 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙫𝙨 𝘼𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜? ✍️👇