Mustafa has worked as an investment banker, a diplomat, and pharmacist, and now as an author and coach (https://thepassionmba.com/). He has intentionally chosen to change careers, or be a career shapeshifter, because he believes that is what life is about. As he said it, “we are not on this earth to pay bills and die.” It only makes sense to push yourself to try different things and maximize the value you bring to the world.
Not only does Mustafa think it is better for the individual to approach life this way, but he thinks it is better for society. We’ve gotten too caught up in specialization and it is not our natural state as humans. We are meant to explore, be curious, and experience new things. I don’t necessarily disagree with Mustafa’s views, but they certainly brought up some interesting questions. If we are not meant to specialize, why does it seemed to have worked so well to advance society? It is an objective truth that everyone is meant to push themselves to have multiple careers in their life? And is the grind it takes to be a career shapeshifter actually worth it?
See below for a more complete bio for Mustafa-
Mustafa is the Founder and CEO of The Passion MBA, a global Coaching company that helped hundreds of professionals around the world to find their dream career. Originally from Egypt, he has lived in dozens of countries across 5 continents from the US, the UK, Italy, China, UAE and many others. He’s currently building an online platform that envisions helping professionals who are stuck in their career and need to reinvent themselves. He is also the author of “Time to Move On”, that wrote recently to help professionals to bust the common, yet hidden, career myths before they find their dream career. In the past, he’s worked as an Investment Specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), an Egyptian diplomat in China, Malawi and the United Nations in New York. Prior to that he worked as a pharmacist.
