Career change and reinvention
Subject in Careers
Career change and reinvention has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
John GrishamAmerican bestselling author of legal thrillers and former lawyer
Grisham believes he probably would have quit writing and returned to trial law had The Firm not succeeded.
“I've tried twice. I can't keep doing this. I've got a great fallback position. I've got the bread and butter right here. It's my law office”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: How One “Golden Moment” Can Transform Your Entire Life (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 47:06
Grisham says varied jobs and life experiences are essential material for writers, and that he would not be a writer without having been a lawyer.
“I didn't enjoy practicing law for 10 years. I hung in there, but I'm so glad I did because I would not be a writer if I hadn't been a lawyer”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: How One “Golden Moment” Can Transform Your Entire Life (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 23:35
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
How One “Golden Moment” Can Transform Your Entire LifeThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 1, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Mel Robbins interviews novelist John Grisham about the "golden moments," rejections, and one-page-a-day discipline that turned a small-town lawyer into a bestselling author.