<p>What if you don&#39;t need a &quot;5-year plan&quot; to be successful?</p><p>We&#39;re all pressured to find our one &quot;passion&quot; and follow a perfect, linear path. But what if that&#39;s not how the most interesting careers are built?</p><p>Laura Naaykens is a former NCAA athlete who, after an injury, found herself in a complete identity crisis. She didn&#39;t have a grand plan; she just started... figuring it out. Her journey is a playbook for &quot;accidental&quot; success, showing how she pivoted from sports to &quot;accidentally&quot; founding a data science firm, not by following a passion, but by saying &quot;yes&quot; to problems she didn&#39;t know how to solve and then getting good at them.</p><p>It’s a conversation about the power of self-awareness, why competence is more valuable than passion, and how to build a life on your own terms.</p><p><strong>Connect with our guest,Laura Naaykens:</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://chiralityresearch.org/⁠">⁠Website⁠</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauranaaykens">⁠Linkedin</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lonaaykens/">⁠Instagram</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Follow Jeff Humphreys</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.jeffhumphreys.ca⁠">⁠Website⁠</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jeffhumphreys">⁠Instagram⁠</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jeffhumphreys⁠_">⁠TikTok⁠</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffhumphreysyyc⁠">⁠LinkedIn⁠</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Podcast Location &amp; Production:</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.offsetstudios.ca⁠">⁠Off Set Studios</a></p></li></ul>