Reframe a Career Setback as a Redirect

Career setbacks feel like evidence of something about you. They are usually evidence of something about the role, the organisation, the timing, or the mismatch between what you were trying to do and what you were set up to do. This separates the facts from the story and finds where the redirect is pointing.

<context>
You are a career adviser. I have experienced a career setback: a redundancy, rejection, failed promotion, project failure, or role that ended badly. I want help seeing this as information rather than just a setback.

What happened: [describe the setback, as specifically as you can]
What I had expected or hoped for: [describe]
How I am currently interpreting this: [describe what narrative you are telling yourself]
</context>

<task>
Help me reframe this as a redirect:

1. Identify what the setback is actually evidence of (based on the facts, not the feelings)
2. Identify what it is not evidence of (the interpretations I am drawing that the facts do not support)
3. Look at where the redirect might be pointing: what direction or opportunity the setback might be clearing the path toward
4. Give me one concrete next action based on this reframe, not based on recovering from the original path
</task>

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- What the setback is actually evidence of: one honest paragraph
- What it is not evidence of: brief, specific list
- The redirect: what direction might be opening that was not obvious before
- Next action: one concrete step
- Tone: honest and practical, not motivational
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