McDonald's CEO has some candid advice: 'Nobody cares about your career as much as you do.'

""Remember, nobody cares about your career as much as you do," Kempczinski said. "This idea that there's somebody out there who's looking out for you, who's going to make sure that you get that opportunity, who puts you in the right thing - great if it happens," he said. "You've got to make things happen for yourself.""

""When people enter the workforce, they often imagine that their job and career success and satisfaction is someone else's responsibility," Blodget wrote in 2023."

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski warned that workers must prioritize their own careers because no one cares about them as much as they do. He advised that expecting someone else to arrange opportunities or advance a career is unrealistic and that individuals must make things happen for themselves. Business leaders like Henry Blodget similarly recommend that people act as the CEO of their own careers, noting that early structured mentorship and predictable progressions often end and leave the individual responsible. A broader shift away from traditional employee-employer loyalty reinforces the need for proactive personal career management.

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