How a Career Backward Map Reveals Your Professional Story

Career Coaching with Fexingo: Professional Coaches, Career Counselors, and Guidance for Workers · Jul 7, 2026 · 7m · transcript

In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a 'career backward map' — a simple but powerful exercise where you trace your professional journey in reverse, from where you are now back to your first job. By focusing on the decisions, relationships, and skills that shaped your path, you uncover patterns that reveal your true motivations and untapped strengths. Lucas shares a framework used by executive coaches at firms like McKinsey and Google, and breaks down how to conduct your own backward map in three steps. Luna pushes back on whether…