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The Career Dynamics Model Infographic

A career is not a ladder you climb. It is a system of eight interconnected boxes, and where you spend your time and effort changes which opportunities open for you.

This infographic puts the whole model on one page: the eight boxes, the eighteen flows between them, and the four zones, including Luck and Innovation, which emerge where specific boxes intersect. Every claim on it traces back to a documented evidence base, from the causal weak-ties experiment on 20 million LinkedIn users to the meta-analysis that separates healthy passion from the kind that burns you out.

Print it, pin it to the wall, and use it for one decision: where does your next hour of effort compound most?

The Career Dynamics Model infographic: eight boxes, eighteen flows, and four zones on one page

For the full interactive walkthrough of the model, with the documented evidence behind every box and arrow, read The Career Dynamics Model Explained.

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The Career Dynamics Model Infographic · Kevin Brown · Uptomic · August 20, 2026 · uptomic.com/blog/career-dynamics-model-infographic/