Yoan KrastevEssays on work, ambition, discipline and career decisions, for people in the corporate world thinking about what comes next.https://yoankrastev.com/en-gbThe Expensive Comfort of Keeping Your Options Openhttps://yoankrastev.com/articles/the-expensive-comfort-of-keeping-your-options-open/https://yoankrastev.com/articles/the-expensive-comfort-of-keeping-your-options-open/Optionality is one of the most respected ideas in corporate careers, and one of the most likely to keep you exactly where you are.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTcareerambitiondecisionsDiscipline Is a Schedule, Not a Feelinghttps://yoankrastev.com/articles/discipline-is-a-schedule-not-a-feeling/https://yoankrastev.com/articles/discipline-is-a-schedule-not-a-feeling/Motivation is weather. The people who build things outside their day job have mostly stopped waiting for it.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTdisciplinehabitsworkThe Stable Path Is Also a Bethttps://yoankrastev.com/articles/the-stable-path-is-also-a-bet/https://yoankrastev.com/articles/the-stable-path-is-also-a-bet/Staying in a secure job feels like the absence of risk. After years of measuring risk for a living, I think it’s just a risk we’ve stopped pricing.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTcareerriskleaving