How to find and do what you enjoy
Maybe, the hardest part of career-building is finding what you love and pursuing it.
Of course, this applies to you only if you want to make sure that you choose a career that suits you best.
When it comes to Career, almost all of us would like to
- Enjoy what we do
- Build a successful and rewarding career
- Find the best Career path for us
- Have the best work-life balance
But how we do get there?
Follow your dreams...
Easier said than done!
”Follow your dreams!” is an inspirational concept that does not fit everyone. We can now find more and more articles explaining why.
I would say it is safer to trust what inspires you most and not what inspires other members of society when choosing a career. After all, people are different. We all have different skills and interests, so we should have different ways of saying to the world who we are.
I would say it is safer to trust what inspires you most and not what inspires other members of society when choosing a career. After all, people are different. We all have different skills and interests, so we should have different ways of saying to the world who we are.
The naked truth about Career is that we should choose the right time to turn passion into a career and we should be prepared well in advance for it. Lack of proper skills and proper planning can make you end up regretting your decision to just follow your dreams. Some of us, the lucky ones, will be well prepared early on in their life to make good career decisions. However, for the majority of us, good career decisions can come later on, during a Career Change that is done after we learn the hard way how to make better career decisions.
It is a life long learning process, however. Career success may not last forever if we do not know how to manage it. Passion alone does not ensure success.
It is a life long learning process, however. Career success may not last forever if we do not know how to manage it. Passion alone does not ensure success.
Factors that influence our Career Choices
Career Exploration
Before setting your career objective, the most important part is to work on self -awareness and, very important, to work on career exploration.
Career exploration, ideally, should begin as early as possible in our lives, for better results. This includes cultivating yourself with decision-making skills and getting information and exposure to a wide range of occupations.
We own the fact that we fail to obtain success in our career to a lack of self-understanding and of information about the work world.
Part-time and summer jobs, vocational educational programs are all career exploratory experiences that can define our later success.
Before setting your career objectives, you should first define your career preferences,
career preferences, and continuously make sure you do your part of research, evaluation, and learning about career opportunities.
Know your Personal Values
Our personal principles that give our life meaning and allow us to persevere through adversity.
Our core values may be different than the ones of the other but we need to be aware of them and use them properly and they will inspire us to keep going when it gets tough.
Knowing these values will help us respond to questions related to who we are, why do we make things in a certain way, and why we react sometimes the way we do.
Self -Awareness
Assessing your own interests and considering your skills, means you need to get involved in analyzing your Career choices and suitability well before making a Career Plan. Self-assessment helps you to evaluate your values, abilities, work, and learning preferences.
Learning about various occupations and their fit with your unique career preferences will help you choose your career aspirations that fit.
Matching between your interests, competencies, and qualifications is critical.
You would know at this point what is missing and what you should improve at yourself to achieve your career plan.
missing and to include it in your career plan so you can work in achieving the needed career step.
Take your time to explore your options so you can determine what is the best step for you. Only knowing what is missing you would know what you would have to do to be able to turn your dream, passion, or objective into Career.
Personal Interests
Another factor that may impact your career direction towards enjoying what you do is your own Personal Interests.
Using your Personal Interests and considering your considering your skills makes that our Career Choice fit for us. Personal Interests can work to our advantage and can help us in our work life, more than we can imagine.
It is in your own interest to understand that, for example, Sports, as Personal Interest can bring you also useful occupational skills such as being a team player, having leadership abilities, or being able to work well with others.
As well, for example, Child Care as Personal Interest can be used to illustrate that you are a responsible person who thinks of others.
Job satisfaction is closely linked to having an interest in the tasks you perform, Involvement with activities I which you are interested can make it easier for you to become successful, to help you determine your interests and the tasks that will bring you satisfaction, think about your current successes.
Start by making a list of your accomplishments, those actions or projects in which you did well, and from which you got a sense of pride, satisfaction, and achievement.
Family background and Education
We need also to understand the relationship between our family background and our education when it comes to the decision we make in our career. Sometimes we aim too high, too low or, we do not aim enough to direct our Career in the right direction.
The role that our Family and Education context are way more critical than we may think. It can influence our work values in ways that can make or break a career, that is why we need to understand the parental and educational influence if we want to attain meaningful career goals.
We value the opinions of family members so much, we consult and depend on their opinion when we make a decision. And that is great.
Some take from here the success drivers or even the example for how not to be later in life.
However, in some cases, we are even willing to compromise our own personal interests when we are making career decisions. And without even realizing it.
In many instances the family advice serves us well in our career, but what if it doesn't?
Career exploration, ideally, should begin as early as possible in our lives, for better results. This includes cultivating yourself with decision-making skills and getting information and exposure to a wide range of occupations.
We own the fact that we fail to obtain success in our career to a lack of self-understanding and of information about the work world.
Part-time and summer jobs, vocational educational programs are all career exploratory experiences that can define our later success.
Before setting your career objectives, you should first define your career preferences,
career preferences, and continuously make sure you do your part of research, evaluation, and learning about career opportunities.
Know your Personal Values
Our personal principles that give our life meaning and allow us to persevere through adversity.
Our core values may be different than the ones of the other but we need to be aware of them and use them properly and they will inspire us to keep going when it gets tough.
Knowing these values will help us respond to questions related to who we are, why do we make things in a certain way, and why we react sometimes the way we do.
Self -Awareness
Assessing your own interests and considering your skills, means you need to get involved in analyzing your Career choices and suitability well before making a Career Plan. Self-assessment helps you to evaluate your values, abilities, work, and learning preferences.
Learning about various occupations and their fit with your unique career preferences will help you choose your career aspirations that fit.
Matching between your interests, competencies, and qualifications is critical.
You would know at this point what is missing and what you should improve at yourself to achieve your career plan.
missing and to include it in your career plan so you can work in achieving the needed career step.
Take your time to explore your options so you can determine what is the best step for you. Only knowing what is missing you would know what you would have to do to be able to turn your dream, passion, or objective into Career.
Personal Interests
Another factor that may impact your career direction towards enjoying what you do is your own Personal Interests.
Using your Personal Interests and considering your considering your skills makes that our Career Choice fit for us. Personal Interests can work to our advantage and can help us in our work life, more than we can imagine.
It is in your own interest to understand that, for example, Sports, as Personal Interest can bring you also useful occupational skills such as being a team player, having leadership abilities, or being able to work well with others.
As well, for example, Child Care as Personal Interest can be used to illustrate that you are a responsible person who thinks of others.
Job satisfaction is closely linked to having an interest in the tasks you perform, Involvement with activities I which you are interested can make it easier for you to become successful, to help you determine your interests and the tasks that will bring you satisfaction, think about your current successes.
Start by making a list of your accomplishments, those actions or projects in which you did well, and from which you got a sense of pride, satisfaction, and achievement.
Family background and Education
We need also to understand the relationship between our family background and our education when it comes to the decision we make in our career. Sometimes we aim too high, too low or, we do not aim enough to direct our Career in the right direction.
The role that our Family and Education context are way more critical than we may think. It can influence our work values in ways that can make or break a career, that is why we need to understand the parental and educational influence if we want to attain meaningful career goals.
We value the opinions of family members so much, we consult and depend on their opinion when we make a decision. And that is great.
Some take from here the success drivers or even the example for how not to be later in life.
However, in some cases, we are even willing to compromise our own personal interests when we are making career decisions. And without even realizing it.
In many instances the family advice serves us well in our career, but what if it doesn't?
