Why did you pick the college you went to?
- Girlfriend/Boyfriend?
- Parents’ influence?
- Stereotypes?
- Friends’ choices?
- Close to/far from home?
- General prestige?
- Good school for your career interest?
Why did you pick the major you picked?
- Good intro-level class?
- Strength of your college/university?
- General prestige?
- Career considerations?
- Passion or interest?
- Parents’ influence?
What caused you to choose your first job out of school?
- Highest salary?
- Fit college major?
- Only decent offer?
- Passion and interest?
- Rushed to find a job?
- General prestige?
- Overall career plan?
What caused you to choose your second job?
- Continuation on experience of first job?
- Reaction away from first job?
If we go back and trace the path that placed us in our present job situation, we’ll probably find a series of decisions and influences that were at least partially arbitrary that got us where we are today.
In order to make a change for the better, you might simply have to break that pattern. Sit down and do something intentional for yourself and your career. Don’t let the choices you made when you were 16 continue to dictate your future ones.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Jason // Sep 24, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Excellent follow-up to the mission statement post. Bravo.
2 Naomi Dunford // Sep 24, 2007 at 6:23 pm
You’re so right. When I think about the city I live in, most people pick the university here because the campus is stunning and the girls are gorgeous. My husband picked his first job at a bank because he’d been temping there through school and they offered him full time.
I mean, how many people do you know who picked their university because of some girl they ended up breaking up with ten years ago?And we wonder why so many people are unhappy.
3 Chuck Westbrook // Sep 25, 2007 at 2:35 pm
@Jason– Thank you, sir.
@Naomi– Bingo. Exactly. Ironically, I married my high school sweetheart, but it wasn’t because we tried to stay together. She went out of state and we broke up. Later, we got back together.
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