This is NOT the kind of post I make in the mornings but I must because of the several conversations I have had with youth lately.
Some of you may have been told – choose a course that pays. Some of you may have had it impressed on you by parents or guardians because they are the ones paying the fees. BUT in all these – your role is the most crucial. It’s your hardwork, it’s your life, it’s your destiny, it’s your future!! So choose wisely what you study. BUT HOW DO YOU CHOOSE?
I suggest 3 things to keep in mind when selecting a course to study. Please please please – this is not something you want to spend 4-10 years of your life studying, then realise “Oh I don’t like it” and then become miserable on a daily basis doing what you hate – so please be wise, put in the effort, do the work involved and decide wisely. Some didn’t get this opportunity.
#1 – KNOW THYSELF
It’s interesting how God/Nature created us. Everything we were created with was intended to make life much easy for us. It is WE who ignore the signals life endows us with. Every human is created uniquely. There are things that become a part of you over the years because you learnt them – that’s not what I am talking about. I am talking about things that are NATURAL to you. Take time to observe, research and study yourself. Yes. Write them down. Everything unique about you. Your height, body shape, sharpness of your ear, emotional preferences, dispensation towards people, strongest body parts, things you’re most drawn to, your creativity, analytical nature, how your brain works, talkativeness, natural assertiveness, the things you love and hate passionately etc. One thing will begin to be clear – you are more WIRED better for some career paths than others. You will start having a general idea as to whether you are more geared towards careers requiring physical form, oral engagement, rigidity, creativity, thinking, humanness, etc etc – Broad strokes. But at least you will begin to know what you are NOT wired for.
#2 – FIELD OF STUDY Continue reading “CHOOSING A FUTURE CAREER PATH”
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