There can be few more important choices to make in life than a choice of career; particularly as many of us spend up to a third of our lives working and in some cases, that is more time than we spend sleeping.
We describe a possibly effective method of general decision making in our post entitled "5 Key Steps to Stressbusting™ Decision Making".
Given the relative amount of time spent working over our lifetimes, the factors which feed into our best choice of career necessarily comprise major life considerations that are wider than mere workplace ones such as the following:-
● the priority need and desire to be emotionally and physically healthy
● the related need to keep stress and SMI levels manageable in the process - see our post entitled "Have an SMI™ (Stress Management Index™) to accompany your BMI" for an explanation as to what this is and how to measure it
● a desire to derive a sense of meaning and self esteem from work that enables us both while at work and away from work to ""Relax into the Dance of Life""
● the requirement to be financially secure as a result of our efforts at work
● the aim to be comfortable and confident enough in our work to relax when away from it without worry or preoccupation - see "Leave Your "Work Head" at Work to StressBust™ at Home"
Given the above, we believe a career choice should be based on two key questions over and above any others, namely:-
💖 what do we love doing most out of the options available?
👍 what do or could we do best out of the options available?
We do not mention finances specifically here because we feel a decision based on honest and accurate responses to the above questions will naturally generate a better financial return over a longer term; if we enjoy and are adept at our work, we are far more likely to work harder and be rewarded commensurately.
We are further likely to be more motivated and energised by our work and enjoy this phenomena carrying over to the rest of our personal lives - see "ENERGY: The Most Precious Stressbusting™ Commodity in Life".
This career decision making strategy encourages a person to "Be Ambitious but be Smart with it to StressBust™ effectively"; it also involves taking a realistic view of strengths versus weaknesses in a way we explore in our post entitled "Learn to recognise your Kryptonite to Stressbust™ ahead"
The decision making equation may require an assessment as to whether a person's objectives are better suited to self employment and our post entitled "Stressbusting™ the risks of Self Employment" can help such a process.
Career choice or change are not matters to be rushed and speaking to others who you know and trust, or who are well versed in such matters, can aid the endeavour immeasurably.
And of course, the tools described in this post (and indeed our related post entitled "StressBustingExpert™: a career choice case study") need not only be deployed by employees. They can be utilised by employers or both employees and employers in cooperation, to understand whether and to what extent the skill sets and passions of people are being correctly or ideally leveraged within an organisation to maximise performance and wellbeing.
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