The 3 Most Effective Ways to Address Your Career-Path Fears
I feel strongly I should write this article before I’ve made a dime or reached thousands on the interwebs. I say this because I believe that building resiliency can only be done in hardship.
Choosing a career path can be scary as hell. So is settling for a career we don’t want…
So I think we’re in the market for resiliency.
There’s a constant tug-of-war between what you feel you have to do and what your heart is screaming on the inside. Will you be fulfilled? Can you make the world a better place for working in that role?
These were the questions I was hungry to answer in my early twenties. I sought connection and fulfillment and work seemed like a logical place to look.
Then I had a few kids…before I found that holy career path. New priority: money. I needed to know where it was and how to get it by yesterday so people could eat.
Whether you’ve got kids or you’re just trying to find your path, I think there’s a lot of fear associated with career choosing. It’s way too common to let these fears drive us, so establishing some skills will help round out our decision-making process.
All of these fears — financial, existential, social — get knotted into a single, uncuttable question: what should…
