Comments on: What to Do If You Don’t Know What You Want to Be When You Grow Up

By: Lee Atherton

Lee Atherton — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:10:00 +0000

I’ll be passing this resource on to my young adult children for sure! I agree with you that the pressure to decide what we want to be is far too much! Today’s world is so far different than it was even 30 years ago when it was easier to do so. The choices were much more limited – even when I was in high school 25 years ago I was still encouraged to be a secretary because that’s what women did after all. It wasn’t until I was in my 30s that “I figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up,” and that’s still evolving. I think it’s so important to find where our passions are, what truly excites us and interests us and explore a career from there. Asking, “what type of environment do i want to work in?”, “what type of people do I want around me?” are just a beginning to the many questions we could ask ourselves.

I have always wondered too, how can we know what we want to do when we haven’t even discovered who we are?! I don’t think it’s ’till you’re out in the world, away from the safety net of mom, dad, home, and what you’ve been/done for 20 years before you can do that discovery.

By: Career Coach, alisonelissa.com

Career Coach, alisonelissa.com — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:13:00 +0000

I hadn’t heard of this resource before. Sounds interesting- off to check it out!

By: Career, Undecided: What To Do When You Don't Know What to Do

Career, Undecided: What To Do When You Don't Know What to Do — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:33:19 +0000

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By: yepi8

yepi8 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:32:00 +0000

I’m not fortunate for me not to go to college, high school, I had hired and I think my life is still one employee but I think whatever, have money,and fun is

By: Emma Gwillim

Emma Gwillim — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:37:00 +0000

Great article. It’s almost a taboo. We go to university, work hard, graduate and start climbing the career ladder … in many cases long before we know ourselves well enough to make a choice based on passion and motivation (rather than degree classifications and UCAS points). Too many people miss the opportunity to work their PASSION!