Hello, is this USPTO? I'd like to file a trademark: Our lifestyles won't fund themselves.
There's this joke often told in senior secondary classes: Our parents recognise 4 career choices. You're either a doctor or a lawyer. An engineer or a disgrace.
This is scary because a lump and half of Nigerians don't understand how insecure these professions will be in a few years. Imagine being redundant in a career you don't like.
You might not know this, but I find your pieces rather insightful. Could you say a little more on sticking to the path(s) when we've decided to follow it (them)?
You see, some people(not me🙈) might find a career with all three but could blow it because we either lose focus or interest.
I've (on their behalf, because again... not me) been told past and new interests with their knowledge all tie up at some point in our lives.
But then, this just sounds like an excuse to keep sailing through possibilities while abandoning ones life to fate.
Hey, I noticed that you wrote about “a” career. What’s your opinion on having multiple careers? Like 2 full-time-ish jobs not a side hustle? As I was reading through the paths, I think I identified with two of them but each with a different career idea in mind. Do you think it’s possible or doing too much?
Love how you articulated this. My current career path currently straddles 1 and 3 with an acknowledgement towards 2.
One of the ways I’ve been able to truly figure out what path I want to pursue is asking myself “what kind of problems do I want to be thinking about and solving everyday?” And even more tangibly, “do those give energy and are they tied to my higher calling in life?” Because for every job/career, there is are problems you are thinking about daily, and it’s important to ensure that it’s not in direct opposition to what you want to do even though it’s in the same industry.
For instance: as a receptionist, you are thinking about ways to make your supervisors job easier and more organized, and as an engineer, you could be thinking about the specific design modifications you need to make to ensure that your device/process does what it is intended to do. Either way, this is important to consider because say you are working broadly in the humanitarian sphere which could be considered path 3, your daily activities could directly contradict your path 1 (i.e. what you are good at) if your actual job role wasn’t aligned.
Haha! I’ve been thinking about this a lot in terms of my career goals and this article was really insightful and has given me more nuggets to chew on. Thanks Arinze! Your writing = your path 1?😉
Hello, is this USPTO? I'd like to file a trademark: Our lifestyles won't fund themselves.
There's this joke often told in senior secondary classes: Our parents recognise 4 career choices. You're either a doctor or a lawyer. An engineer or a disgrace.
This is scary because a lump and half of Nigerians don't understand how insecure these professions will be in a few years. Imagine being redundant in a career you don't like.
You might not know this, but I find your pieces rather insightful. Could you say a little more on sticking to the path(s) when we've decided to follow it (them)?
You see, some people(not me🙈) might find a career with all three but could blow it because we either lose focus or interest.
I've (on their behalf, because again... not me) been told past and new interests with their knowledge all tie up at some point in our lives.
But then, this just sounds like an excuse to keep sailing through possibilities while abandoning ones life to fate.
Hey, I noticed that you wrote about “a” career. What’s your opinion on having multiple careers? Like 2 full-time-ish jobs not a side hustle? As I was reading through the paths, I think I identified with two of them but each with a different career idea in mind. Do you think it’s possible or doing too much?
Love how you articulated this. My current career path currently straddles 1 and 3 with an acknowledgement towards 2.
One of the ways I’ve been able to truly figure out what path I want to pursue is asking myself “what kind of problems do I want to be thinking about and solving everyday?” And even more tangibly, “do those give energy and are they tied to my higher calling in life?” Because for every job/career, there is are problems you are thinking about daily, and it’s important to ensure that it’s not in direct opposition to what you want to do even though it’s in the same industry.
For instance: as a receptionist, you are thinking about ways to make your supervisors job easier and more organized, and as an engineer, you could be thinking about the specific design modifications you need to make to ensure that your device/process does what it is intended to do. Either way, this is important to consider because say you are working broadly in the humanitarian sphere which could be considered path 3, your daily activities could directly contradict your path 1 (i.e. what you are good at) if your actual job role wasn’t aligned.
Haha! I’ve been thinking about this a lot in terms of my career goals and this article was really insightful and has given me more nuggets to chew on. Thanks Arinze! Your writing = your path 1?😉