How to choose a career path ?
If you don’t feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated
-Paul. F. Davis
Questions about whether you’re on the right career path can strike fear into even the most
confident person’s heart.
But as some of the most successful people prove, you don’t have to have it all figured out
from the start.
Choosing a career is one of the most important tasks in one’s life, and the crux of all the skills
learned by one need to be activated. Young minds, fresh from college or university, float on
the surreal platform of thoughts between ground-level reality and life’s loftiness. That is why
they need guidance so that they are not carried away in myriad thoughts.
Determination and hard work is the key to success in any discipline. The students should be
guided from the beginning of their 10+2 stream selection.
There should not be any regret in deciding the stream. Frequent counseling both from parents and teachers is required to channelize their thoughts into reality. First of all, in no way should focus be lost from study and too many options should not be considered in mind---this is very harmful to students, this is called disbanding.
Students must be away from lucrative advertisements on the net. The bent of mind is an important yardstick to apprehend the nature of work a student likes. A career does not necessarily mean getting a job in govt. or private sector. A career means sustaining life with the profession that you like best. Therefore, in many cases career, takes a U-turn. There are a few people whose career and likeness in life are the same.
Today’s speed of life, speed of change in technology, values, ethics, demand, and supply, and quick mode of communication contribute to a new plethora of competitiveness. The cut- throat competition requires skills and knowledge-----but above all, it requires the main thing that lies in your EQ, the inner strength of mind. The indomitable spirit is required to face failure in life, which ultimately becomes the pillars of success.
Recognize your own potential, likes, and dislikes. If you are a good engineer, there is no problem being a good singer in life and taking it as your career-----
remember the song of the Three Idiots? & Give me some sunshine.
Give me some rain
Give me another chance.
I wanna grow up once again. & But unfortunately, the last two lines never take place in our life. So & choose holy grail wisely&---another great line from the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
How many of us know Rowan Sebastian Atkinson? But you must know Mr. Bean? Don’t you?Never compromise with your Dopamine (the love hormone in the brain) that will help you to produce more serotonin (the happy hormone). While choosing your career practically, do the SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat) analysis, the career in terms of the future, its probable market, possibilities in your country, and new business ideas related to its production. Use your soft skills (Adaptability, Communication, Creative thinking, Dependability, Work ethic, Teamwork Positivity, Time management, Motivation Problem- solving, Critical thinking, Conflict resolution). Lastly, I would suggest reading the small story and understanding it all by you. Dwayne & The Rock & Johnson transitioned careers not once but twice. Before he was & the most electrifying man in sports entertainment,& Johnson was briefly a backup linebacker for the Canadian Football League’s Calgary Stampeders. He ditched the football career and joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1996 at 24, which catapulted him to stardom and allowed him to cross over to TV and movies in the early 2000s.
Written by
Prof.Dr.Kamal Bhattacharyya
Assistant Professor of English
Jodhpur Institute of Engineering & Technology