CAREER TRUTHS: 3 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT YOUR CAREER

CAREER TRUTHS: 3 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT YOUR CAREER

  April 21, 2019    InspireForte Solutions

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Are you having a challenge with regards to making a choice on the career to study and practice? Then this article is just for you. Enjoying a successful career begins with you knowing the truths about what a career is all about.

WHAT IS A CAREER?

We’ve heard about the word “career” like jingles and definitely if you ask a million people, you’ll definitely get a million answers. But I’ll try to make the definition simple and understandable.

“A career is a profession, calling or field of endeavour for which someone trains and considerably undertakes as a means of earning a living or as one’s life work - as a means of fulfilling purpose.”

NWOSU OBICHI

Motivational Speaker and Author

According to Wikipedia; the online encyclopedia, the word “career” is ultimately originates from the Latin word “carrus” which means “wheeled vehicle”. In other words, a career is a vehicle that helps one progress in life through training and experience. Making the right choice in career is a no-brainer, but should also not be made to look scary and difficult.

There are many myths and misconceptions about career, but I’ll be writing on five (5) interesting facts about Career.

     1.    EVERY CAREER IS IMPORTANT AND PROFITABLE

One of the myths you must have heard about is that some careers are superior while others are inferior. The truth is that no career is superior or inferior to the other, the secret lies in how proactive and competent a person can be in any career. We live in a world, especially in Nigeria where people have stereotyped thinking that if you are not an Engineer, Medical Doctor or Lawyer, you can’t make it big in life. The truth is that the society is filled with people who studied and are practicing “the big professional careers” but have little or nothing to show for. Every career is great if greatly pursued and it is the greatness in a person that makes his/her career great. We were all born “naked”, but nobody was born “empty”. We all have seeds of greatness in us that can help us change the perspectives of a particular career or better still make an indelible mark in any. Just to burst your bubble, some of world’s wealthiest persons today aren’t into the big professional careers, but have succeeded in changing the face of the respective careers they are charting today. Armancio Ortega is a Fashion Designer (tailor), but is the 6^th richest man in the world. Ingvar Kamprad is one of the wealthiest persons in the world, but is a Furniture Maker (carpenter), and so many others. You can do same and even better in order to rule your career world.

     2.     YOUR CAREER IS NOT ALL THAT MATTERS

Many people feel that changing a career will solve all their problem. But that is wrong, the truth is simple; it is what you can make out of the career that matters most. Do you have ideas that can meet peoples’ needs, solve their problems and make the world a better place? How many wealthy people in the world got wealthy because they were privileged to gain access to formal education and chart a career for the mere sake of being called “career persons? The truth is that while formal education is important, it also doesn’t guarantee that a person will be wealthy. Many lawyers, doctors, engineers and even bankers are broke today because they lack knowledge about entrepreneurship and wealth creation because the school does not teach these ideals. Financial Independence is a product of being able to maximize your potentials, time and opportunities. It is also about being able to create wealth through ideas. Think of ideas you can create and recreate in your career and how your ideas can constantly be beneficial to people around you, then you will be financially independent.

      3. YOUR CAREEER WILL NOT SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS

Another bitter fact about your career is that it does not solve all your problems, but is a means to boosting your earning power. Wealthy people don’t depend only on their career for means of livelihood. They think out of the box and also leverage on their energy, time and skills for a more productive life. Your skills and talents are also important tools that can be harnessed to give you a better life.

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