What Your Career Says About You

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About You And Your Career

Statistics have shown that people spend more than a third of their lives working. This means that you dedicate a large chunk of the time you have on this planet trying to make some sort of income. If you are not working a job that you love, then you can feel as if you are literally wasting your time. While it can be a lot to think about, there are some easy steps towards making a change. Exploring your options for an online masters in applied psychology, for example, can be a great way to find a new path.

Many people don’t realize that the careers they wind up choosing say a lot about who they are as people. Unfortunately, this means you also need to have a good idea about who you are in order to select a career that properly reflects how you feel about the world. To make this happen, it can be useful to take a look at a few of the ways that a career helps to showcase a person’s personality. Take a look at these points and decide if a change in jobs is a good way for you to move forward.

Practical Vs. Idealistic

People tend to have specific viewpoints on the world. There is still a lot of debate over whether these personality traits are inherent from birth or develop over the course of a lifetime due to various experiences and encounters. Regardless of the why of the situation, it is important to understand your specific way of looking at the world around you. For some, it is easy to feel a bit idealistic when looking at all of the problems that the planet currently faces. Others tend to have a pragmatic point of view on it all.

Finding a career path that matches your worldview can be a good way to discover the right fit. Those who view the world in an idealistic way are more suited for jobs that require insight into the future. By taking chances and having big ideas, you are able to help enact positive changes in industries that need new and innovative ideas. Pragmatists will be better suited for fields where they can use logic and reason to solve issues that are tangible and yield measurable results. Learning where you belong is all about understanding how you see the world.

Providing For Others

Many people also find that they feel the most true to themselves when they are given opportunities to help others. A lot of people out there have big hearts that just want to help everyone succeed. If you are a person like this, then you need to find a career that allows you the chance to actually do some good for others. Becoming an educator, doctor, psychologist, public servant, or guidance counselor, can all be good choices for people who have giving personalities.

It is also important to remember that many of these fields will have people who no longer have that initial spark that brought them into their careers. You are going to face many personalities when entering a new job. It is important to look past how bitter or resentful others might get while working a position and remember that you can stay in a good mindset if you never let the job overcome you in the same ways.

Your Life to Live

This is your life to live. That means you need to make sure you are being true to who you are inside. Take time to look at all of the career choices in front of you. Consider going back to school for a degree that will get you the right credentials to enter your chosen field. By taking time to learn about how your career reflects you, it will be easy to make the best choices for the rest of your working days.

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