Career Tips #5: Don’t limit yourself to one career. Construct multiple ways of working.
There was a time when we chose careers and professions for a lifetime. Much was made of the importance of choosing wisely, for the choice would dictate how we would live our work lives. Articles were written to help those suffering from the malady labeled “career indecision”. Instruments were developed to match us to the “right career”. The decision once made felt irreversible.
But what if we were wrong or what used to work no longer works?
Fortunately today’s environment is more conducive to making career decisions throughout our lives. That’s the good news. With the good news comes the challenge of figuring out – not just once, but multiple times, what we really, really want to be when “we grow up.” (Keep reading this blog on gibsonworks.com for tips on choosing your work.)
Many of us are redesigning our career into multiple ways of working. We do not have to decide between teaching or writing… or practicing law or working in the medical field…or playing the violin or helping others plan their future. We really can have our cake and eat it too.