5 common mistakes we make when choosing our carrier

The finding of career path is one of the most important decisions that you will have to take in your life. The jobs take most of our waking hours. It is important that the path you choose ultimately takes you to success and fulfillment. But choosing the right one out of many, is complicated. Our ideaof a career often based on and decided by family expectation, societal anticipation and belief in our traditions that are simply an outdated belief.

The reason behind the difficulties of choosing a career

The business world  is now pacing fast with developing technology. Keeping all this in mind,  we are now more alert about our job selection than before. But the positive side of the of this situation is that, we have become more competitive, and precise about our choice of job. It seems hard to change your career, if you find it cracks up for you.

Here are 5 beliefs that pass through our minds when we choose our career

·        “I won’t accept any job  if I don’t get the best”

Aiming high is always good. But this may be damaging to the ultimate decisions as we create a limited mindset to our ultimate potential. When we eye at particular job and obsessed with it, we are blind to the other equally potential jobs. Keep open your mind to career path.

·        “I’m to pick my career life  a particular age”

We  are sometimes bound to enter into career lifeat a very early age, say 20. Remember,  we are evolving continuously. Every moment we are a new “I”. How we feel at 20, is not same at 30. It is a common myth that the more we get older, the harder it is to change our career.

But there examples are not rare, when people made their career in later life. Never take your age as a limitation when endeavoring to go to next.

·        “I am eligible for the career based on my Certificate”

We tend to think that our educational certification should continue. We think that the investment we made in our education needs to be continued. This mindset narrows us to pick a few career only. Allow yourself to rule out the idea that something you get doesn’t go with your education. It is nothing waste, but another stage of your development.

·        “I should mind my hobby orinterest when choosing my career”  

It is often said that we should mind our passions, hobbies and interests whenever we choose a career. This is fine if you can find one to satiate your obsession, but at a certain stage of our life our passions and emotion changes with the priorities of our lives. You can develop new passions with your new career.

·        “I must earnmore money than my peers”

Making the comparison is a risky and treacherous game. Seeing ourselves as a rival to our peers and considering other people’s success as the determiner of your own achievement is a negative set of mind.  We must grow in different directions,  both professionally and personally.