[Job-Discussions] Making that Career Choice

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Interesting topic. Or do you just sit back and hope somebody offers you the job of your dreams? Don’t laugh. Lots of people do. “Wishing is not a plan.”
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> On Sep 27, 2022, at 11:52 AM, Kris Colcock via Job-Discussions <job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> How do you choose a career path? As blind individuals, many times a
> career path is suggested and sometimes chosen based on what people
> believe you can do instead of your own abilities. Steve Jobs says that
> we can get “trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other
> people’s thinking.” He warns that if we aren’t careful, we can “let
> the noise of others’ opinions drown out [our] own inner voice.”
> Here is his advice about careers:
> “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only
> way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And
> the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t
> found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the
> heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship,
> it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So, keep looking
> until you find it. Don’t settle.”
> The easiest path in this life seems to be the one that we take by
> default, the one that at times feels pre-chosen for us, either by
> society or someone else in our lives. It seems to be a path of
> mediocrity that somebody else somehow led us to believe should work
> for us too.
> I had to realize this for myself, and if you haven’t realized it yet…
> there is no better day than today.
> Take control over what you do have control over. Make the most of
> every opportunity.
> And most importantly, follow your gut, your heart, and your intuition
> in your decision-making. Just like mine brought me to
> entrepreneurship, yours will lead you to where you need to be too."
> 
> What does this passage mean to you? Do you wait for that perfect job
> or do you take work that can be used as stepping stones?
> 
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