Questions of self-determination and self-realization are key in human life. Let's break the problem presented in the title into two components and pose the question more competently: how to find yourself and how to build a career in accordance with the vector of the inner orientation of the personality. Finding answers to these questions is two early stages in the difficult path of building a professional career.
Instructions
Step 1
With life experience behind you, you can determine your strengths and weaknesses, the unique qualities that distinguish you from everyone else, your inclinations, attachments, habits. Also ask your friends to tell you about you. They don't have to be close friends. Try to see yourself from the outside and be as objective as possible.
Step 2
Make a list of your hobbies and inclinations. The main thing is that they really capture you, take up a considerable part of your free time or bring a sense of satisfaction. Do you love to cook, ride the train, watch the dawn, collect a collection of calendars, enjoy Indian cinema, love to clean up? It is in such little things that you can find the key to a successful choice of a lifelong business.
Step 3
Make a list of the occupations or professions that are closest to you that you would like to pursue. Determine what qualities the representatives of these professions should have. Write in front of each item on the list what qualities or skills you already possess. Probably, the profession or occupation, opposite to which you wrote the longest list of your personal qualities, is your calling.
Step 4
It is important to identify your true desires, to distinguish them among others imposed from the outside by parents, public opinion, fashion, magazine advice from astrologers, or considerations of prestige and benefit. After doing "not your own" business, you can hardly achieve great success. Whereas your hobby can bring you satisfaction, good income, and fame.
Step 5
The method described above is not suitable for all people. Often a person cannot find obvious inclinations or preferences in himself. In this case, you need to expand knowledge about various professions and fields of activity, pass psychological tests for career guidance, contact professional psychologists who will help you understand yourself.
Step 6
When you have identified a goal, it's time to move on to its implementation, to building your own career. Gather the information you need: study the areas of application of your talents, familiarize yourself with the situation in the labor market. Create a competent resume and start your job search.
At the beginning of their careers, few people manage to immediately find a worthy place in the profession. But the main thing is to gain invaluable experience surrounded by successful professionals. Over time, your resume will be replenished with new items that make you more attractive to reputable employers.
Step 7
If you see yourself in the field of private business, working in a successful company in a direction close to you will not be superfluous. Working in an established business, you will be able to discern all its subtleties and pitfalls. You will be able to learn from someone else's experience, both good and bad. This knowledge will be very useful when you grow to your own business.
Step 8
Some people have a great desire for a particular occupation, but they do not have the set of qualities necessary to build a successful career. In this case, it is necessary to engage in self-education and the development of missing personal qualities. This path is more difficult, but if the inner desire is very great, it can give strength and self-confidence in order to achieve the cherished goal.
