The Passion of the Career

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The Passion of the Career

Bob Weinstein

July 23, 2007





In the late ‘70s and throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s, career advisers and coaches made decent livings plotting career paths for clients. Young professionals wanted the fastest route to the top, and career consultants happily designed it for them.
 
When corporate America offered secure jobs--and meant it--career paths had real meaning. But even in the best of times, the concept behind the career path needs to be overhauled. Whether we change jobs or careers, most of us will alter our career courses several times throughout our lives. Typically, changes are unplanned.
 
We define ourselves by what we do for a living. Our careers reflect innate abilities, goals, creativity, attitudes toward others and a host of other mysterious variables. In the skewed path to fulfillment, it’s human destiny to taste many jobs and experiment with new careers before we settle on something that we are passionate about.



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