Will I succeed in the career I choose and chase thereafter?
This is usually a question that lingers on the mind of most prospects.
In a couple of blogposts¹ earlier, I offered some guidance. In this one I would like to value add by offering some visual explanation.
There always exists some demand D, correspondingly some careers C and some passions P. In some cases, they overlap as in sketch-1 and in other cases they exist mutually exclusively as in sketch-2.
Some people nurture their passions after office hours or at weekends. Those who do not know their passions may like to keep a journal of the activities that they enjoyed during working hours as well as after working hours and during weekends. Those could be the pointers to their passions!
Various types of demands could be due to the basic human needs (like food, shelter, clothing, security and education as in Maslow's hierarchical model) or due to wants (or so called glorified higher needs) as well.
CD arrow indicates that you may fall (burn) out of the current career irrespective of the demand being in place. This is true particularly if the both do not overlap the circle of passion.
PC arrow indicates that demand can get created if passion is in place and corresponding careers are available.
PD arrow indicates that career can be easily made if passion and demand both are in place.
If all of the P, C, D, co-exist then what's the problem?
Why does the doubt of 'success and failure' and that of 'choose and chase' exist?
Why does the doubt of 'success and failure' and that of 'choose and chase' exist?
One reason could be that the three might be floating around in isolation in their own P, C and D zones independently (mutually exclusively in the mathematical lingua), something like as you see in the sketch-2.
If however all the three overlap as in sketch-1 then the shaded zone (the green dot area common to P, C and D) is the most easier one for the prospects to succeed. That's because demand and careers are already available as a carrier for their passion to ride upon. In fact there'll be a pull from it for one's passion even if one may not want it.
Career chosen in this zone is where you are likely to make a major difference and leave your impact.
C and D (the orange and red dot areas) are where you need to push yourself very hard to create the carriers for a career to join the demand. You also need to work exceptionally hard to create skills and capabilities in line with the market demand. The reason is you need to work away from what you already have. The degree of push may vary a little depending upon the saturation level of the careers and the satisfaction levels of the demands as well.
Instead working on what you already have (your passion, the blue dot area) in order to enhance skills and capabilities in line with the opportunities that the market provides, creating the corresponding demand and career is much easier even if they hardly exist. You may have to do a little spadework though.
You may need to push very little to create a carrier for your career. You'll succeed anyway it being your passion. The criteria of success will more be enjoyment derived out of the process or journey rather than merely the earnings out of it. You are surely going to enjoy it because it's your passion that you are furthering it.
Those who understand this P-C-D interrelationship, don't have to worry about the Carrier for their Career. This is particularly true for the passionate ones because they are already 'play'ing the game of it rather than 'work'ing it out.
They already have answer to the question of 'choice and the chase'!
They are likely to be the most successful ones!!
Also read a few relevant¹ blog-posts² hereunder: Please do consider leaving a comment or consider sharing this post.
Footnote-¹
Do you know a Best-Career-Plan
Take your career in fast lane!
Talent-Is-Latent: Enable It!
Crying? It's time to kick-it-off!
Is Your Job Boring!
Footnote-² ... Other relevant blogposts
Overworked? Tension? CPU of the mind hung-up? Do you exercise your choice meaningfully
IQ-EQ-or-SQ: What-is-more-important?
Eternally Happy!
In-a-problem? No-problem! Dwell-a-while!
I am afraid ! What do I do !!
Fearful-Of-Death-of-Birth
Take Habits For A Ride
Big-Be Or Bug-Be !
Are You Good If Others Are Bad?
Want Need-Or-Want
How To Make A Difference
Success-or-failure! What-do-you-like?
Succession-Plans In Fast Lane!
Do you exercise your choice meaningfully
Do You Ask Right Questions?
Overworked? Tension? CPU of the mind hung-up?
If passion and career don't overlap then better to continue both parallelly until scope for career emerges from the passion.
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