Every crisis is always conceived as an opportunity for the most optimistic, as a regeneration that leads to a new paradigm more in line with the new times. Change breeds new ways of understanding careers and what the job market expects of people. Likewise, the growing trend following the crisis is self-employment.
Considering the environment is very important in order to adapt to new ways of working and the new needs and demands of consumers. However, it is often forgotten that the task of knowing yourself is the best starting point for choosing a professional career. As Aristotle said:
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
More than once you make the mistake of advising training courses for someone who is still not clear about what they want to do with their professional life. Training is essential to specialize and become a professional expert in the field. Now, let us go step by step and do not skip the basic stage of self-knowledge.
The crisis is usually used as an excuse for not investing in personal development, since its benefits are sometimes not as fast as we would like. The reality is that the path of personal growth takes time and sometimes the results are obtained rather in the long term. Therefore, in times of crisis, fear and uncertainty, many people want to hold onto what is supposedly safe and stop betting on what is really worth it: their dreams.
The rationality of stopping the pursuit of dreams just for being in a crisis situation is questioned because:
- The start of the learning path is postponed, which leads to professional stagnation You stop believing in yourself and your purpose, leading to depression Possible business opportunities or professional opportunities are lost
The search for security sometimes leads to failure and instability, both emotionally and even financially and at work. Some people believe (we are already talking about limiting beliefs) that in times of crisis you have to sacrifice dreams and look for work where some say there is work or more work will be created in the future.
Let's see, it is very foolhardy to recommend someone, and even more so without hardly knowing him, to dedicate himself to such a profession because I have heard that they say that he is the one with the most employment and the one with the most future.
Each person is different and has particular qualities that make him special. However, not all of us can perform equally well in a given profession. Some are more competent for some professions than us, because they have talents that make it easier for them to function more efficiently and efficiently.
We are used to education treating us uniformly, as if we were all the same. There is too much fear of what stands out or is different. Anne Rice comments:
"We are afraid of what makes us different."
Starting by changing and being more tolerant with what is different, can help us to accept what is different from ourselves, and thus embark on the path of discovering what makes us special, which adds value to our relationships and our job. What we are is the best we can contribute to a professional project. The opposite is just fooling ourselves and trying to fool others, pretending to sell that one is the right candidate for a job, when in fact the ideal candidate for that job or occupation is someone else.
Let's stop meddling where we don't need it and dedicate ourselves to an activity we serve, which may not necessarily have anything to do with what we have studied, or yes, that already depends.
The idea is to be practical, to consider what we are worth and in which activity there is a need for our talents, to be able to offer our services there. While we discover ourselves and prepare the ground for our professional life we can continue working in the job we have, even if it is not entirely satisfactory or is not the best that goes with us. And the same would be said for those who are unemployed, that is, take the opportunity to reinvent themselves and prepare the ground to work on your vocation as soon as possible.
The professional transition can last for a time, of course, but what is not acceptable for our professional and personal fulfillment is to abandon any hope of carrying out a well-formulated and passionate professional project, just for considering it impossible. Ralph Waldo Emerson points out why:
"Self-confidence is the first secret to success."
What is worth it is worth the risk. No one said it was easy, but a well-defined career goal can become a good life purpose. So do not give up on your dreams, work for them, strive, be patient, invest in knowing yourself better, persevere, and never stop dreaming.
In fact, as Arthur Schopenhauer said, the essential key is to know what course we are following:
"There is no favorable wind for those who do not know which port they are going to."
