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Tiffanie
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How realistic should I be when accomplishing career goals
I would imagine that after college being thrown in a crazy hectic world it can be hard to adjust what you want to do with what you are able to do. With a lot of competition and people having better qualification than you. How hopeful? Should you be in maintaining a career goal ? #career #life #goal
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Souxsie Campbell
Sr. Graphic Designer at PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Hi Tiffanie,
Each experience you have in life will inform your next step. I went to UMass Amherst and earned a BA in Italian. With my language skills, I land a job in a travel company that specialized in custom designed trips to Italy. The knowledge I gained from living in Italy on my Junior Year abroad enabled me to create travel itineraries. After a few years in sales, I went back to school and earned a masters in architecture, practiced a few years, then followed my passion and traded drafting for graphic design. Today I use both my 2D and 3D design skills to create environmental experiences at PwC. With a sound foundation, your career path can splinter and grow organically based on your passion and the experiences you Trust in the universe, the prize is in the process of discovery.
Each experience you have in life will inform your next step. I went to UMass Amherst and earned a BA in Italian. With my language skills, I land a job in a travel company that specialized in custom designed trips to Italy. The knowledge I gained from living in Italy on my Junior Year abroad enabled me to create travel itineraries. After a few years in sales, I went back to school and earned a masters in architecture, practiced a few years, then followed my passion and traded drafting for graphic design. Today I use both my 2D and 3D design skills to create environmental experiences at PwC. With a sound foundation, your career path can splinter and grow organically based on your passion and the experiences you Trust in the universe, the prize is in the process of discovery.
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Nicole Baillie
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Hi Tiffanie L. I see that you posted this question a little while ago so I hope my answer to you (or others who may read this response) is still helpful.
I hope you will forgive me for this but I am thinking your question may need a teeny weeny adjustment. Respectfully, the realism would come in **setting** your career goals. The action then becomes accomplishing your career goals. It is ok to be a bit of a visionary (some may use the term dreamer) when setting your career goals. Your timeline for your career goals may be one month, 5 years or 15 years. They may include a specific professional path, salary path and/or location path. All of that, plus some, matters when you are setting your career goals. The realism on what you can do today, and what you expect you can grow into doing down that road..now those are based on what an individual knows of themselves and the path they set (or maybe have to clear) to see what is possible. An extreme example...if an individual sounds like the most popular singer when they sing in the shower but they are deathly afraid of standing in front of others to perform, then the chances of meeting a goal to be a celebrity performer may be out of their reach...But..if they also sound good outside of the shower (based on feedback from others who know the difference) and build a path to overcoming their fear of performing in front of others, then it is possible that in 5 years, they could be the performer they want to be.
In other words, start with setting your goals. This goes for career or any other goals. I have set goals for improving my performance at work, for decluttering my office, for buying a car. You can set goals for those very important or very small things that help to keep you moving forward. Then build your plan. Then work your plan. Adjust as needed but always with the idea of what the goal is.
Hope you find this answer helpful and best of luck to you!
I hope you will forgive me for this but I am thinking your question may need a teeny weeny adjustment. Respectfully, the realism would come in **setting** your career goals. The action then becomes accomplishing your career goals. It is ok to be a bit of a visionary (some may use the term dreamer) when setting your career goals. Your timeline for your career goals may be one month, 5 years or 15 years. They may include a specific professional path, salary path and/or location path. All of that, plus some, matters when you are setting your career goals. The realism on what you can do today, and what you expect you can grow into doing down that road..now those are based on what an individual knows of themselves and the path they set (or maybe have to clear) to see what is possible. An extreme example...if an individual sounds like the most popular singer when they sing in the shower but they are deathly afraid of standing in front of others to perform, then the chances of meeting a goal to be a celebrity performer may be out of their reach...But..if they also sound good outside of the shower (based on feedback from others who know the difference) and build a path to overcoming their fear of performing in front of others, then it is possible that in 5 years, they could be the performer they want to be.
In other words, start with setting your goals. This goes for career or any other goals. I have set goals for improving my performance at work, for decluttering my office, for buying a car. You can set goals for those very important or very small things that help to keep you moving forward. Then build your plan. Then work your plan. Adjust as needed but always with the idea of what the goal is.
Hope you find this answer helpful and best of luck to you!
Paul A Coulter
Life Change Catalyst - How Great Can Your Life Get!
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Hi Tiffanie! Welcome! Realistic is a lot different then being imaginative and less fun. It is a hectic world out there and most are little aware of what our personalities bring to the table to mix it up on that hectic ride. Personally I have read 1,000's of books, done therapy, and have attended at least 20+ mind expanding workshops since college.. I watch you tube video's practically every day (Gary Kusav). College is the beginning of living life joyfully as we shake off the cumbersome baggage we packed up in our 1st 25 to 40 years of life. Midlife crisis is aptly named. Caterpillars have to die for Butterfly's to be free! Here's to being free! :-)