Tuesday, June 24, 2008

What Do You Really Want to Do?

It has been said that "if you love your job, you never have to work a day in your life." The question is, how do you find a job that you love? How do you even know what you really want? A friend of mine from Cisco developed a way to map out the things that are important to him and the degree to which various career options help him to achieve his goals. He maps out several key factors:
  • Risk/Adventure
  • Money
  • Challenge/Learning
  • Friendship
  • Freedom
  • Prestige/Self Image
He mapped these factors on curves to identify their relative importance. The interesting thing is that he noticed that too much of a good thing can be bad. For example, too much risk can be a bad thing while not enough gets boring. Too much freedom can keep you from getting anything done. Here is a snapshot of his career assessment.


How would your factors map? What career options would help you to meet your personal goals?



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posted by Jason Roberts @ 10:08 AM Comments: 0