Each time I began a career exploration segment with my students, I would start with a disclaimer to the worn out cliche, "You can be whatever you want to be". One of the most important aspects of what you need to do when deciding what you "want to be" is an assessment of your talents and determination. I would use the example with my kids that I may have wanted to be an Olympic figure skater or a concert pianist. However, having never taken a lesson and having had no desire to awaken at 4:00 a.m. for a morning practice at the rink nor to practice for hours on end to master "Frere Jacques", that ship had sailed. I like the old Army ad slogan, "Be all that you can be". That phrase recognizes that you need to assess your potential and work to realize it.
One of the main goals in writing this blog is to help students find ways to assess their individual interests and abilities and explore career options that might suit them. If you followed my posts and researched topics in the archives, you have an arsenal of tools with which to work. Since I have already outlined a pretty complete approach to the process, I will spend future posts to delve deeper into subjects and highlight current approaches, books, tools and topics that might be of assistance. In the past I published a post every other Wednesday. In an effort not to be redundant, I will now post every third Wednesday. The next post will appear on Wednesday, October 24.
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