Pursue your chosen career with resolve

“The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.”

-        Jim Rohn

For a large majority of people, laying hands on a career that is more or less permanent and pleasurable in every possible way is a sort of voyage by itself. It is not that only the rich and privileged who can have a successful career. Ordinary people can also be successful.

There is a general tendency amongst commoners to view successful people like Mukesh Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla or Laxmi Mittal and others; and presuppose that they became rich and pioneering almost instantaneously. However, that is not true; it perhaps took decades of hard slog to be where they are today and achieve whatever they have accomplished.

The above notwithstanding, if you were to ponder over which career is apt for you, it will be a Herculean task. Three significant issues that warrant serious consideration in this context are:

· Discerning your values that manifest what you are: You need to discover your enduring and persisting principles and standards that have gone in to make you whatever you are. There will certain things that appeal to you the most and certain things that you tend to abhor the most – things that you want to continue with and things that you want to discontinue doing. When you decide on selecting a particular career, it is all about yourself. The reason is that sans any self-awareness, you will not be in a position to convince your employer to recruit you. In most cases, people attach great importance to their kith and kin as also the capacity to set work in the vicinity of our lives. There are others who are prompted to work with specific categories of people instead of any type. It all depends on how such values are valued by you and accordingly you ought to be at ease with yourself and being ready to experiment with new things.

· Discerning your strongpoints: It is essential that take cognizance of aspects that you always excel at and things that draws out your best capacities, capabilities and skills. If you possess great writing skills but cannot withstand physical stress, then possibly you will not join the armed forces. You can get to know your strongpoints through a variety of means. However, it essentially entails being certain of what you love and disapprove; what you expect from the career of your dreams; and what actions that you initiate will get you there. You need to take up work in a sphere that is your cup of tea and gels with your personality. In short, your career has to be based on what your personality and penchants are; and not on salary or other considerations.

· Doing something that you enjoy doing: You should guard against falling into a trap, in that you should never get lured into a job or career that will make you feel antagonistic and petulant towards everything. You will have certain intrinsic qualities and which are the requirements of certain career posts. Fortunately, the number of such posts will be several. Joy and contentment in both our careers and life are vital issues that need to be appreciated and treasured by all of us. Your happiness and satisfaction are great for people generally in your vicinity. But you too get to boost your mental and physical robustness. 

Some amongst us may have been born with a silver spoon in our mouths and need not really toil to survive. But there is this large majority who have to indeed do hard slog; make and create adequate resources to subsist; and face intense challenges to move ahead in life. No matter what your background is or what your current circumstances are, you can always live up to your dream. All you need to do is to hitch your wagon to the star – set great objectives, aim for the best and be relentless in your efforts. You must have the spark in you to be a visionary and a trend-setter. It is only then that you will attain your dreams.

Remember that your life will constantly examine you for your level of devotion and that its greatest returns are booked for those who display a ceaseless steadfastness to keep performing till such time they attain whatever they set out for. A determination like this can move tons of load, but it must be relentless and unfailing. As one-dimensional as this may appear, it is still the common denominator that distinguishes people who live their dreams from those who live in remorse. Whatever career you have chosen, work hard for your way up in it.