Address your career with bulldog spirit

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”

—- Christian D Larson

It is quite a formidable task for most people to embark upon a career that is there to stay for decades and offers the highest satisfaction too. But it is possible, provided you go about with your career with determination and resolve. Any individual, irrespective of his or her upbringing and economic background can have a successful career. 

The common fallacy that prevails is that successful people become rich and pioneering by a stroke of luck; and that it happened overnight. There can be nothing farther than truth than this. We do not realise that it was years and years of hard work and struggle for them to reach positions of glory and come to accomplish whatever they have accomplished. 

It is quite a difficult task to decide on a career. But, one can still do it, provided due attention is paid to the following issues:

• Understanding your own principles and standards that make you what you are: It is essential that you are aware of the principles and values that you subscribe and which have moulded your personality. Amongst various activities and initiatives, some will delight you and some put you off; the latter category would come to be abandoned, sooner or later. When you embark upon a career, you do so keeping yourself in mind. If you are not aware of your preferences and fortes, you will not be able to make an impression on your prospective employer, based on which he will hire you. Most people are greatly attached to their family members and prefer to work close to home. There are also many people for whom the criteria of a job is working with particular types of people only. All this is contingent on the manner in which you view the values that you stand for. It is only when you are at peace with yourself, you will be able to address your career issues in a positive manner.
• Getting to know your fortes: It is necessary that you are aware of things you are adept at and which facilitate your best performance. If you are a patient listener but cannot see blood or people in pain, the medical profession may not be apt for you. Likewise, you cannot withstand physical stress, a career in the military is not cut out for you. You can know your fortes trough various methods; to put it simply, you need to be sure of what you like and dislike, what are your aspirations and how you ought to proceed in the direction of accomplishment of your dreams. Any work that does not appeal to you or is not in sync with your outlook should not be undertaken by you. Financial consideration related to a job should not be considered; on the contrary, you should take up a job that is in harmony with your personality and inclinations.
• Engaging oneself in tasks that bring about happiness: Anything that you do should offer you pleasure. A job should be taken up that tends to make you hostile towards any person or thing. Every individual has some inborn traits that are much sought after in some jobs and careers. The number of jobs that call for such traits amongst people opting for these relevant careers will be many. Happiness and satisfaction, as pertinent to our careers and lives  are very important issues and ought to be appreciated by everybody. Some of us could hail from a rich background and with that support, there would be minimum tension in life. Such category of people may not work very hard. However, the large majority does decide to work hard, generate resources to lead a decent life and overcome life obstacles to move ahead. Your background may not be really pertinent for doing well and hence, while your circumstances could be anything, you can still live your life kingsize. All that is necessary is that you have to think big, be forward-looking, set goals, aim for the best and launch tiring efforts in the direction of your dreams

You should not forget that you will frequently be put to test where your devotion will be subject to check. You thus have to be resolute to finish all assigned tasks. It is only through hard work and painful endeavour, that you will graduate to better things in life.by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things in life. But hard work, there is no escaping from it.