Now What?
The Young Person's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career
THIS IS AN ADVENTUREBehold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
-- James Bryant Conant
The greatest adventure is living life fully. What makes it such an extraordinary adventure is that it continues all through life, turning you into the main character in your own long and interesting novel. If you live your life fully day after day, you will never run out of enjoyable things to do. Since you will spend more of your life working than doing anything else, why not make your career part of your lifelong adventure? For most people, working is anything but interesting, enjoyable, rewarding, and fulfilling.
"We know that 55 percent of all U.S. employees are not engaged at work. They are basically in a holding pattern. They feel their capabilities aren't being tapped into and utilized, and therefore they really don't have a psychological connection to the organization," says the Gallup Organization, the experts in large-scale surveys. I know, just another statistic, but what if you turn out to be part of that 55 percent? ... read full excerpt from: Now What?: The Young Person's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career ebook
