HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR CAREER COURSE
By: Lubnah Abdulhalim
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It
is important that before one chooses the career to do, he/she should think well
and consider the following things.
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Have a goal
Do have a goal on what you want to achieve in your life.
Having set your goals is like a step stone to getting to your final
destination.
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Focus on your strengths
It is always better to focus on your strengths when choosing
a career course. Do what you are good in and which stands to be the better
option for you.
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Be realistic
Don’t go for the almost impossible choices. Go for what you
know you can handle. Don’t just assume you can do it while you can’t. For
example is a person seeking a career that needs public speaking while he/she
can barely speak out in a group of three. It becomes hectic for the person
trying to fit into a course that doesn’t even suit them.
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Don’t take up anything to please anyone
It is always important one does what he/she is comfortable
and enjoys doing. Don’t do a career course because all your friends are doing
it or because you heard that it pays well. Do what you think is right for you
and not for others. Parents should not persuade their children into doing a
course just because they succeeded in it or it is a course that shows your
status. They should advise them instead and let them think for themselves what
they can do.
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Money isn’t everything
If your aim is to take up a career choice that pays you a
hundred thousand in the first month then it is important you know that money
isn’t everything. It isn’t wise enough to take up a career course that will
stress you up and which doesn’t suit your personality just because you’re
eyeing the big money at the end of the month. This will lead you into getting
tired and exhausted of the job at a very early stage. You may consider the
money you’ll earn but you must also think of yourself first.
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Be focused
Be sure of what you want. Don’t be changing your goals each
and every day; jumping from one course into another randomly. Decide to settle
down into doing the one right thing.
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Don’t get cheated
No one should lie to you that such and such a course is very
tough to do and the other is the easiest thing to do. Every course has its
difficulty however easy it may seem. Even the artist who just draws out of his
own creativity and talent, there comes times he faces challenges. The
challenges aren’t meant to make us fear doing the career but instead they make
us stronger to get to our goals.
The most important thing is that you do what you enjoy. Even
if it may be difficult or tiresome or monotonous but so long as you are
comfortable with it, the rest of the things shouldn’t bother you. Have faith in
yourself and go achieve your goals.
