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Career Clinic Principle #3: Awareness--Learn from the Past

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When I work with clients on this principle, we not only explore their career history but we also analyze the work histories of their family. My experience is that parents are often the most influential on someone’s career choices in one of four ways:

  1. The parents put pressure on a child to fulfill a certain career direction that does not suit the child, and the child conforms anyway which leads to dissatisfaction.
  2. The parents encourage the child to follow their most authentic path and provide support and guidance, and the child finds their calling.
  3. The parents do not help a child choose a career, which leads to confusion.
  4. The parents do not help a child choose a career, which leads to the child finding their calling anyway.

Part of the process is to help each person separate the wishes of their parents from their own. I have had many clients of all ages still trying to please parents with their career choices and making themselves miserable in the process. So here are a few questions to ask yourself so you can begin to understand your own history:

  1. If you had to rate your parents’ job satisfaction from 1-10, how would they rate?
  2. What are your parents’ attitudes about work?
  3. What attitudes do you have about work that you learned from your parents?
  4. What attitudes did you learn from your parents that will not serve you in your next career chapter?

If you are interested to find out how The New World Institute can help you transform your career, then call (347) 445-5763 for more information.
Laurel Donnellan is the President and Co-Founder of The New World Institute.
www.thenewworldinstitute.com

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