The empowerment group gathered tonight and the kitchen table confessions solidified we’re very similar in our differences. The topic is how we’ve made career choices in the past. Though our circumstances and stories were different, the way we’ve made choices unites us. We have one outlier who solidified her ability to make firmly grounded and conscious career choices, which had us all looking on with envy. But, for the rest of us? We can best be described as pickers.
Being a Picker isn’t an unusual thing. With the exception of those folks who know they were destined to be concert pianist at the age of three, many of us entered the workforce searching for the ideal career. This group is no different. Though some enjoy our current careers, we realize our history is filled with examples of passive job choices. In the absence of really knowing why we’re here, how to bring our talents to work and create a career that is an extension of our priorities, we pick the best option available at the time. Pickers.
For me, my history was smattered with passive choices and there was little evidence of taking full responsibility for my career. Until a few years ago, I relied on others for recognition, advice and the next big challenge. When dissatisfaction settled in and the need to take back my power surfaced – I’d take a short-term approach and change jobs. Like many, I was moving away from what I didn’t want, while my true calling still eluded me. I was always happy for a while, until…..it was time to pick again.
This work isn't about changing jobs. As I've learned, that just moves the unconscious around. Our group is about taking back our power, showing up as our best self, and making conscious choices to fuel a new level of success. Nothing passive about that.
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