Self-Assessment

Explore jobs that interest you and ask yourself how do my skills and interests match up with these jobs?

• Where are the gaps?
• What options do I have to gain these skills or qualify for these jobs?
• What skills do I need?
• Where is the work?

You will now have a list of preferred jobs and/or learning options.

Ask yourself:

• What are my best work/training options?
• How do they match with my skills, interests and values?
• How do they fit with the current jobs market? How do they fit with my current situation and responsibilities?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of each option?
• What will help and what will hinder me?What can I do about it?

A person with a foundation of knowledge and skills will make more money and most likely live a more meaningful life.
There’s a similar belief in start-ups: technology companies focus on learning over profitability in the early years to maximize revenue in the later years.

Prioritize plans that offer the best chance at learning about yourself and the world. Ask yourself, “Which plan offers the most learning potential?”

Any entrepreneur (and any expert on cognition / learning) will tell you that practical knowledge is best developed by doing, not just thinking or planning.

For careers, too, you don’t know what the best plan is until you try.