Map is not the territory
It’s hard to know how great (or terrible) a job is until you actually do it. We often have two types of maps for the careers we wish we had: maps of the highlights, success stories, and opinions of people who love the work and maps based on how much we love the field or discipline ourselves.
The territory of the day-to-day work of these careers, however, is very different from what those two maps tell us.
In order to build a more comprehensive map of your dream job, do your research on as large a sample size as possible. Talk to people doing the job you want.
42
102 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about career with this collection
Understanding the psychological rewards of bad habits
Creating new habits to replace old ones
Developing self-discipline
Related collections
Similar ideas to Map is not the territory
Discipline is KEY for doing what you love
Although doing work you love takes less discipline, finding work you love does usually require discipline.
- Plenty of successful people did things that seemed to be disappointing until they found their niche.
- Try to get into the habit of always doing a good job ...
What Flow Is Not
- It’s not easy. Flow is not just a state where we love the work so much it just pours out. Flow is a state where hard work meets joy and meaning.
- It’s not for beginners. The act of learning how to do something won’t always allow us t...
How to Change Job Fields
- Decide What Field you want to work in.
Learn what additional training you will need to transition.
Consider shadowing someone at the job for a day or two.
Consider how the pay and time commitment for the new position will a...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates