Building a Meaningful Career
To build a meaningful career, identify work that has these ingredients:
- It's engaging
- It helps others
- You're good at it
- It has supportive people
- Has no major negatives
- You can do it the rest of your life
Then you can do a self-assessment, asking yourself what your interests are, what motivates you, what are your skill sets and method of working, etc.
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