Shifting Career Options & Expanding potential

 Shifting Career Options & Expanding potential

(During Preteens & Teenage years)

 CONFUSED?

Hi Teeeeeens!!!!,

We all might have dreamt to become someone during chilhood and teenage.... May be Pilot or Teacher or doctor or cricketer or police or dancer or actor.... We had role models in our mind..... And as we were growing,  our dream career options were shifting one by one due to various reasons. Do not get confused, do strenth and weakness analysis for career options in our minds, so that we can work on our weaknesses at the earliest.....

“Shifting Focus” completely revolves around the life of us.  “SHIFTING FOCUS”, changing the decision for career in life. Children in their preteen years aspire to become like their parents or the teacher. While during teenage aspire to become engineers, doctors, cricketers or pilots etc.

However, only few of them end up pursuing their childhood and teenage dreams. Future career choice for life is completely unpredictable.  Students can expand their thoughts, by exploring as much as possible on career options. Nowadays children never settle for one achievement or interest; they always shift their focus, and of course, this will slowly and gradually increase or expand their potential as time pass by.

The focus also shifts due to some financial issues, or unable to get desired marks or due to family and peer pressure, which result into the career selection without the interest. Parents pressure is faced by majority of teenagers.

For instance, a student belonging to a middle-class family may have a passion for art and craft, but his or her parents are worried about the future career and income and decide to opt for career without real interest of the student. The student understands and happily obey the parents to support them financially in future.

However, in doing so, the student’s dreams are sacrificed, it’s no one’s fault; it’s just not the right time to pursue the dreams or hobbies. Others may choose to pursue their passions despite the challenges. However, if one pursues the dream, there will definitely be great career opportunities and satisfaction. Pursuing dreams can be beneficial, but one cannot be sure that it will lead to earning, because, in the end, most people work primarily to earn money and live comfortably.

While there may be great potential, but success not guaranteed, it is a risk. Shifting focus is not inherently wrong; as mentioned above, the middle-class student can still run a business alongside the career admitted in. The shift in focus made here has proven to be very beneficial, as the student can pursue a career and earn as per the professional degree he or she is admitted as well as can also run a side business and can make some extra income and satisfaction. This may gradually improve the potential for success.

Nirja Surati