Feeling you are on a career treadmill?
You keep updating your skills, run from one training to another, finish multiple certifications and you don't seem to be fulfilled ?Our careers have a larger than life persona now. "What we do" has started to define "Who we are" rather than vice versa.
This has created a huge pressure on our career choices and decisions. This creates stress in getting it right.
Added to this is the non-linearity and short-term nature of our jobs.
All this together create what one can call 'career chaos'.
How can one make sense of this chaos and make decisions that work for self?
This is where "minimalism" as a concept can offer a different, counter-intuitive perspective.
While more is what is generally considered "better", minimalism is where "less is better."
Minimalism
Conscious decision-making about belongings, time, energy, and relationships.
The core concept emphasises on being/doing with consciousness and attention.
How to Create a Successful Career Path with Minimalist Think Strategies?
Priorities
What matters to you?
What values do you hold dear?
What is important to you in a grand scheme of things?
What will you be proud of spending your life on?
What are your non-negotiables?
What does 'career' mean to you? Is it a job, a growth avenue or a calling?
The emphasis here is the subjective nature of your priorities.
Choose wisely on what really "matters" to you than what you "should" be doing.
2. Minimising Choices on a timeline
In my coaching journey, people want more choices with their career. which is fair.
However holding too many choices for too long a time forces you to split your energy and attention on more things than needed.
Filter, Filter & Filter to narrow choice.
Identify 2-3 manageable options and get them to 1-2 over time.
Please know that every choice will take from your scarce resource - Time.
Will this path give me joy? - is a great question to start with.
3. Intention
Most of our day runs on auto-pilot.
Auto-pilots run on habits. Habits create same outcomes.
Pause. Reflect at different points in the day.
Why am I doing what I am doing?
What's the highest intention that I can maintain while I do this task?
Does this serve my overall career goals?
Will doing this over and over again make me any wiser?
What else is possible?
Burn out is caused by mindless pursuit of elusive, illusory goals.
Contentment comes from being consciously aware of what we are doing.
What picks your curiosity to try?