EDITOR'S PICK: Career vs. Calling - Resourceful Indicators
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Posted By: Nardra V. Daniels on May 18, 2010 For the most part many of us have been pursuing a career path out of necessity, rather than following one that closely matches our innate skills and abilities. These innate skills and abilities are usually referred to as our life-calling or our vocation in life. Many individuals think that if they follow a presumed career path for a number of years, that that, in itself is considered to be their life-calling. That path is only the employment path that we chose to follow!" Is there a difference between a career and calling, you ask? There IS a difference! Aren’t they the same? No! No! No! Careers are those paths that we “choose, decide or prefer” to follow, while a Vocation or Calling is simply the designed path we take as our very own mission/purpose in this life. It is that concrete assignment or task that demands that we fulfill! Your life, with its Calling cannot be replaced nor repeated. Everyone’s task is as unique as is their specific opportunity to implement it. Calling carries the connotation of a career path that one is drawn to, based on their specific skills and talents. Many people are just not happy in the career path to which they have chosen. Lately, because of the condition of our economy, there have been vast downsizings and lay-offs. Job opportunitis are scarce. Things have gotten so hard and frustrating , especially for those nearing retirement (even though there may be a few more years before that can happen), and those younger workers that have, in the past, chosen to follow a JOB that pays the bills, rather that a LIFE-calling. Consider this...this may be the best opportunity that you may experience in which to reposition yourself! Rather than seeing only what is before your physical eyes-experience something more. See things in new ways. Discover your “Calling”. Many people because of necessity or family blueprints, have chosen to attain and continue in a career path that “meet their immediate need . (needs like eating, having substance, pay the bills, etc..) Now after many years as a “career professional”, we find ourselves needing to be inspired and needing to find new channels and/or "streams of income". For sure at this juncture in each of our lives, there now necessitates a re-awakening of those innate qualities and abilities that we each possess. There can be a re-firing of what has been deposited inside us, and have been left untapped for many, many years! Finding our real life-calling is a lot easier than pursuing work that we have been doing for years, yet does not "fulfill" us! A lot of us are panicking! Are you now ready to plan your future work around the life you really love? Start Now! Seek some assistance to secure your future! The best place to find guidance and inspiration for the work you were created to do: www.wakefieldwomenscenter.org If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Nardra V. Daniels
Senior Managing Partner, RHEMA Career Management Winston-Salem State University class of 1973 Member Since March 2006 |
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