One Question

In past job searches, I’ve focused on a career trajectory.  If I have position A, that qualifies me for position B, which in turn qualifies me for C, etc.  My job searches have been all about finding that position B — that next step in an inevitable climb up the corporate ladder.

But a couple of life changes (parenthood, unemployment) have seriously reordered my definition of a career path.

So, reading today The ONE Question Every Entrepreneur Must Ask by Scott  Ginsberg (aka The Nametag Guy), I thought about how applicable the question is in other contexts.

The question that Scott poses (and I encourage you to click through and read the original) is:  What are YOU building?

Scott attacks it from the standpoint of entrepreneurship, but all of  us can benefit from answering this question.  Even as a cog in the greater wheel, we have the opportunity to build things within the span of our control, and often far beyond it.

So, as a job seeker I am asking myself the question, and using it to help me determine what the next step for me should be.  What are YOU building?  And is it the work and the life that you want?

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Tagged as: Career, entrepreneurship, goals, mission, motivation