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am a spiritual, kind, and loving person. I care deeply hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the
about helping my children succeed, social justice world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the
and alleviating poverty. I’m driven to sacrifice my errand.” —Woodrow Wilson
time and comfort to provide financial security for my
children. I’m driven to use my planning skills to help This one will get your mind going in a slightly
the homeless in my city. different direction. What do you have real talent for?
Identifying your core values shape the trajectory of What’s the thing everyone says you’re amazing at?
your career path. Art? Coaching sports? Teaching? Writing music?
Many times, a dream career comes at the
QUESTION 2: WHAT DO YOU LOVE intersection of your skills and passions. Of course,
DOING? this makes sense. If you’re passionate about
photography, you spend a lot of time taking
“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your photographs and thus get really good at it.
dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about When you combine your skills and your passions,
your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with you’ll often discover a dream career waiting to
what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still happen.
possible for you to do.” —Pope John XXIII
QUESTION 4: WHAT GOALS DO YOU
What are you passionate about? What do you HAVE?
absolutely love doing? What gets your juices going,
your creativity pumping and your energy moving? What are your long term goals when it comes to:
What do you think about when you’re standing in • Relationships?
line at the grocery store? • Health?
• Family?
As you ponder this question, don’t limit yourself to • Finances?
things that you think could be a career. Do you love • Spiritual development?
reading? What about hiking? Does the thought of In some ways, your goals will shape the dream
making a delicious meal make you feel all warm career you pursue. For example, if you want to be
and fuzzy? Do you get pumped at the idea of a family man who spends most of his time at home,
helping someone make money?
a career as a traveling musician probably isn’t right
for you. If you want to be financially secure by the
Finding your dream career starts with identifying time you’re 45, it will be difficult to spend your life
your true passions. Once you’ve nailed those working among the poor in India (although that’s an
down, you can start moving toward the how.
admirable goal).
Ideally, your dream career will align well with your
QUESTION 3: WHAT ARE YOU REALLY
life goals.
GOOD AT?
“You are not here merely to make a living. You
are here in order to enable the world to live more
amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of

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