This book outlines techniques for you to take a proactive stance on your career, enabling you to see the alternatives to the paths you have chosen. As you perfect these techniques for your own unique circumstances, it will inspire you to set your own priorities and build a strategy based on what you really want out of life.
The world is changing fast, new technologies and occupations emerge and disappear within a matter of years, taking whole industries with them. As a result, you face intertwined ranges of opportunities that seem endless, rather than a set number of career paths. This can be intimidating at first but, ultimately, is what freedom and personal growth are about. The book provides a framework for managing your career and life choices as follows: 1. Develop and shape your unique ‘Individual Resources Platform’, which is a combination of your experience, skills, values, motives and network. 2. Identify barriers that you are facing through questions such as: What are your challenges in the external environment and what limitations are you imposing on yourself? Are your capabilities aligned with your goals? And are the constraints real or imagined? 3. Asess your platform and barriers regularly to strengthen the former and overcome the latter to put you in the position to choose freely the path you want. To get you there, develop your own specific group of ‘supporters’, both professional and personal.