After Carol had left, as Symons threw away a pile of used tissues and rearranged the cushions on the couch, he remarked that the most common and unhelpful illusion plaguing those who came to see him [as a career counselor] was the idea that they ought somehow, in the normal course of events, to have intuited--long before they had finished their degrees, started families, bought houses and risen to the top of law firms--what they should properly be doing with their lives. They were tormented by a residual notion of having through some error or stupidity on their part missed out on their true 'calling.
Alain de BottonTag: work calling mistakes meaning career-counseling
The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTag: happiness purpose work calling self-expression fortune career ralph-waldo-emerson happiness-life pursuit purpose-in-life job life-coaching pursuit-of-happiness pursue life-purpose pursue-your-passion happiness-fulfillment-desire passionate-living career-counseling job-search find-your-passion
Still, my argument was that if she was going to work for the next thirty years, what difference does going "back" four years really make? If the other path made her happier and offered her a chance to learn new skills, that meant she was actually moving forward.
Sheryl SandbergTag: career-counseling career-paths
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