So you've been hearing that voice again, the one that says you're not doing what you were born to do. That may be true, but how do you figure out what you should be doing?

To begin answering this question, examine whether your current career path matches your core interests, beliefs, values, needs and skills. Professional career counselors usually undertake this strategy when attempting to help clients identify appropriate career directions.

Here's what I ask clients to help them find their core. Ask yourself these questions, and record your answers:

1. What subjects do you most enjoy reading about?
2. What television or radio programs do you most enjoy?
3. What are your favorite types of movies?
4. What are your favorite hobbies or pastimes?
5. What type of volunteer activities do you prefer?
6. What subjects do you enjoy discussing with friends?
7. What subjects come to mind when you daydream?
8. What have been your favorite jobs?
9. What were your favorite school subjects?
10. What are your pet peeves?
11. If you doodle, what do you often draw?
12. If you ran the world, what changes would you make?
13. If you won a million bucks, what would you do with it?
14. Who are your favorite kinds of people?
15. How would you like to be remembered after your death?
16. What are your favorite toys?
17. How would you describe your political beliefs?
18. Who do you most admire in life and why?
19. What tasks have brought you the most success?
20. What tasks do you think you could do well that you haven't yet done?

Examine your answers. Do you see a certain behavior or belief in more than one aspect of your life? What information do you see repeated that seems to reveal a behavior pattern? What are your long-lasting interests?

Using this information, paint a self-portrait by completing the following statements:

* I am mainly interested in…
* I believe most in…
* I most value…
* For a good life, I feel I need…
* I can do the following well…

Now ask yourself if your current job helps you achieve these five statements. If it does, you're probably in the right career. Chances are, however, that the nagging voice means your current career is not satisfying your core features. If this is the case, then it's time to find a better fit.

也許你常常聽到這樣的話,有人說你天生不是干什么的料.也許他是對的,但是你怎樣發掘自己應該干什么呢?

在回答問題之前,先看看你目前的職業是不是和你的主要興趣,信仰,價值觀,需求以及技能相符.專業的職業顧問有一套方法可以幫助客戶明確自己的最合適的職業取向.

以下就是我幫助客戶找出主要興趣的方法. 嘗試回答這些問題,然后記錄你的答案.

1.你最喜歡以閱讀什么領域的文章.

2.你最愛看什么類型的電視節目或者最愛聽何種廣播

3.你最欣賞何類影片

4.你最大的愛好何消遣是什么

5.你傾向哪類志愿者活動

6.你和朋友常常討論什么話題

7.當你白日作夢時,你最期盼什么?

8.你最喜歡的工作有哪些?

9.什么是你最愛學習的課程?

10你的寵物是什么?

11.如果你常常涂鴉,那么你畫什么呢?

12.如果讓你統治世界,那么你將把世界變成什么樣.

13.如果你贏得了百萬美元,你打算怎么花?

14.你最喜歡哪類人?

15.你死后,想記住生前的事嗎?

16.你最喜歡的玩具是什么?

17.你如何描述你的政治信仰?

18.誰是你生活中最崇拜的人?為什么?

19.你認為什么任務可以把你帶往成功的頂峰.

20.你認為你可以把什么事情做好,可是還沒有去做.

檢查你的答案. 你有沒有發現有某一個行為或信仰在你生活中不止一個方面出現過? 你看到得重復次數較多的信息是否就反映了你的行為模式?

根據這個信息,給自己畫一幅自畫像,可以參考以下的內容:

* 我最要在…..有濃厚的興趣

* 我最相信………

* 為了追求完美的生活,我覺得我需要……

* 我可以把……..做得很好

現在捫心自問一下你目前的工作是不是幫助你實現了這五項內容.如果它能做到,你可能找到了合適的職業.萬一不是,然而,你又反反復復地被當前的不能達成你主要目標的工作所困擾.如果事情真是這樣,那么是時候換一份合適的工作了