‘Fear from making mistakes keeps some people from doing what they really want to do! The origin of the fear is understandable, so much of schooling involves getting the right answer, (Krumboltz, J. D ‘Luck is no accident’ 2004). Through life we strive to make the right choices; right job, right house, right partner all in pursuit of happiness, being fulfilled. Reality is things change and evolve over time, so there is no One right job or right choice.
‘Making mistakes is normal; they are valuable, teach you important lessons and sometimes lead to outcomes that are even better than the outcome you hoped for. Making mistakes is a learning opportunity in itself. There is something much worse than making a mistake – doing nothing out of fear that you might make a mistake, as doing nothing leads to missed and unused opportunities’ (Krumboltz, J. D ‘Luck is no accident’ 2004). Careers counselling is often sought by clients who are not living as full a life as they would like, unaware of ‘self’ with little esteem or ‘belief’ in abilities to progress or change direction. Counsellors will raise vision of the client, request they re-author their ‘stories’ to consider alternative outcomes, discussing small steps to motivate action, facilitating clients chance opportunities – happenstance!
‘Good luck tends to happen to people who are engaged in constructive activities, by trying something new, they are meeting new people, ‘networking’, this opens doors to allow you to learn and develop, creating chance opportunities for new and unplanned events’(Krumboltz, J. D ‘Luck is no accident’ 2004).
Follow your dreams, as dreams create energy and passion, motivate yourself by taking small steps, volunteer, trial new opportunities and evaluate the outcome. Give meaning and reasoning to goals, taking action will generate results, which drives new challenges and more opportunities - learn new skills, always do your best work, build knowledge, develop and re-invent ‘self’ along the journey to success in pursuit of happiness and dreams!
‘Don’t let self doubt keep you from trying, and make every job a learning experience, don’t under-estimate your skills, learn the skills in the job you desire, expect to make mistakes as they create learning, you will create your own unplanned lucky events. ‘Beliefs’ that keep you open to new ideas and experiences will help you overcome internal obstacles – make life rich, engage in conversation with new people, volunteer for experience, take a course, be of interest to others by actively participating in life’.
‘Always learning; always trying; always wondering? - Wherever you are, whatever your work, whoever you meet, there is always opportunities to demonstrate who you are, your ‘self’ share ‘stories’ learn from and support others, creating your space in time – happenstance’!!!(Krumboltz, J. D ‘Luck is no accident’ 2004).
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