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Welcome to Life skills in mini-series. Today 
we will talk about How to assess your career 
options?

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Looking back at your career, did you really 
take time planning for it? Most people would 
just grab whatever opportunity was given 
to them and not really pause and think about 
how they will progress in the future.

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Often, we make our decisions based on the 
opportunities being provided, rather than 
having a clear career path that takes us 
to the place that we have purpose, meaning 
and fulfillment in life.

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How do we get ourselves out of the pattern 
of a stressful career choice and really start 
creating a career that we want and look forward 
to?

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The first step is to describe your current 
work situation. What is your current occupation 
today and how long have you been doing it?

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Can you list down five positive things about 
your current occupation and what are the 
things about your current occupation that 
you would like to change or not change at 
all?

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It’s common for people not to start looking 
at their current state. They tend to only 
look at the negative side of their situation 
and compare themselves with other people.

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Never allow yourself to compare with others, 
if you start doing that, then you will not 
see that you are progressing in life. Instead 
of comparing with others, see how you have 
progress from last year.

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When you are done reflecting, what are the 
things you can do to improve or change about 
your current occupation. Write down all those 
things in a piece of paper to get a clear 
picture of what it looks like.

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Most people would just leave those thoughts 
in their minds, instead of doing that, write 
it down so you can utilize that space in 
your mind for creative thinking. Get those 
papers out and start taking notes.

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Also consider, that there are situations 
when you can’t change anything about your 
environment or there might be things that 
you don’t like.

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What else can you do to deal with the problems 
or anxieties that these things cause you? 
List down everything and see what you can 
come up.

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Don’t filter your thoughts, let it imagine, 
visualize and write down what comes to mind. 
Remember to let go of any limiting beliefs 
you have with this activity. You are given 
permission to be creative.

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Have you started writing down alternative 
options you have in your current occupation 
that you might like to consider as your career?

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Now let’s remember that occupation is your 
profession like a civil engineer, your career 
is a construction manager. List down 3-5 
possible alternative options in your profession 
that you might like to consider.

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Realistically, how long do you think it would 
take you to get a job in one of those new 
options? If it will take longer time, what 
are the other options you have for the meantime 
while you make your situation better.

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Explore the options you have listed. You 
might want to look at different jobs not 
listed and try to do a short term, temporary 
or trial basis which might be better than 
your current occupation

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or maybe a great stepping stone towards one 
of the options you have identified. List 
all the possibilities that you can think 
of in your notes.

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Now, there are some situations that you need 
a different perspective from other people. 
Think of a person that you think would be 
of value to you and write down how they might 
be helpful.

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If you have already sought views from others, 
write down the outcome so you can see how 
it can help you.

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If you have any relevant information that 
you feel may be of help to the decisions 
you need to make, write them down too. The 
more ideas you can think of, the better options 
you have when you make the decision.

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That’s it for life skills mini-series. I 
offer a coaching program for individuals 
who are highly accomplished and are constantly 
reading and learning

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and want to make a big impact in their career 
space but a bit intimidated by the next step. 
If this sounds like you, get in touch with 
me.