Answer when your dream is calling!

I’ve done quite some reading recently, and always I got to bump into some good career sharing articles. Let me share something before I elaborate further on those articles.

Ever since I started to understand where I’m actually heading for my career, I began sharing with others about it. I’d say as a youngster it is actually a blessing for me to get to know my life direction at the early age, but sometimes it is actually more about having courage, because you’ll never know if this is really where you belong, at least I do feel that way.

It is just about your belief in your dreams. I always believe that your dream will call, may it be now or sometime in the future, and it can just happen in a cozy morning, where you seriously don’t feel right about everything, especially your career.

Everyone has his special gift to contribute; a simple story can be fascinating sometimes when you share it at the right time.

Do you know Dilbert? I didn’t know when I see the comic character. But after I’ve read the story behind, I really feel I should share it here.

Last night I met a script supervisor. She works with directors to make sure a movie has the right continuity, and one scene fits the next. It’s a fascinating job, hobnobbing with top directors, writers, and celebrities. No two assignments are the same. How do you get that kind of career? She earned a degree in anthropology and just “fell into it” through a series of events.

I know the feeling. I majored in economics, got an MBA, worked at a bank, then a phone company, and became a cartoonist. Read more here.

It really a dramatic transform and I really respect the courage of Scoot Adams, from a banker to a cartoonist, I believe he had faced some hard time in making his decision too.

Well not to say everyone can be a cartoonist as Scoot, what I’m trying to say here is about being honest to your true self.

Let’s have a snap shot on the story below, a young lady from Philippines who quit her job as management trainee in a highly demanded company and venture into her dream of being a teacher.

So why did I quit halfway through the program? Did I confirm anyone’s suspicion that I am the most stupid and irrational 23-year-old girl alive, for turning my back on such a great opportunity? Possibly.

There’s this scene in “Transformers” where Sam Witwicky asks his heroine if she would rather regret taking a ride with him in the mysterious, grimy, yellow car 30 years from now instead of chickening our, and I don’t want to look back and regret not getting on my Bumblebee. Read more here.

How lively for a sharing, who doesn’t know the Bumblebee and the funny Sam, and not to forget our burning hot heroin? It is a very simple egg and chicken story, as simple as YES or NO, period.

You may think that you can pursuit your dream when you’re ready, but sometimes, you will not. Let’s look at some of our friends out there, or maybe more precisely our parent’s friends, let’s get them sit down and ask, have you achieve what you’ve dreamt to achieve?

“Bread and butter, my friend.” This may be the reason they give you, then look into the sky with so much desire and regrets…

I’ve stumbled into a website of a Malaysian young technology geek, first impression he gave me was, he is a real dreamer. He does everything that might not be able to provide him the bread and butter, but he has found his life direction and guess what?

He is currently a Creative Director for one of the most dynamic internet marketing and application development companies in the world, fresh graduate. Do you see the link? Let’s read thru his graduation speech, funky yet so sincere and straight forward.

You’re graduates! You know what’s good for you. Do the parents agree?

Or is it - “Kids these days, don’t know what they want……”

Do you remember when you were deciding on where/what to study?
– everyone, friends, family, aunty, neighbour’s uncle’s dog
- everyone was telling you what’s best – what’s safe – what the job market wants…

Sometimes – it seems - everyone is telling you what you want instead of helping you find out….

So we learn. And we listen. And we should always learn, and listen.

But, at some point, fellow graduates, we might get used to give in to conventions blindly follow rules and instruction – And once we lose our ability to think independently

We lose our ability to think differently
And that is the end of leadership – it’s a pity.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Don’t be trapped - living the results of other people’s thinking.
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own, inner voice.
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition -
They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary.” Read more here

So what are you waiting for? Take off now and pursue your dream, that’s the only key to living your life to the maximum! May it be realistic or idealistic, answer when your dream is calling!

Regards,
Jason Gan
Path_Editor@My1stPath


Note: do you have any interesting stories to share? It can be your own, or something that inspired you. Share with us, email me at Jason@mypath.com.my.