When passion meets profession,making the right choice!!

When you are in your 20s & job hunting, Life can be a drag and if you’re anything like me you’d know that the anxiety is real when you are desperately trying to pick up a new job!

It’s even harder when you have a fresh career path in mind, because you might be thinking it’s an impossible task with all the noise around you. It’s almost as if everyone & everything is pushing you in opposite directions but who do you listen to? Is it “the world”, family & friends or your gut?

The thing is, the noise around you makes it very easy for you to lose focus on the things that are important to you and it’s even easier to get carried away by friends with “highbrow jobs”. If you are not careful you could find yourself drifting on to a career path you might regret and before you know it, you go from a quarter life crisis to a middle life crisis and before you know it… poof! Your life is over!

You have to understand that, although we are all human beings, we weren't all built the same. We are all different, unique in our own way with each of us having our individual callings and leading to our pen-ultimate purpose. This purpose speaks through our passions. That one thing like a bad habit we can’t seem to shake. It creeps up on us like nature. It’s what you were born to do!

If you haven’t realized it by now, the jobs we take on during the early years of our adult life eventually leads us down a career path and any derailment from that path will only set us back and put us right back into the Job mark which will forever remain a highly competitive industry and in this cold cold world.So with that said, there are some basic things we need to understand when choosing a job. Keep in mind your job isn't meant to be a chore, nor is it meant to be considered work. Let’s face it!

We don’t consider any of the things we love to do work and most of us never see it as a job. Kind of like being a parent and looking after kids, or taking our dogs for long walks around the park, and cooking for family and friends or writing our opinions in a magazine with no idea of who’s going to read it or whether or not they will agree with what we have to say. It’s something we just do.A lot of us, have somehow gotten ourselves lost within jobs we have no business doing. We fail to realise that money isn’t the root of our happiness and we tend to overlook and underrate the contentment that comes with true fulfilment. But what is fulfilment and is it really attainable?

I don’t know about you, but I think it is attainable for each and every one out there in the world, we just have to want it bad enough.

I like to believe true fulfilment is when your profession collides with your passion. Your job should be a way of life, something that comes effortlessly to you like an extension of yourself and everything you represent. It’s something that should come as second nature, with no regrets and with zero remorse!

When selecting a job and a career path, you should look at two major things, your skills and your passions!Your skill will answer the “how” and your passion will tell you the “why” and in your achievements you will attain fulfilment and if you are lucky enough you’ll get crazy rich doing it.

Not to be a killjoy to all my money hungry brothers and sister out there, money shouldn't be your main focus when you're first starting a career… not until you have clearly defined your “how “and your “why” and the intrinsic value you have to bring to the table!Let’s look at this completely random and hypothetical situation. We have two pet shop owners right across from each other, both of whom have been in business for the same amount of time. Owner A can’t stand some animals and leaves the dirty work for his staff to handle but Owner B is a strong advocate for animal rights and embraces all forms of animal life.

You can tell from his persona and in his action how deeply he wants to foster animal-human relationships and just how badly he wants to see people and animals living cozily in a well-blended ecosystem that doesn't stomp out animals completely (especially since humans are now living in what used to be the animal's former habitat taken over by deforestation and human settlement! (DAWM HUMANS!).Over the course of their business, owner B is praised and lauded for his tireless effort and proven antecedents in animal rights advocacy propagated by the media while Owner A’s shop is just known as a John Doe shop that gets you the pet you need. As a result owner B wins more customers because his passion broke through.As time progresses Owner A decides to close down his shop but Owner B can’t bear the thought of all the cute animals in his shop not finding a home and a family to care for them.

The difference between Owner A and Owner B is that Owner B was simply more passionate about his job and did it out of a genuine need to see animals being loved and adored. His customers saw that and it boosted his sales and kept him in business.

So my dear reader! It's just as simple as that!

Your passion will keep you in business and motivate you to do more.

True fulfillment within your careers can only be achieved when your passion shines through. And if your currently working there’s always a way too incorporate some elements of the things you're passionate about into your core activities!

Don’t ever let go of your passions and never give up on your dreams for a job you don’t like. Nothing is worth your misery and you can’t go wrong when you finally get it right.

Written by Prince Ajibola

Prince Ajibola is a biochemist turned social entrepreneur who has successfully branded himself as a business and brand management consultant and an emerging market expert. doubles as a Writer, Creative Director, and an Event and Talent Promoter. FACEBOOK PAGE Link: https://www.facebook.com/princeajibolax/