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[Poll] PASSION OR PRACTICALLITY?
February 7, 2007 - 12:32 PM
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Passion or practical which one would YOU choose to lead your life in?
If you were given a choice to nurthur yourself in two very advantageous but contrasting career which one would you pick?
It is indeed nice to have something you love as a career...the career with your certain passion, is more of a holiday work than real work because you extremely enjoy it however, it is a humble position and the future prospective does not accelerate and give you much experience that you would need to have to further your ultimate career, and it might hinder you behind from that ultimate goal.
Practical, being practical is one of the important factors that helps us to survive on this face of the earth and the career in this practical sector give yourgood advancement and no worries on your future.Even though you have talent in this sector, you drag yourself to work,most of the time.you get what you need to have for advancement but u just wish that you would do something more interesting...
Which one would YOU pick?
Passion
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Practicallity
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Would your pick a career base on
Your Passion
(8 votes for 61.54%)
Your Practical Senses
(5 votes for 38.46%)
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Re: [Poll] PASSION OR PRACTICALLITY?
February 8, 2007 - 05:40 AM
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if my career give sme satisfaction then i will take it up even if its low paying. high paying corporate jobs ,i have had experienced them ,are full of stress ,office politics and cut throat competition.anything that give su joy is more important.
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Re: [Poll] PASSION OR PRACTICALLITY?
February 8, 2007 - 03:19 PM
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You are pratically correct, but then one must have passion for something before going to it into pratical.
So whatever once career maybe, MUST have passion of it FIRST than doing it forcing to earn cash.
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Re: [Poll] PASSION OR PRACTICALLITY?
April 24, 2009 - 07:58 AM
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I THINK BOTH ARE DEPENDENT CATEGORY, IN OUR LIFE WE NEED PASSION SOMEWHERE AND PRACTICAL SOMEWHERE, THEY HELP EACH OTHER FOR THE COMPLETITION OF A CERTAIN TASK. THOUGH I GIVE PRIORITY TO PRACTICAL ONE BECAUSE PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE LETS US KNOW WHAT WE DO.
it can be cleared through the chinese proverb "IF I HEAR, I FORGET",IF I SEE, I REMEMBER",AND "IF I DO,I KNOW"
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Re: [Poll] PASSION OR PRACTICALLITY?
April 24, 2009 - 01:01 PM
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Practicality or Passion ?
You raise a very interesting point and as a career changer and a active job seeker, I can utilize my experience to shed some light on the topic – careers.
I think practicality and passion are not mutually exclusive – perhaps passion and boredom or practicality and unrealistic. In either case, I understand your question. There is a trade off involved. I would state that there are many other factors to consider while selecting a career. It is seldom that we are faced with only two options. Some of the major factors involved in career development are:
• Interest – your personal interest of course have to be taken into consideration.
• Earnings – Earnings play a very important role in selecting potential careers. Most people are willing to forgo fulfillment and job satisfaction in exchange for monetary rewards.
• Employability, that is the market demand of a job. This varies widely with types of job. Certain jobs belong to new and emerging industry and as such may have limited employability while others have traditionally enjoyed high employability, namely, accounting.
• Future job outlook – also is a key factor to consider while selecting career. Not all jobs have a growth outlook. Advents in new processes, new technology can make certain jobs obsolete while giving rise to new other jobs.
• Academic requirements – refer to academic requirements that must be met to successfully perform the job.
.....cont'd below due to text limitation.
This post was edited on: 2009-04-24 at 01:03 PM by: Wangchuk
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Re: [Poll] PASSION OR PRACTICALLITY?
April 24, 2009 - 01:02 PM
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• Stress load / work hours - refers to the amount of work hours you are willing to put in to be successful in your career. Not all jobs are 9 to 5. Many careers will require you to work late hours, to travel extensively, to continuously learn. As a result creating large amount of stress.
• Social need / requirement: There are innumerable social needs that go unmet due to lack of qualified professionals. Taking into consideration social needs within the community within which you would like to work is best practice. In general, assessing the social impact of any career is a good practice.
In addition to taking the above factors into consideration, you must also perform self assessment. Self assessment exercise will help you identify:
• your strengths
• your weaknesses
• your working style
• your work environment preference and more.
The entire exercise will be highly insightful and provide you with career paths you never considered or knew about. There are number of online assessment sites, most notably Myer Briggs and Focus. You should consult with your career office department of your university / college regarding good assessment tools.
This post was edited on: 2009-04-24 at 01:04 PM by: Wangchuk
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Re: [Poll] PASSION OR PRACTICALLITY?
April 27, 2009 - 05:36 AM
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In my opinion, I think if I held on to a job because it pays well, and it's practical, I would eventually get bored of the routine work. If it's something I don't really enjoy, then I wouldn't be able to put my heart into it. My mom took the practical route and tells me now that I should follow my dreams and make it into reality by working hard.
On the other hand, I think if you do end up living the dream, and your passion becomes your job, it is possible for that to become boring after a number of years also. Both choices are good, but hard to choose.
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