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CORE
CAREERS
To be or noT To be:

Career ChoiCes in-depTh

“First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And endorses Disney’s quote, as she too thinks that
finally, dare,” Walt Disney… Easier said than done, visualizing is a crucial part to knowing your values.
right? Well fear not, as career coach Amira Shawky As a life coach, she is responsible for helping out
will be guiding us through the steps of acquiring the with digging-up values. To do so, she gathers a list
career you desire. with 140 all the way up to 480 values. The more
nuanced the term written, the different the meaning
There are three main aspects to be understood: to each person; thus, the abundance of values they
firstly, values are derived from personal beliefs; get subjected to. While going through this list of
attitudes are the perceptual yield of an evaluation values, envisioning your work life is a way to help
to both the situation and the values; whilst norms decide which values belong to you. “Architects
are the societal standards which tend to influence draw a blue print, which is a way of envisioning the
the values to begin with. An example to a value is object they’re trying to build, similarly when you are
honesty, an attitude is how you exercise honesty building your career,” Coach Shawky elaborates.
and the societal standards is how the society
defines honesty. Awakening the awareness is another step to
adopting your values. Since we have previously
Values Insider mentioned that values are changeable in
accordance with characteristic
To begin with, it’s important development, then being aware
for each individual to specify to the kinds of changes that take
their value in life. The term place is needed. Important as the
value neither means morals nor career values are, however, when
religious restrictions; in fact, they Emotions and rationality are on choosing a career, the primary
are the things you hold closely the same side as both come from focus should not only lie on career
as a person; what’s important to the mind; they are feedback values, but your values as a person
you. Norms, on the other hand, loops from the body telling me holistically, so you can gain as
are various and they change something. Listen to them, analyze much fulfillment as possible.
from one social circle to another.
Values can change by time; them, understand what they Work-Life Balance
however, they are yours and only are; they are always indicating
yours. something. Speaking of fulfillment, careers are
not the only things that influence a
Speaking of change, the reason sense of achievement. For a lot of
values change is that the human people, a job is a means to an end,
personality is always evolving, not necessarily the end. Most of us work for income
which means that the values will evolve as well. and there is no shame in that. Which means that if
There are numerous types of values: life values, this is your priority, you will not over-invest in your
career values, relationship values and parenting work. You will work enough to get the reward you
values too. To elaborate on how malleable values are looking for. Imbalances are inevitable, though.
can sometimes be Coach Shawky says, “maybe By the time the imbalance takes place, one aspect
at the beginning of a professional life, somebody encroaches over the other, more often than ever,
would be willing to sacrifice work-life balance in work encroaches on your personal life. Here you
order to gain more experience; in this case this ought to pause and ask yourself this: why am I
person values experience more than work-life working? what are the things I’m looking for in my
balance; however, as time goes by and he adopts job and what am I willing to sacrifice to get those
other responsibilities like having a family, a child of things? If you work for income, passion, fulfillment
their own… etc, then his values will change.” then it becomes more than just a job, which will

Here comes an intriguing question: do stable values feed into your relationships, your self-development
exist? Or are they all changeable? Well, there are as well as your spirituality too. It’s a matter of being
core values, ranging from five to seven. Their lack aware of what you want to achieve through this
of existence induces a feeling of incoherence and vessel which is your job; is it just about income or
lack of relatability. Should you, however, encounter does it help me achieve other things?
a situation where there is a conflict between what Making sure to eliminate situations that conflict
must be done and your own values, irritation is with your values as often as possible facilitates
definitely the emotion having the upper hand in this the process of truthfulness towards them. There
scenario. At this point, trading-off is your way to go. are some indirectly abrasive situations that
“If you can visualize it, if you can dream it, there’s may threaten your values and would make life
some way to do it,” Walt Disney. Coach Shawky challenging to live with. If it is an unavoidable
situation, acknowledging the amount of stress it

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