| Growing Beyond Your Own Archetypes: Your Powerful New Path For Career Development |
| Written by Colleen Guy | |
| Wednesday, 31 March 2010 | |
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Are any of the following statements true for you and your career?
Are any of the following statements true for you and your career? I don't think I'm valued at work * I don't get excited on Sunday evening about the prospect of the working week ahead I don't know whether I'm on the right career path I don't get offered training or the chance to learn anything new I don't get to use all my skills in my current role If I suddenly hit the jackpot I'd quit my job tomorrow I don't have any work/life balance The vital question is whether you'd agree consistently with any of the above statements rather than occasionally. If you would agree with any of them consistently, it may be time to take a good hard look at yourself and what you are doing with your life. After all, you're going to be spending about eight hours of every day working; you ideally want to enjoy those hours and get the most you can from them, and not just financially. It doesn't matter what kind of job you do, we all have negative feelings now and then about what we do. The work/life balance is discussed more and more and, even for those who love their jobs, is there to remind us that we need to make time for our personal and family lives. From experience of helping people with their careers for twenty years I believe that two-thirds of people are in the wrong jobs, chasing the wrong career or are not enjoying their working life. As high as this statistic is, it shouldn't surprise any of us when we reflect on the challenge of planning and following our own career plans. Why is it such a challenge? Firstly, a major issue is that we don't know what we haven't experience of. In other words, there are many possibilities out there, many of which we know very little about. This problem, though, can to a large extent be solved by research and by getting to know the industry in which one is working; it tends to be a bigger problem for new entrants to a particular private or public sector. Secondly, we all have an on-going limitation: we don't know what we can/can't be. In other words, we don't ever really know what we can do, what we're really good at, what we'd really like: we just arrive at approximations - guesses really - on the subject and go with them until some other, more apparently precise - approximation comes along. We are all too likely to go with the flow, pursue a job or profession that feel about right, and just get on with the job we've got. This is a problem, yes, but it also identifies an opportunity which, if handled correctly, we can use to constantly develop ourselves and become better at what we do. After all, if we don't know what we can be, we also don't know what we can't be. So why not find out? In fact, maybe we shouldn't just be getting on with the job. Maybe we should be doing the job we really want to do. Maybe we shouldn't accept compromise. How is it achieved? One part of the solution is to not accept failure and become determined to succeed in your working life. Be prepared to look at other possibilities when faced with frustration rather than giving in. The biggest step of all though is to know more about ourselves. This is where the powerful personal development tool, Archetype Analysis, can help. Using Archetype Analysis allows you to avoid those unsatisfactory compromises in life. However, it's particularly aimed at aiding you in your working life and avoiding decisions you later go on to regret. The word 'archetype' is used to describe a pattern or mould from which copies are made. However, thanks to a Swiss psychologist (Carl Jung) the word now means something very different. Jung believes an archetype was a belief or attitude that isn't developed but inherited. In other words, they're inherited attitudes which are both supportive and restrictive at the same time. The fascinating and powerful intervention of Archetype Analysis, developed during the past thirty years by the American personal development specialist Dr Carol Pearson based on Jung's work, is an inspired, proven and successful way of in effect saying to people: you are more hidebound by your inherited attitudes, approaches and ideas than you ever imagined; indeed, you may not even be fully aware of what your inherited attitudes, approaches and ideas really are. By understanding what they are and how they restrict you, you can get fully in touch with yourself and liberate yourself from the negative sides of your inherited hidebound 'story': that is, your 'version' of yourself that you have - possibly inadvertently - brought to every aspect of your life so far. The Article Author: Learn more about Archetype Analysis and read the full articleArchetype Analysis. Stop by Colleen Guy's site where you can find help, advice and guidance on a whole range of spirituality and self development topics Spiritmystique.com and what it can do for you. |
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