I’ve been talking to friends and business associates recently about how they have ended up where they are in their professions, careers and jobs. It’s a fascinating subject when you get back to discussing school days.

The main issues effecting career choices seems to be based on things such as:

- “I had a really good teacher that made a subject interesting and therefore I did well in it”

- “My family have all been [insert profession] and so I was destined to follow”

- “My parents thought it would be best if I was [insert job title]”

- “I failed my exams and so got a job at the local [insert bank, shop etc]”

- “I didn’t know what I wanted to do so I did a general subject [insert business studies or social studies course]”

Good and/or bad teachers certainly seem to affect course choices – it’s a bit of luck whether it pays off or not. What’s more important is that decisions and choices are not being based on people’s strengths… and that leads to unhappiness and dissatisfaction.

Question of the day is ‘how did you end up doing what you do and why?’. I’d be interested to hear people’s stories! Drop me a line at dani@danisaveker.com