Realistically at most you should pursue only three paths at once. If they all come under the umbrella of one career, all the better. This means everything you do feeds one or more aspects of your career.

An umbrella title like storyteller, designer, inventor or performer can get you started on a career path, while you are still exploring possibilities. Don’t get me wrong though. The more focused you are on what you want, the easier it will be to plan your career and the more opportunities will arise. If you can say you’re an artist and define the medium you want to work in, you have an edge, a niche.

This will not hem you in. It is simply where you are today and where you want to go at this time. You can always adjust your course. Make a choice now, however, and you have an edge over all those wandering generalities out there. You can remain flexible and take advantage of opportunities within your niche. You can go as slowly as you like, but knowing where you are going also lets you go faster if you like.

Make sure you match up who you are to what you want. Take another look at your responses, to the questions in the preceding guide. Don deny these needs and preferences just because an interesting opportunity arises.

How do you know if you have chosen the best path for you?  Pay attention to your dreams. Remember this, ‘dreamjob means it is your dream’ not anyone else’s.  When you feel excited and energized in the morning to start working on what you do, you have found it.

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List your skills and talents, highlighting the ones you think are most important, that you enjoy most using. Think of three jobs or careers that use all of your highlighted ones. Choose the one that sounds best to you, and find out more about it.