Holicent
VIP Contributor
The most important thing to remember is that there is such a thing as a "career." There are careers, which are the result of a few good choices, or bad choices. Most people spend their lives making the wrong choices, and never realize it. Most jobs do not lead to careers. In fact, most jobs lead to dead ends and disappointment. The difference between a job and a career is much more than one might think:
A career is something you can do for decades without ever getting tired of it. A job may be exciting for some time, but rarely for long enough for you to really get good at it. A career is something that leads somewhere when you're done with it--not just another dead-end job with no future in sight. A job is just work; not much else can be said about it except that someone else needs it done now and wants you to do it now. A career takes hard work; but when you've finally gotten good at something and started making money at it, you'll realize that all of your hard work wasn't wasted after all.
A career is something you can do for decades without ever getting tired of it. A job may be exciting for some time, but rarely for long enough for you to really get good at it. A career is something that leads somewhere when you're done with it--not just another dead-end job with no future in sight. A job is just work; not much else can be said about it except that someone else needs it done now and wants you to do it now. A career takes hard work; but when you've finally gotten good at something and started making money at it, you'll realize that all of your hard work wasn't wasted after all.