9 OCTOBER 2020

When I was a teenager, like a million other teens, I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I grew up. So, I tried to discover that by taking jobs in various industries I was interested in. I started working when I was 16. By the time I was 20, I had already worked as a customer service person, telemarketer, accounts clerk, copywriter and freelance journalist.  

Copywriting and journalism was a tie, but in the end I chose journalism because I liked the idea of learning and experiencing new things every day.

I decided to follow the same method when I decided to switch careers. I chose what I thought was a great path for me – nursing. But two years into the experiment I had to conclude that this career path was not for me.

Sometimes, the only way to know if you’re right for a career is to try it out. But what if we could cut through the years of experimentation by finding out what our strengths are and choose a career path based on that?

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