What was your childhood dream?
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Learning Objectives
- Identify your individual strengths and personal career interests.
- Articulate how your childhood strengths and interests are related to your educational or career interest.
Your childhood interests and your career
Remember when you were a young child and you dreamt of becoming a firefighter, an actor/actress, superwoman/superman, teacher, soccer /basketball player, a pilot…you name it!
What did Prof. Daims want to be as a chid?
As a child I wanted to wok at a circus, becoming a teacher, an aviation pilot, an attorney and an archeologist!
My childhood dreams made total sense to me considering the following:
- I absolutely love to travel! Well, circus staff are always on the move! Aviation pilots really go to far away places!
- I am passionate about reading books : Ok, I am a teacher who loves her job 🙂
- I have an innate desire to help and advocate for others who are less fortunate: Becoming an attorney really fits me too
- My curiosity an interest for the history behind objects: No wonder I wanted to become an archeologist too!
Learn how listening to your inner child can help you find the right career!
This next video looks at the connection between childhood interests and career options. You will see several successful entrepreneurs and employees sharing stories about how they turned childhood interests into careers that suited them well.
Video: Childhood Interests Can Help You Find the Right Career
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Let’s Practice!
Exercises for your own reflection:
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What were your childhood dreams?
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Can see you see as an adult how those dreams showed traits, interests or skills that you still have?
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Can you identify those traits, interests or childhood skills?
Licenses and Attributions:
All rights reserved content:
- Adapted from Childhood Interests Can Help You Find the Right Career. Authored by: Hire Story. Located at:https://youtu.be/6-R0lW_Swio. License: All Rights Reserved. License Terms: Standard YouTube License.