In the Loop with Andy Andrews

ITL157: How Do You Help Kids Find The Right Career Path?

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On this week’s episode, I give some advice to a family with two boys gifted in different ways, and I give suggestions on how the parents can help guide them to the right career paths.

 

My wife says I have been gifted with being able to remember every single thing I’ve ever seen or heard, and I do have one very odd gift that I will display on occasion.

  • I can listen to someone and repeat almost instantly what they are saying with some of the inflections and barely miss a beat.
  • My teachers used to say my mouth could run by itself.

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    Isn't it odd how the same parents can raise children the same way, but they still can turn out so different?

    • I try to direct my boys toward thinking about the benefits of being brothers.
    • “You will always have each other, and being different is a good thing. You can fill the empty spaces that the other one has.”

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      When it comes to picking a career path, take a breath.

      • When I was twenty, I was living under a pier.
      • I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be working, but I thought I was supposed to be a veterinarian, then a comedian, then a businessperson, now…
      • You could probably say about me that I haven’t identified a main career path yet.

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        For teens and young adults having trouble identifying the direction they want to go in, ask them these questions (if it won’t discourage them):

        • What is it that you just love, and if money were no object what would you get up and do everyday?
        • What value does that have for other people?
        • And when you figure that out, prove it by getting out there and doing it.
        • If you can do this, you will never be without work again.

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