Virtually Yours Personal Assistants

When I was younger I said I’d tell my kids to pick a career that best met the following criteria:

1. Something you’re good at
2. Something you enjoy
3. Makes great money

I did that. I’m good at math. I enjoy working alone and solving problems. I liked engineering, that made good money. I did it. I chose engineering and guess what I liked it! For about 7 years……then I got that itch.

Yup, the seven year itch. I realized that though I still liked engineering, there were other things I liked more and there are other things I’m good at and (gulp) the money just doesn’t make it worth it anymore. That’s when I decided to rethink my own advice.

I no longer like working alone. I like interacting with people. I’m great at finding resources. I’m still fantastic at solving problems. So……. I and my staff interact with people to help them find resources to solve their small business problems. AND I LOVE IT!

Now my advice to my kids will be:

1. Figure out you love to do!
2. Become great at it.
3. Do it!
4. If you love it, the money won’t matter anymore. And if your great at it. The money will come.
5. Once you don’t like it anymore…..do something else.

I think the same advice applies to anyone choosing a second career. Here’s another blog post gives a similar viewpoint.

What will your advice be?