Today in books that mentorship has directed me to, the updated version of a book I read back in 2020 when I lost my job! It’s 2 years later and I’m in a very unstable and uncertain industry, and currently undergoing through a process of trying to figure out how I want to progress in it so I’m at a different and better place to check this out.
What Colour is Your Parachute is absolutely a book that you need to come to at the right time, and I think I am in a much more receptive place for it than before. It walks through the self discovery needed to uncover a job that you can find truly fulfilling by starting with uncovering what you are like as a person, your needs, and your skills, then taking all of that and turning it into an actionable path forward.
This isn’t necessarily an idea that I fully align with (The thought of my income, which is largely out of my control, being dependent on my passion sounds like the worst possible scenario for my mental health), it does give a lot of pretty interesting guidance for people who are either at the start of their careers, or who are at a juncture where they are feeling restless and need to check back in to determine what to do next. I’m actually currently trying out a few of the exercises in the book over on Medium right now!
I do like this book a lot more this time around, but I am sure that this is very much because I am in the right place in my life for it. If you’re at a junction for your career, this might be a good one to check out!