3. Explore your talents :
What you can do now, is to return to your past experiences, and your achievements, and to analyze things that made you realize these accomplishments. It doesn’t need to be a professional experience, it can be helping resolve a family conflict or negotiate an advantageous price with a vendor… Think about all your technical and soft skills, and see what kind of skills you master the most, it is practicality, analytical or creative thinking, or maybe people interaction…
4. Plot your place on the map :
Before choosing in which direction you want to go, locate yourself on the map; and related to your goals, ask yourself: where are you now? are you near or far away from achieving your goals? Do you have already enough skills to change direction? If not, what skills do you need for your new destination? Are you ready to invest your time, your effort, and maybe your money to learn these new skills? Is it worth it, or not?
Reflecting on all these questions can give you a clear idea about your purpose. It is obvious that any change requires time and some accommodations at first, but It is often advantageous to know how many adjustments you need to make.
