| You might be wondering how to tell a job from a | | | | have. When you find the way to make money |
| career. There are many careers out there and | | | | using your skills and talents and you feel a sense |
| there are many jobs out there. But has anyone | | | | of fulfillment and purpose you will have found |
| really explained for you what is the difference | | | | your career. |
| between the two? | | | | Many people go to college without knowing what |
| Most people will say that a job is a means of | | | | they want to do in life. There is nothing wrong |
| earning money in order to pay off your bills and | | | | with that. But the person who goes to college or |
| to have money to afford a place to live. Most | | | | enrolls in some other type of advanced education |
| think of a career as something that is prestigious | | | | who knows what he or she wants from the |
| or looked upon favorably by society. Some say, if | | | | education is better prepared to find the career he |
| all you want is a job, you are working to live. But | | | | or she is suited for. |
| if you have a career, you're living to work. You | | | | This does not apply only to college students. No |
| can decide that one. | | | | matter your educational, level if you take the |
| Commonly, people would say, a doctor has a | | | | time to determine your skills and talents and then |
| career and a person who collects trash for the | | | | match them with what brings you satisfaction and |
| city has a job. But what if the person who is a | | | | fulfillment, you are closer to finding out the career |
| doctor is working in his office and seeing patients | | | | for you. |
| all day long when he wanted to instead be | | | | Do not be concerned about the pay scale as you |
| teaching in a large medical university? Does he still | | | | should be with trying to find your purpose in life. |
| have a career or does he simply have a job? | | | | You will find that as you get older that money is |
| What about the man who works as a trash | | | | less important compared to how much you enjoy |
| collector? Perhaps all his life wanted to have a civil | | | | your life and your work. |
| service job. He might have wanted all his life work | | | | There are many people who chose work because |
| for the government in a capacity to serve the | | | | they could make a lot of money only to find that |
| community. Is he not doing this as a trash | | | | they now have to stay in a job they do not like |
| collector? | | | | in order to maintain the lifestyle their money has |
| He would be the one with the career and the | | | | bought for them. Careers should be determined |
| doctor would really have a job only. The point is | | | | by the fulfillment they bring not the money they |
| that a career is more than prestige and more | | | | can create. |
| than the money you make. Perhaps work is only | | | | So it comes down to this: to the best of your |
| work if you would rather be doing something else. | | | | knowledge, know who you are and find work that |
| Most people want to find something that brings | | | | can use your skills and traits. Rather than being |
| them satisfaction and gives life meaning. A job is | | | | what you do more fulfillment will come if you do |
| something you do to make money to survive. A | | | | what you are. And then it doesn't matter if you |
| career is also a way to make money to survive | | | | call it a job or career. It is work that has meaning |
| but it also a way to use the talents and skills you | | | | for you. |