School of Purpose
School of Purpose
#7: From Planning to Be a "Miserable Lawyer" to a Career that He Loves-Nick Copenhaver, an Honors University Senior
How important is it for college students to aim for a career that would give them a sense of purpose? What happens when they make plans without purpose?
Nick is a smart student who entered college with no sense of what he really wanted to do. So, he decided to do something that would make him a lot of money. If I can't be happy, I might as well be rich he thought. So, he decided to become a corporate lawyer. There was a problem, though, with this plan. Each year he got less happy with it. Something inside prodded him that there's more to life. Finally, in this, his senior year, he has made a complete reversal in his career path, and it's changed everything.
In this episode, you'll learn about:
- Following intuition in picking a career
- The hazards of succeeding at something that's not meaningful to you
- The powerful and potentially harmful effect of other people's expectations for us
- How to know if you're making purposeful plans for the future.
- What it feels like to be finally doing something that feels right
Enjoy!
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Edited and Produced by Josh Gilbert
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Music also by Josh Gilbert