http://blog.chumbonus.com/pursuing-the-career-of-your-dreams/ "Who do you know?" Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:25:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.chumbonus.com/pursuing-the-career-of-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Gina Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:06:11 +0000 http://blog.chumbonus.com/?p=932#comment-775 I think that some ideas of where you want to end up can be deeply influenced by upbringing. I once knew a guy that wanted to be in Law Enforcement when I met him. As it turned out- his father was a police officer and had left his mother when the guy was quite young. He spent 30 years of his life chasing a career for the sole purpose of trying to please a father that couldn't care less about him or what he did. He finally found a way to move past that desire to please this not so great father and became a fireman instead. He loves what he does now and he can't believe he wasted all that time trying to please someone else. I think that some ideas of where you want to end up can be deeply influenced by upbringing. I once knew a guy that wanted to be in Law Enforcement when I met him. As it turned out- his father was a police officer and had left his mother when the guy was quite young. He spent 30 years of his life chasing a career for the sole purpose of trying to please a father that couldn’t care less about him or what he did. He finally found a way to move past that desire to please this not so great father and became a fireman instead. He loves what he does now and he can’t believe he wasted all that time trying to please someone else.

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