Stuck in a career rut
QUESTION: I am happily married with my first child on the way. My family and friends are plentiful and supportive. The only thing I am unhappy about is my career. I have always worked in sales and am good at it as I get on very well with people and genuinely try and help them out. I can’t seem to find a fulfilling position. I feel I am here on the Earth to do more than sales and have recently been thinking about moving into some sort of coaching. How will I ever find out what it is I should be doing? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
ANSWER: You instinctively know that your path lies in interacting with others. Your sense of not being in the right place is from not being challenged by what you do. To sell a product you try to convince someone that it is right for them. This is helping only with their material needs, not their mental and emotional ones.
A way to find your path is to begin to ease into helping the whole person, not just the purchaser. You mentioned coaching. You would find satisfaction in any aspect of coaching from Little League, to Boy Scouts, to Life Coaching. See what feels right to you and either volunteer to help with youth or take a life-coaching course, after which you can see whom you feel more comfortable assisting: children, youths, or adults.
You are very intuitive. If you open yourself to the energy waves of those around you it is possible to direct them through the problems they are unable to see without your help. For years others have been seeking you out for advice because of these abilities; now put them to use in a career.
At each new phase always ask yourself if what you are doing feels right for you. If it feels comfortable, continue; if not, don’t hesitate to move into something else.