Why plan your career

February 05 , 2024

By iCVCC Office of China

Career planning is a topic that everyone who will be employed and has been employed should seriously consider.

Who am I?

Where did I come from?

Where am I going?

This is the most classic and most difficult question we face as individuals and even as a whole human race. We have been searching for answers to these questions. These questions cannot be answered in a day or two, we may have to search for answers in a lifetime.

Let's answer a few simple questions.

How do we spend our life?

How do we build our careers?

How to achieve career success and happiness in life?

These are real problems that each of us faces. Ostrovsky (1904-1936, Russian writer) said it best: "A man's life should be lived in such a way that when he looks back on the past, he will not regret for wasting his time, and will not be ashamed of doing nothing." He will be able to say, on his deathbed, that all my life and all my energies have been devoted to the most magnificent cause in the world -- the struggle for the liberation of mankind."

Yes, the efforts of each of us are to liberate all mankind from heavy labor, from the constraints of time, space and resources, and at the same time are dedicated to their own liberation and their own dreams.

Three million years ago, a very humble, and not much strength of the species, has been in the bottom of the Earth's food chain, after a long evolution and hard work, until 100,000 years ago, still cannot see what signs of victory. But, from then on, this species - human, suddenly came to a big explosion, valiant, strong counterattack, one shot to the top of the Earth's food chain. Similarly, as an individual you, as long as you have planning, preparation, and goals, you can also reach the state of "will be Ling the top, at a glance of the small mountains"!

Warren Buffett (born in 1930, a famous American investor), an icon of the global workforce, proposed the concept of "womb gambling" in his biography. It means that he was born into an American mother's womb and has a full opportunity to work hard to achieve his American dream, while he would not have been so lucky if he had been born in some other backward country. However, as time passes, this "digital divide" between developed and underdeveloped countries has slowly been closed. Today, we are blessed to live in the midst of the rise and return of a great power, a process that presents us with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live up to this time. Seize the opportunity to build confidence, acquire skills, improve ourselves, and plan our lives to realize the Chinese dream that truly belongs to us!

Yes, without a plan, there is no successful career and happy life, so, are you ready?