Coaching teens and others toward finding their individuality in our mass-minded systems.
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A reply on Conversation: I'm seeking direction for my future after i graduate this May 2012.
I know how you feel about some of the corporate work you did. I just walked away from a 10 year career in a high paying, high profile industry that was not interested in change management and creative thinking. I was a pain in my boss' asses because of my allegiance to the worker and making conditions better for them. I finally realized that the corporations I worked at were not interested in change management for their workers and it was no longer my responsibility to get them to care.
So now I move to empowering the people that work under the systems. I have wanted to coach others for some time. As of now, I am focusing on coaching teens but the concepts work for all ages. A lot of people are talking about and working on the systemic changes that need to happen and I applaud them for it. But that is going to take some time. So my message is, while the systems adjust what can you do to make sure you are getting as much out the current systems you toil under? Also, most of the people I worked with had a burning desire (no, not just reflux from work stress) to pursue something else but felt powerless to start pursuing it. Each and everyone of them had the capacity to use the strengths they had in one area of their life and spread them to all other areas. The problem is we all tend to be blinded to our own opportunities for growth. It takes some devotion and perseverance to start to tap into the true self.
I'm with you on what you say about the systems. In my experience, systems are not really interested in change from within. If I may tweak an old cliche, "Think Outside the System" if you want to be the visionary you seem to express above.