In the good old days, the hero had to slay a dragon and rescue a damsel in distress.

Now, your challenge is to create a meaningful career for yourself and live a fulfilling life.

Although this may not sound as romantic and mystical, it is no less challenging and compelling.

Where to begin The Career Crafter’s Journey?

A good place to start is the story of you.

Why? There is a Talmudic quote:

“What is truer than the truth?”

And the answer – The Story – and of course, more importantly –

And that is where we shall begin.

Read the inspiring story of Todd Rose.

His beginning was inauspicious. At eighteen years old, he was a failure: a high school dropout stocking shelves at a department store for $4.25 an hour. He was married with a child, and his minimum wage job did not provide enough to support his family.

Sixteen years later, he was a success: a young faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education!

You can read the details here.

Then of course, there is the Story of You – and it is time to begin writing your own story.

To give you some idea of what that might look like, I have shared my personal Career Story here. It’s longer than usual, because it spans 45 years and includes 15 plus careers!

And to help you write your own story, learn by reading The Gift of Stories by Robert Atkinson: Chapter 4 – Writing Autobiographically