Coaching practices for What Are Some Ways to Know If You Have Chosen the Right Career Path While in College or Shortly After Graduation

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• I feel like I should already know my one thing and lock in, but honestly I’ve barely tried anything
• I’m pulled in a dozen directions and none of them is clearly the thing
• I feel completely sure about this decision, which is honestly starting to make me nervous
• There’s this other life I daydream about constantly, but it stays a fantasy in my head
• I’ve been reading and watching everything I can on a new field and I feel like I’m getting good at it

Practices that may help

1. Sample widely before committing to a niche
   Premature specialization forecloses interests you haven’t discovered yet.
   Passion vs Interest: How to Actually Find Work You Love
2. Map your three circles honestly
   Separately answer each circle — passion, best-at, economic engine — before looking for the intersection.
   The Hedgehog Concept
3. Ask 'What am I missing?' before major decisions
   Treat a confident feeling before a high-stakes decision as a cue to check what your competence map is omitting.
   Circle of Competence
4. Prototype with conversations and experiences
   Test a possible path cheaply — talk to someone living it, or try a small slice — before betting on it.
   Designing Your Life, Made Practical
5. Expand the circle deliberately, not aspirationally
   Grow your circle through deep study and feedback, not by simply believing you are competent.
   Circle of Competence
6. Audit whether you are living your life or someone else’s
   Identify the places where your choices reflect others’ expectations rather than your own values.
   The Regret of the Dying
7. Ikigai quarterly review
   Every three months, map the intersection of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.
   Purpose Anchors: Keeping Meaning Accessible Day to Day
8. Write your Workview and Lifeview
   Articulate what work is for and what life is for — then check whether they point the same way.
   Designing Your Life, Made Practical
9. Wayfinding with a Good Time Journal
   Track when you feel engaged and energized to find direction from data, not a sudden epiphany.
   Designing Your Life, Made Practical
10. Apply the deathbed test to current decisions
    When facing a trade-off, ask which option the future you will wish you had chosen.
    The Bucket List Method

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