Building Your Own Rainbow Career and Work Path

Do you have different career interest? Have work in many different jobs?
If you have many different interests, you may find that having a "Rainbow Portfolio" - consisting of many different careers or jobs . I have had a "Rainbow Portfolio" for years. I as entrepreneur, I love the variety, the challenges, the pros and the cons.

It is believed by career forecasters that before long people work one full-time job they will be in the minority.

To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We've got it down to four words: "Do what you love." But it's not enough just to tell people that. Doing what you love is complicated.

Here's an upper bound: Do what you love doesn't mean, do what you would like to do most this second. Even Einstein probably had moments when he wanted to have a cup of coffee, but told himself he ought to finish what he was working on first.

It used to perplex me when I read about people who liked what they did so much that there was nothing they'd rather do. But the fact is, almost anyone would rather, at any given moment, float about in the Carribbean, or have sex, or eat some delicious food, than work on hard problems. The rule about doing what you love assumes a certain length of time. It doesn't mean, do what will make you happiest this second, but what will make you happiest over some longer period, like a week or a month.


In the design of lives, as in the design of most other things, you get better results if you use flexible media. So unless you're fairly sure what you want to do, your best bet may be to choose a type of work that could turn into either an organic or two-job career. That was probably part of the reason I chose computers (IT). You can be an instructor, or make a lot of money, or morph it into any number of other kinds of work.

It's also wise, early on, to seek jobs that let you do many different things, so you can learn faster what various kinds of work are like.


Whichever route you take, expect a struggle. Finding work you love is very difficult. Most people fail. Even if you succeed, it's rare to be free to work on what you want till your thirties or forties. But if you have the destination in sight you'll be more likely to arrive at it. If you know you can love work, you're in the home stretch, and if you know what work you love, you're practically there.


To become a rainbow portfolio person, we must stop thinking in terms of having or not having a job. We need to take control of our life, make flexibility our credo and develop a portfolio of skills and activities, some for sale and some to be given as gifts. A portfolio is a collection of different items, but with a theme. Rather than working for one company, you take on various projects and cultivate several clients. A successful "Rainbow Portfolio Path" fits together bits of work in our life to form a balanced whole.

What Are the Different Possibilities and/or Types of Portfolio Careers:

Working as an independent contractor for a specified length of time. And, then on to another career!
Working full time in one career, and adding on another or more part time careers.
Having a variety of part time careers.

HOW DO YOU START?

Start making lists to help you put together a rainbow portfolio Path that would work for you! Be completely honest with yourself and your choices

Work I enjoy:
What would I change?:
My skills and talents:
My major accomplishments:
What motivates me:
My early ambitions:
My preferred work style:
Self-description in power words:

Good luck! You are now on your way to an exciting and rewarding future!

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