Is your dream job something you cultivate, not something you search for? How to find your dream job that no one taught me.

I often hear people say they're searching for themselves or can't find what they want to do.

Most people don't really have something they 'want to do'.
Rather, it's fortunate if you can find your calling.
Perhaps less than 5% of all people find it.

But that doesn't mean a calling doesn't exist in this world.

It does exist, and everyone can have one; they just don't know how to find it.
Saying 'how to find it' is a bit misleading.

A calling isn't something you find; it's something you cultivate.

In fact, a calling refers to a job you've stayed in for a long time.
Even with some likes and dislikes, any job, as long as it's a job, comes with various stresses.
You have to do things you don't like.

For example, let's say you want a job that allows you to live overseas.
Even if you enthusiastically go abroad, you'll still often encounter things you think, 'I don't want to do that.'

When faced with difficulties, many people just quit.
Thinking 'I don't want to do this,' or 'This is too much trouble,' they eventually conclude, 'Maybe this job isn't for me.'

At that point, they're throwing away the opportunity to discover their own calling.

If you want to find your calling, just keep doing it.

When you encounter troublesome things, you want to run away.
There's various pain, and you want to escape from it.

But if you keep challenging yourself despite that, you'll gradually acquire skills, experience, and wisdom, and as a result, you'll become the best at it.
In other words, people who find their true calling are ultimately those who kept going.

People who were able to continue things even when they thought they disliked them or felt they hated them.
People who felt frustrated when they couldn't do something, and still kept going.

As they kept going, they started to be recognized by others, and gradually, their work became enjoyable.
In other words, the quality and quantity of others' evaluations give you your true calling.

Sometimes, people enter a job out of 'admiration,' and feeling 'fun!' they end up in a field where they are evaluated.

However, generally, that's not the case for most people.
There's a world that only becomes visible after repeatedly being scorned, beaten down, and disappointed by others, yet still continuing.

For me personally, it wasn't always fun.
In fact, most of it was difficult.
But I didn't give up.

Ultimately, the reason I feel like I'm the most fulfilled person in the world right now, and trying the most exciting things in the world, is because I didn't give up.

Even if you have nothing, and nothing goes smoothly, you can still build up if you don't give up.
Accumulation eventually becomes experience, strengthening yourself.

No matter what anyone thinks about what you can't do, if you keep trying endlessly, you will eventually be recognized.
A true calling is like a gift from the world, smiling upon those who never gave up more than anyone else.

A true calling is the sum of your experiences. Whatever you do, don't give up. Keep facing challenges.

There are people who keep searching for their place, always saying 'I hate this,' 'I hate that.'

But no one will give you a place.
There is no convenient world where a place becomes yours just by touching it for a moment.
Even if opportunities are provided, making them truly your own requires a courageous first step from yourself.

It's the perseverance to stay put after taking that step.

No matter what house you live in, you don't initially feel like it's your own home.
No matter how unpleasant or difficult things get, keep staying put.
And by staying put more than anyone else, you eventually make everything your own domain.

In short, by continuously 'continuing' even things you dislike, you become 'recognized,' then 'like' it, and that becomes your 'true calling.'

However, people are surprisingly fickle and tend to stray into various paths, don't they?
And by the time they 'mistakenly' think they've finally found it, time has passed, and they start wondering, 'Is it still possible to make it now?'

Does anyone want to live a life where they consider turning back?

I strongly recommend that you continue what you are currently pursuing.
If you have admiration, you need the courage to stay in that admired world forever.

Surely, philosophy will be born there, evaluations will emerge, and your world will gradually expand.

However, some people say to go around, see, and try various things.

In this day and age, the saying 'three years on a stone' is considered old-fashioned.
That is absolutely true, and I completely agree.
Gaining various experiences and building up skills is also a good thing.
In fact, during my time as a working adult, I moved to a different company every year, and I never stayed in one place.

However, if that's the case, many people might feel, 'Isn't that the opposite of what you just said!'
What I mean by 'staying put' refers to the 'industry.'
If it's entrepreneurship, then entrepreneurship; if it's websites, then websites; if it's investment, then investment.
Moving itself is perfectly fine, but the point is that it's better if the destination is also within the same industry.

What I've been talking about when I say 'stay put' means staying put in the same 'industry'.

Even within a single industry, there are various approaches.
Furthermore, if you gain various experiences within the same industry, your expertise will steadily increase.
I myself kept changing companies, but I continued to stay in the same industry.
As a result, because I was able to experience many perspectives, I became able to think and work very flexibly.

If I had kept changing industries and jobs, I would not have gained any expertise at all.
You would just become a jack-of-all-trades, able to do a bit of everything, but someone who isn't chosen.
If you want to acquire various skills, you must master all of them to a professional level.

Finding your true calling is a matter of accumulation.
It's fine to change locations, but continue to stay in the same industry.
Instead of staying in the same workplace or environment, gain experience in many workplaces while accumulating industry experience.
If you do that, before you know it, the work in the industry you've stayed in will become your true calling.