Welcome to the 4th edition of Mentor Mondays. We are here to discuss yet another topic regarding essential career guidance for the thinkers, dreamers, and doers of tomorrow.
Have you ever felt like you’re interested in too many things at once? You love writing, enjoy data, find psychology fascinating, and admire entrepreneurship. But when it’s time to pick a career, you’re stuck at the crossroads. If this sounds like you, you might be what psychologists call a multipotentialite — someone with multiple interests and creative pursuits.
Do not consider it as your weakness, it is basically a strength of yours!
But the million-dollar question is, how to utilize this strength?
In this edition, let’s explore how you can move from career confusion to clarity, using frameworks like Ikigai and psychometric career mapping to discover a direction that aligns with your talents, values, and passions.
🧠 Career Confusion is Real (and Normal)
Choosing one direction when you have many interests feels like letting go of parts of yourself. But clarity doesn’t come from eliminating options — it comes from organizing them.
Ask yourself:
- Do I want a career that blends my creative + analytical sides?
- Can I pursue multiple interests in different ways (career + hobby + side project)?
- What kind of work environment brings out the best in me?
Many graduates today are multi-skilled but undecided. The real goal is not to limit yourself, but to find alignment between your personality, interests, and future possibilities.
🌍 The Ikigai Framework: Purposeful Alignment
The Japanese concept of Ikigai (pronounced ee-kee-guy) helps you discover your “reason for being.” It brings together four key areas:
- What you love — Passion
- What you’re good at — Talent
- What the world needs — Purpose
- What you can be paid for — Profession
Where all four intersect, lies your Ikigai. For multi-talented individuals, this model doesn’t force you to pick one thing — it helps you spot patterns and overlaps.
“You may not need to narrow your interests, only to align them.”
Activity: Create your own 4-circle Ikigai chart and jot down points under each. You’ll begin to see which careers honor more of your identity.
🎮 Psychometric Mapping: Data-Driven Discovery
If you’re still unsure how to align your interests, let science lend a hand.
Psychometric career assessments (like those offered by Vocademics Career Counseling) measure:
- Your personality type (MBTI, Holland Code)
- Your interests, aptitude, and learning styles
- Your workplace compatibility and decision patterns
Based on your profile, the platform suggests career clusters — roles that match who you are, not just what you scored.
“The best career advice doesn’t tell you what to become. It helps you understand who you already are.”
These tools help you convert self-awareness into strategy. Many students discover options they hadn’t even considered, but which are perfect for their inner wiring.
🌟 From Dr. Trilok’s Mentor Desk
“You don’t have to be one thing. But you must take one step. Clarity comes not from knowing everything, but from starting something.”
Don’t be afraid of starting in one direction. Careers are not trains; they’re rivers. You can branch, shift, and evolve.
What matters is that your first step is intentional, informed, and aligned with your evolving self.
✅ Action Point
- Create your own Ikigai map.
- Take a psychometric test at www.vocademics.edumilestones.com
- Reflect on the results: What surprised you? What affirmed you?
Let the answers guide your next move — not forever, but for right now.
See you next Monday with another edition of Mentor Mondays: Career Wisdom with Dr. Trilok Sharma.