What you want to be when you grow up? It is the typical question we face when we are kids. The reality is that a lot of us will have more than one career path in our lives and is not easy to find a job that we really enjoy.
If we are going to spend most of our waking hours each day working, why not spend that time doing something we enjoy and are truly passionate about?, says Sean Aiken, creator of "The One week job project", a true young visionary leader.
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| Sean Aiken, http://www.oneweekjob.com/about-the-project/seans-bio/ |
Sean Aiken struggled with the same question throughout his years in High school and into College in Vancouver. "I spend all this years in school, I came out of there with a piece of paper that says Business Administration Degree, but I really had no idea what was next for me and what steps to take", says Sean in an interview with Taimour Zaman from One Million Acts of Innovation.
The thought of choosing one career for his entire life, trade his work for money and then reach the retirement age to finally do what he enjoys did not sound appealing to him. "I made a promise to myself that I was gonna find something that I was passionate about".
In 2008 Sean developed "The One week job project" (www.oneweekjob.com/) to help him and others find their passions in life and define want they really want to do for living. Aiken completed an epic journey around North America, working 52 jobs in 52 weeks. Sean tried every job he could: Bungee Instructor, Dairy Farmer, Advertising Executive, Baker, Stock Trader, Firefighter, radio DJ, Martial arts instructor, Aquarium host, NHL mascot, snowshoe guide and more.
In 2010, he published a book “The One-Week Job Project” and released a feature-length documentary. Now the OWJ project has gone global, with new participants launching their own journeys.
He suggests that we’re experiencing “a revolution in work consciousness. A shift in how we as a culture view work and our relationship with it.”
In 2013 OWJ started raising funds for One Week Job USA and help Linda Chase, a 60 years old woman from Portland, Oregon to work 52 jobs in 52 weeks throughout America. In our youth obsessed culture, ageism in the workforce is a harsh reality.
Watch Linda’s story: http://youtu.be/Nk01rwKiZYM
In 2008 Sean developed "The One week job project" (www.oneweekjob.com/) to help him and others find their passions in life and define want they really want to do for living. Aiken completed an epic journey around North America, working 52 jobs in 52 weeks. Sean tried every job he could: Bungee Instructor, Dairy Farmer, Advertising Executive, Baker, Stock Trader, Firefighter, radio DJ, Martial arts instructor, Aquarium host, NHL mascot, snowshoe guide and more.
In 2010, he published a book “The One-Week Job Project” and released a feature-length documentary. Now the OWJ project has gone global, with new participants launching their own journeys.
He suggests that we’re experiencing “a revolution in work consciousness. A shift in how we as a culture view work and our relationship with it.”
In 2013 OWJ started raising funds for One Week Job USA and help Linda Chase, a 60 years old woman from Portland, Oregon to work 52 jobs in 52 weeks throughout America. In our youth obsessed culture, ageism in the workforce is a harsh reality.
Watch Linda’s story: http://youtu.be/Nk01rwKiZYM
Aída Ulloa, Editor
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