Personal aspirations are those desires, objectives or goals that we all set for ourselves throughout our lives. During life, aspirations change according to age. For example, the aspiration of a 7-year-old may be to become a player like Cristiano Ronaldo, and when he turns 18 enter university and graduate as a Bachelor of Medicine..
Aspirations are things that we want to fulfill in our lives, and in that sense they are always subjective because we are all different, despite the similarities, all human beings hope and want different things..
To the extent that we have aspirations and we fulfill them, we will feel the satisfaction of having obtained them. To some extent, they could be confused with the goals or objectives that we set for ourselves in life.
Having personal aspirations is important for several reasons:
When we have aspirations, they constitute a strong engine, a tremendous stimulus to continue (studying, practicing, working, etc.). They are strongly linked to the desires that each one wants for himself, or with what he wants to achieve in life.
They also allow us to clarify the vision of our objectives and direct the efforts to achieve them..
And that is why they are subjective, because they depend exclusively on what we want at a certain moment in life. For example, a person with spiritual concerns may wish to travel to India to experience what it means to be in a place and meditate..
Or, if she is Catholic, travel to the Vatican, in Rome, and approach the Pope; If you are Muslim, you will want to travel to Mecca. It depends on your beliefs, and your expectations.
Another important thing is that as we grow, our aspirations change with us. At 4 years of age, the aspiration may be to play all day with a favorite friend; at 10 be the best soccer player or write a story; At 21, have a college degree, get a job, and be independent.
And it is that aspirations change because needs change: when we are children we want to have the love of our parents, many toys and friends and feel loved; when we are teenagers, we need to affirm our personality, finish high school, be artists or create the best video game.
When we are adults, we want to get a good job, finish training, have a boyfriend or girlfriend, start a family, have children, move to an independent place and start living by our own rules..
As we get older, personal aspirations can translate into continuing to work on what we are passionate about, seeing our children grow up, meeting our grandchildren, traveling to those places that we did not have time in our youth, or spending time doing what we always wanted : write, paint, read, watch birds or help others.
When we have prepared and studied a career, we want to start working on what we like and for what we are trained. Essentially, professional aspirations refer to everything we want to develop in the area of work and study.
However, although they may appear the same, there are essential differences. For example, wanting to study a career may be a personal aspiration, but when what we want is to specialize in a specific area of knowledge (do a postgraduate degree, master's degrees, doctorates), that enters the professional field.
The profession, although it is a fundamental part of our life, is not the only thing that defines us. We could say that personal aspirations have more to do with who we are at a deeper level, they respond to more vital needs.
A parallel could be made: professional aspirations have to do with the form and personal ones with the content.
When we want to start a business, carry out an undertaking, have our own company, all of this points to the professional; When we want something that we consider essential to our life, such as having a child or a family, being happy, moving and being independent, that points to intimate and personal needs.
Below are several examples of personal aspirations:
Personal goals.
Human values.
Objectives of a company.
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