On choosing a career path

Haven't posted for a while... because I've been struggling with this subject, as it relates to young folks trying to decide. I think back to my own story and realize that my early choices were absolute nonsense. How many, I wonder, have the same issues? From my experience, many, if not most people make wrong choices, especially the young.

I have read many books on the subject, plus a whole bunch or articles published on the internet. Most of what I see is not particularly helpful, or just plain not believable. And the books - What Color is your Parachute,The Passion Test, Pathfinder, Now What?, to name a few... while quite good and insightful, they are daunting in their length and depth. Few teens that I know of would ever spend the effort necessary.

Which leads me to a project which I am now undertaking - can I create a simple, straightforward, easy to read, effective guide for teens to help them choose a career path that has a good chance of being right?

If any of you have ideas along these lines, please share!! I will keep you informed as I go.

Thanks.