If you’re considering working in the health and wellness industry, it’s good to know what areas of your personality are going to be compatible with this work and what tasks might stretch you past your current abilities. While anyone who’s passionate and has the drive to succeed can often find a way to make their dream career a reality, it’s often found that those with certain characteristics have an easier time finding that success and feeling fulfilled by their career choice. To help you know whether this is really the field in which you want to work, here are three qualities that people who succeed in the health and wellness industry usually have in spades.
Compassion
A major indicator of whether or not you’ll enjoy your work and find success in your field is the amount of compassion you’re able to have for your patients, clients, and coworkers. According to Tanya Robertson, a contributor to Chron Work, especially those who choose to work directly with people will need to have a lot of compassion for whatever situation they find themselves in. Whether they need someone to help them through a rough diagnosis, someone to give them support and encouragement as they strive to get healthy, or just someone to understand where they’re coming from with their feelings, having compassion is going to make your job so much easier on you. [Read more…]
