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Monday, April 1, 2019
Tips for making a career change Hey Taylor - I think I’m ready to change career paths after working as an assistant at a small firm for the last few years. How I’ll make money is a concern, but I’m just as Taylor Kovar worried about falling into another job that isn’t fulfilling. I guess my question is: how do I put enough time into finding a cool job without running out of money first? - Will Hey Will - It’s sort of a catch 22, isn’t it? You can’t find the right job unless you really look for it, but you can’t make a living if you spend all your time looking for the right job.
want to pursue. If this is your scenario, don’t lose hope! Instead, get creative in how you approach this potential career change. Thanks to the internet, part-time work and schooling are available to almost everyone. Without leaving your current job, you can start to dabble in other areas of interest and see what you gravitate toward. Gaining clarity as to what you really want is incredibly important for anyone considering a change in profession. If you act impulsively, you could end up leaving a good job for a situation that turns out to be much worse. Working a few hours a week in another field can help you identify what kind of change you’re really looking for. Above all, keep in mind that finding a job is hard work. If you’re waiting for a fun gig with great pay to fall into your lap, you’ll probably be waiting all your life. However, if you spend your weekends and evenings putting in the effort to start a new career, you’ll have a lot more success. Keep at it and best of luck, Will!
There isn’t an easy answer to this question since so much depends on the career you’re hoping to start. One thing I would definitely recommend is that you do some intense budgeting to figure out how much you realistically need to earn each month in order to support yourself. People frequently turn down jobs because they think Taylor Kovar, CEO of Kovar the pay is too low, when in reality Capital. Read more about Taylor they’re just too accustomed to at GoFarWithKovar.com overspending. It’s important to remember that you want to change Disclaimer: Information careers because you’d like to lead a presented is for educational more fulfilling life, and a high purposes only and is not an offer salary doesn’t always equate to or solicitation for the sale or personal fulfillment. purchase of any specific securities, investments, or It might seem crazy, but I’ve seen investment strategies. Investments a lot of people go back to school in involve risk and, unless otherwise their 20s, 30s and even 40s, and stated, are not guaranteed. Be more often than not they’re glad sure to first consult with a they made the decision. Reentering qualified financial adviser and/or academia can seem like a step tax professional before backward, but you should view it implementing any strategy as an investment in your future. As discussed herein. To submit a long as you can afford tuition and question to be answered in this can make the schedule work, it can column, please send it via email really pay off down the road. to Question@GoFarWithKovar.com, or via USPS to Taylor Kovar, 415 Now, let’s say going back to S 1st St, Suite 300, Lufkin, TX school isn’t an option and you 75901. aren’t entirely sure what career you
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Living with children The Wall Street Journal recently (3/16/2019) printed a letterto-the-editor in which Upland, California psychiatrist /psychoanalyst Charlene Moskovitz promotes the alleged benefits John Rosemond of medication and psychotherapy for children diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and ADHD (and, presumably, other emotional and behavioral issues). According to Moskovitz, children who exhibit the behaviors in question may be dealing with “biochemical abnormalities.” She asks, rhetorically, “Would such a child not benefit from having his or her biochemical issues helped with medication and thus build further strengths and coping mechanisms to deal with the other difficult aspects of his life? Does such a child not benefit more fully from the psychotherapy a skilled therapist provides?” In all fairness to her, Moskovitz is only acting as a spokesperson for the mental health and pharmaceutical industries that have built up around the practice of diagnosing children as young as two with various mental disorders. Said practitioners routinely explain the behaviors in question – depression, anxiety, inattention, impulsivity, defiance, frequent and extreme tantrums, sudden mood swings – in terms of “biochemical imbalances” and prescribe medication as well as various forms of therapy. In 2009, I published a book on this subject: The Diseasing of America’s Children. My co-author –pediatrician Bose Ravenel of Greensboro, North Carolina – and I put forth evidence that these brainbased explanations and therapies have no scientific validity. Concerning the oft-referenced “biochemical imbalance,” for example, since no one has ever quantified biochemical “balance” in the human central nervous system, it is nothing short of disingenuous for medical scientists to lead the public to believe they know what they’re talking about when they refer to a CNS imbalance. A leading psychiatrist, well-known in his professional community, has said that the term biochemical imbalance is “nothing but a useful metaphor.”
“How is it useful?” one may ask. To sell the public on the unproved notion that psychiatric drugs are the answer to problems of emotion and cognition, that’s how. After all, it makes sense to assume that a biologically-based condition requires an intervention that targets the biological fault or dysfunction. The problem is, no one has ever established beyond reasonable doubt that psychiatric disorders are biologically-based. And yes, that includes schizophrenia and manicdepression. The current state of evidence strongly suggests that the term “mental illness” is a misnomer. Moskovitz’s fundamental premise – that many of the kids in question have “biochemical abnormalities” – is one that neither she nor anyone else can prove concerning any given child. Furthermore, the medications in question, although approved by the FDA, have not reliably outperformed placebos in doubleblind clinical trials. Unlike placebos, however, they have often-dangerous and even lifethreatening side effects. In other words, the question of whether these drugs truly “work” is not fully resolved. As for psychotherapy with children, and with all due respect to folks like Moskovitz, no study done by an objective third party has conclusively verified the reliable efficacy of any form of child therapy. Over the course of my 40-plus year career, hundreds of parents have told me that putting their kids in talking or play therapy made matters considerably worse. Several psychiatrists have confirmed to me that what I’ve written in this column concerning medication and child therapy is known by many of their colleagues - the band plays on. That just might qualify as a mental illness. Family psychologist John Rosemond: johnrosemond.com, parentguru.com. John Rosemond has worked with families, children, and parents since 1971 in the field of family psychology. In 1971, John earned his masters in psychology from Western Illinois University and was elected to the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.
