10 Career Questions Id Like to Ask Just About Everyone Marla Gottschalk

10 Career Questions Id Like to Ask Just About Everyone Marla Gottschalk Its an occupational hazard â€" I love to hear details about people and their work. When meeting someone at a conference or gathering, career related topics always flood my mind. Most questions on this topic consist of the garden variety; Who do you work for? How long have you been with your organization? Do you travel much? But, these arent the questions Id like to pose. Id like to know much, much more and hear the unabridged story. The successes, the failures, the wrong turns, the U-turns   â€" all of the highs and lows. They all meet and mingle to tell a real-life career story. Most of us become so busy with our everyday work lives that we fail to carve out a moment to reflect on our own paths. That process would take time and the right frame of mind. However, I encourage you to do so. So â€" here are the questions that I would really like to ask you. You can consider them when you have a moment: How did you choose your line of work (be completely honest)? Would you make that same choice today? When you think about work, do you feel energized? If you could create your dream role, what would that be? Who was your most challenging boss and why? Who was your most aggravating co-worker and why? Are you most creative alone or on a team? What kind of work spaces motivate you? What is your most memorable failure? What single thing would you change (if you could) to improve your work life? Id love to hear some of your answers and what you might do with the information. Feel free to share that here. Dr. Marla Gottschalk is a Workplace Psychologist. She also writes for Talent Zoo and   Linkedin.