October 10, 2006 4:16 PM

Following your bliss
Posted by at 4:16 PM

Are you thinking about changing your career path but don't know where to start? If so, you might be interested in reading this article by Tory Johnson, "Good Morning America's" workplace contributor. It doesn't claim to have all the answers, but it does offer practical first steps.

For a generation, workers would decide on a career and stick with it until retirement. Today, it's very common for people to change their careers as many as four to seven times in a lifetime. And as many as half of all employees in this country say they'd love to make a job change if they could.

The reasons for changing careers vary from displeasure with initial choices and boredom to new values and dreams for yourself or even the desire to make more money.