Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay

Episode 119 - Finding a New Sense of Success after Losing Your Dream Career —Jon Kaiman

February 15, 2022 Joanna Lilley, MA, NCC Season 2 Episode 119
Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay
Episode 119 - Finding a New Sense of Success after Losing Your Dream Career —Jon Kaiman
Show Notes

You go to college and get a degree for a career that you can see yourself doing for the rest of your life. Then, suddenly the one thing you have experience in gets taken away from you and no longer becomes available. What do you do? 

Jon Kaiman had this happen to him after years of enjoying his journalism career. So, how did he manage to find a new purpose and new sense of success after his dreams came crashing down?

Jon Kaiman is a law student at UCLA pursuing a career in First Amendment law. Before pursuing law, he was a journalist in China, where he wrote for several US media outlets. After an event when his journalism career came to a halt, Jon had to make the big decision to shift his perspective and entire life around. 

In this episode of Success is Subjective, Jon joins Joanna to share his journey as he navigated his passions in college and how he went from a journalist in China to a law student in the US. Listen in for Jon’s insight on how he has managed to shift his perspective of success as simply running and training for a marathon. The real feeling of success comes when you’ve outdone your past self and learned to enjoy the journey! 

What You Will Learn

  • The tough transition from high school to college  
  • The challenge of being in a long distance relationship while in college
  • The different paths Jon explored after college
  • How Jon’s experience studying abroad in China impacted him 
  • How Jon stumbled into a dream journalism opportunity
  • When Jon’s journalism career suddenly ended
  • What brought Jon to pursue law school 
  • Jon’s insight on success 
  • How persistence and the right perspective can improve your life

Connect with Jon Kaiman

  • Email jrkaiman@gmail.com

Connect with Joanna Lilley