The Visionary Empath's personality at work

Empaths need to be aware of what work environments and type of work best suits their unique personalities. Being prepared with this knowledge can assist you in living your best life.
Your workplace habits and needs
Your workplace habits closely mirror your daily habits and your personality in general. The Visionary Empath likes to be working for causes they care about. You are not inclined to devote your life force to something that doesn’t hold meaning for you. Somehow you find a way to pursue a career that is eclectic and varied enough that you can do many different things with your knowledge and skillsets.
You don’t mind something different on the docket every day at work, but prefer to keep stable hours once you get far enough into your adulthood. In your earlier years, you may have worked sporadic hours with off-the-clock projects. As you gain experience, you come to understand that you will only be able to tolerate working conditions with fairness as the core tenant.
You are often the ringleader in the workplace and don’t mind when the attention falls on you. In addition, you tend to step into these roles inadvertently, as people look to you for your vast understanding of complex situations and your excellent judgment.
Communication is one of your strongest skills, therefore, having time in your day where you can write emails, send messages, write up articles, and give lectures or training should be considered when deciding what field to go into. You like your work to provide you with challenges and the tools to overcome them. Overall, you need your voice to be heard and your perspectives to be taken seriously. This is one of your main requirements in the workplace.
Best work environments for your archetype
You like to work around others and in the community, a sense of comradeship in the workplace is essential to your contentment. If you have to work, you at least want it to be with people who have a similar vision to you or that you get along well with. Alternatively, if you are working a job that is remote or more solo-oriented, then you seek conferences and other types of organizing and events to participate in.
You have a heart of service and mostly enjoy work where there is an aspect to it that is collectively beneficial. You often find yourself in jobs that deal with the public in museums, universities, and social services. Spaces that are collaborative and interactive are favored. You like to be in public institutions as a means of being able to get your message, research, or points of view into the world.
You also like to analyze information. Your empathic abilities give you a leg up when it comes to sifting through data. Your open heart allows you to cut through the facts and numbers to recognize the people and situations underlying them. This brings a level of humanization that is much needed into the types of work environments you may find yourself in.
You also could end up working online as these spaces allow for the flexibility that lets you pursue your goals in the way you want. Whereas online might not be the main aspect of your work, you will likely still utilize these platforms as an aspect of the work that you do. Maintaining your online presence tends to be important to you when it comes to your career and public image.
Finally, you are also highly creative, so working in studios or theaters, where there tend to be forward-thinking perspectives through the arts, are also ideal spaces for you to showcase your abilities.
- Social service office
- University
- Creative studio
- Research lab
- Online
- University
- Museum
- Co-op
Possible career paths for your archetype
Depending on your passion and talents, the Visionary Empath has many career avenues to take. The possibilities are really endless, as you are driven, therefore whatever lights you up is what you will go after.
You are ambitious, but not in a selfish way. You want your idealist perspective of the world to become reality and you strive to set out to make this happen. A variety of jobs allow for you to explore this, including self-employment, teaching, advocating for others, and creating art. There are many ways to birth a vision into the world, and you know this.
Careers that you can find success in are as a lawyer, social worker, environment or animal rights activist, as a writer, commentator, social scientist, and related fields. For you, it is really about what you care most about. When you can direct your focus on one particular thing or several things, you stand to accomplish what you set out to do.
You may also shift your career, maybe having two major career paths in your life. The subjects you may have studied if you went to university may or may not relate to what you end up doing as your job. Either way, the knowledge you learned has been invaluable to your thinking.
Getting people to join you in the work you are doing is also one of your gifts. You are naturally inspiring to others and invite many people to support the causes you work for. Work that gives you an opportunity to participate as an individual, without it being about your personal brand or image, helps you experience work the way you want to.
Some career fields that may suit you as a Visionary Empath include:
- Writer/Author
- Political Activist
- Human Rights advocate
- Lawyer
- Library scientist
- Social worker
- Social scientist
- Crisis specialist
- Mental health worker
- Community outreach worker
- Community organizer
- Political commentator
- News anchor
- Journalist
- Content creator
- Artist
- Dancer
- Photographer
- Photojournalist
- Animal rights activist
- Environmentalist
- Food scientist
- Writer/Author
- Political Activist
- Human Rights advocate
- Lawyer
- Library scientist
- Social worker
- Social scientist
- Crisis specialist
- Mental health worker
- Community outreach worker
- Community organizer
- Political commentator
- News anchor
- Journalist
- Content creator
- Artist
- Dancer
- Photographer
- Photojournalist
- Animal rights activist
- Environmentalist
- Food scientist
Practical tips for how to set career goals
When it comes to setting career goals, it is important for you to remember that you can always change your mind. If you feel suffocated in a job, vitality slowly starts to feel like it is draining out of you. Keeping your options open can help solve the scenario. In addition, it can be hard for you to decide what direction you want to take your career in.
Your journey typically involves some spiritual self-discovery, and as you unfurl the layers of yourself, your gifts, and your talents, you start to pinpoint better what type of career would work best for you. Also keep in mind that your career and what you do with your life or your sense of purpose can remain separate, and often do at various times throughout your life.
Here are some questions to keep in mind for yourself when picking or changing careers.
Does this field allow me to . . .
- Stand up for what I believe in?
- Support others in accessing services and resources?
- Benefit the local and broader community?
- Disseminate information that is relevant and important?
- Have a creative component?
- Allow me to exercise my leadership or public speaking skills?
- Support others in a socially responsible way?
- Give me space to research thoroughly necessary information?
- Provide me with a public platform for sharing outcomes and results?