1. Life moves fast and work will consume the majority of your hours in your life. Use them wisely and your life will be fulfilled and meaningful.
2. If you choose work which best fits you, you can generate happiness from your work which can last a lifetime.
3. Your work affects everything else in your life. Don’t underestimate the impact on your mood and your health when you spend endless hours waiting for time to pass.
4. When work is joyful your health will improve because you will do anything to be able to continue to work. When you dislike your work, taking a sick day becomes your holiday [Read more →]
Tags:joyful work·relationship
Fearful of the economy? Don’t be.
Figure out now what products and or services you can create and sell even if for one dollar. If you can sell one product or service for a dollar, you can sell many more products and services to more people at 2 dollars and so on. Look at part-time jobs as an alternative – several of them! Only work for one full-time role if it closely aligns to your plan for passionate work and your vocation. If not you are making a commitment to unhappiness. I sometimes wish we could just lease ourselves to organizations for 1 year on a trial basis. Then like a car, at the end of the lease if we don’t find joy in our work, we could leave if we choose and be paid back for wear and tear on the job! Until this time comes, you must take your job search into your own hands. This new push for job creation is silly.
I’d rather see a strategy to create meaningful work. This is what makes a society work well. For now you will have to take action yourself for an authentic life. [Read more →]
Tags:authentic work·commitment·economy·happiness·income·job loss·part time work·passion
This is an area which many people don’t consider until it’s too late. A work culture consists of behavior and values which is different for each organization. It is important to understand what type of work environment would match your values. [Read more →]
Tags:culture·interests·values·vocation·work environment
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1. Do what really interests you! (This seems like a simple idea, but many times we do work for many other reasons)
2. Decide for yourself what kind of work best fits you. (There is no shortage of people who will tell you what to do, but this decision should come from you since you will be the one doing the work)
3. Make your work align with the rest of your life, and you won’t notice the difference anymore between vocation and vacation. (First decide what your vision of your perfect day will be and how that will integrate with the rest of your life) [Read more →]
Tags:align your abilities·culture·inner voice·interests·passion·positive·relationships·right work·vocation
People need to provide an income for themselves and this is a priority. But I have discovered as people approach 40, they are no longer willing to make the trade-off between just making money and not enjoying what they do.
It becomes equally important to do work which is in fact interesting. I have also found that despite how MUCH money people make, the work which is not interesting does not last very long. When people continue to do work for JUST the money over a long period of time, health issues and psychological issues start to build depression and angst.
Tags:after 40·over 40
