Years ago, I presented a workshop for Open University on a step-by-step approach to staying focused – no matter what.
That workshop contributed to a rewarding career and to writing my book called ConZentrate which has taken me around the world and given me opportunities to do work I love that matters – with people I enjoy and respect.
After the workshop, several people came up to me and said some version of: “It looks like you really enjoy what you do. I wish I could do work I loved.”
People talk about finding their calling as if it exists out there somewhere, intact, and all they have to do is look long enough and EUREKA, there it will be, hiding behind a tree.
I think our calling – doing work we love that matters – emerges from doing and pursuing things that matter to us. It’s not found, it’s forged.
Purpose comes as a result of turning our passion into our profession and our joy into our job.
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How about you? Would you like to do work that matters?
I suggest pursuing opportunities in alignment with the Four I’s below so you can catalyze a life you love where the light is on in your eyes.
- What do I find INTRIGUING? What INTERESTS me?
- What is something that is in INTEGRITY, meaning it would benefit people and add value for them and me?
- What is a problem, need or opportunity that has caught my attention and my INSTINCTS are telling me, ‘Somebody should do something about that?”
- What puts the light on IN my eyes when I’m doing it?
Remember, work we love is not out there waiting. It’s a result of us creating… So get busy doing and pursuing what matters to you.