Which Type of Work Feels Right for You?
Imagine there are four objects on a table, each representing a different type of work. There’s actually a psychological test that can predict what sort of work you would prefer.
purpose
Stuck in Your Career? Here’s What That Feeling Really Means
There Has to Be More to Life Than This
I was on a walk in the mountains with some guys the other day and somebody said, referring to their existing career, “There has to be more to life than this.”
He was referring to having a mortgage to pay, family commitments, and how he’s providing for his family, but shoveling away doing something he doesn’t really like. It pays well, so he just needs to keep his head down.
Like many people who head for this mirage on the horizon, it’s like, “I just need to get to X. I just need to get the mortgage paid or reach retirement or whatever magical solution will be in the future. Then there’ll be an escape route.”
And I recognize this — there must be more to life than this — because I’ve felt it myself. This quiet despair. This dread.
It’s not ever-present. It’s something that pops up on a Sunday afternoon.
The Silent Fear that Keeps Talented People Playing Small
Every big decision in your life is set on this pair of weighing scales, and the scales tipping determine whether you proceed or not. In order to change, to grow, to take the next step, whatever that might be, the scales need to tip. And on these scales, you’ve got the fear of failure on one side, and on the other side you’ve got the fear of regret.
Motivating people at work, time to rethink carrots and sticks
We’ve covered how people are motivated at work in previous posts. External things that happen as a result of work (Salary, perks, recognition) drive some people, whilst the satisfaction of the work itself guides others. See “Jobs, Careers and Callings” and “How to harness true inner direction and ignore ego-driven goals”.
So I was keen to read Daniel H. Pink’s 2009 book “Drive – the surprising truth about what motivates us”.
Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
The world observed Holocaust Memorial Day this week. A day chosen, on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.
As the world reflects on this savage event in history, I recalled “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl. It is one of my all time favourite books, a deeply personal and profound exploration of the human experience of suffering and the search for purpose and meaning in life.
Poking the bear
May 2021, Swindon, Dent Zoom Call
I’m on a zoom call with fifty-odd other entrepreneurs enjoying a business accelerator.
It’s an excellent experience, but something isn’t sitting right.