Archive for the 'Career Discovery' Category

Jul 11 2008

A New Way to Find Work that You Love

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Discovery | Email This Post Email This Post | 770 views

I believe there’s a better process to finding work you love to do, so you can then build a profitable business around it. Traditional advice for discovering work you love involves journaling your passions, talents and joyous activities. This works for some and not for others. If you’re willing to try a fresh approach, you [...]

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Jun 09 2008

Get Real about Your Work

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Discovery | Email This Post Email This Post | 164 views

Somehow we have lost our way when it comes to our work. Most of us may believe that it’s possible to enjoy delightful work, but how much of our work is actually delightful?

Some feel that work can all be like play and others feel that some of it needs to be like work. That’s what [...]

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Feb 27 2008

Seize Your Greatness!

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Discovery | Email This Post Email This Post | 229 views

Are you willing to stop playing small and get on with seizing your certain greatness?
“I’ve often said that the only thing standing between me and my greatness is me.” Woody Allen
Warning! At the end of this post is a somewhat brutal exercise designed to shock you into uncovering years of garbage so you can see [...]

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Feb 21 2008

Are You Sure You’re on the Right Path?

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Discovery | Email This Post Email This Post | 196 views

To successfully reach an objective, we need to clearly know our exact destination and our exact starting point. Most do well enough choosing a destination. But when it comes to the starting point, have you ever started walking down the wrong path because you really weren’t sure where you were?
Can we get to where we [...]

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Dec 12 2007

What Everybody Ought to Know About Finding Work You Love

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Discovery | Email This Post Email This Post | 80 views

There are nine ingredients to finding work you love and these ingredients are influencing your search whether you’re aware of them or not.

Nine Ingredients of Right Livelihood
The surest way to clearly hear your true work calling is to deliberately work through all nine essential ingredients by journaling your realizations and conclusions as you go.

Honor your [...]

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Nov 28 2007

Could I Write an Entire Post Containing Only Questions?

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Discovery | Email This Post Email This Post | 65 views

If I wrote such a post would anyone read it? What would be the point of such a post? How could I get that point across only with questions? And how could I answer those questions only in the form of other questions?
Do you understand the value in answering questions that you don’t want to [...]

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Oct 27 2007

That Was Harder Than I Expected

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Discovery | Email This Post Email This Post | 60 views

In my last blog, I challenged you to ask yourself some questions about what kind of work you would do if you lived on an enchanted island and the only requirement was that your work must naturally bring you alive and make your heart sing.
To make sure I was right there with you, I answered [...]

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Oct 24 2007

What Will I Be When I Grow Up? I Wonder…

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Discovery | Email This Post Email This Post | 157 views

Curiously and whimsically wondering is the right approach for this essential question. Curiosity keeps our inquiry light and speculative, rather than stressful and anxious.
It’s funny how so many folks sheepishly explain their lack of success or focused clarity by claiming they’ve yet to grow up. As if facing the responsibility of adulthood automatically clears up [...]

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