Delightful Work

Repeatedly, I see talented, dedicated, self-employed professionals who are sure they have identified their true calling. Yet especially within the helping professions and the spiritual community, that discovery does not lead to enough money or fulfillment to make them happy.
What’s missing? Why doesn’t the money always follow doing what we love to do?
Here’s how we [...]

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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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What really matters to me that I’m not doing anything about?
You might as well pause right here and answer before reading on. It’s such a significant challenge to self-truth. Just the whisper of it will come back to haunt you if you don’t acknowledge your answer right now.
So what did you come up with? [...]

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Become an opportunity creator rather than an opportunity seeker.
I used to search for opportunities. As an opportunity seeker, I once sought out ways to make more money. But I know now that what I was really looking for was greater freedom. That freedom was found by recognizing my own talents, values and capabilities rather than [...]

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In this post I offered a dare. I dared seekers of work life freedom to make both a decision and a declaration of their intention. It’s interesting that so many have chosen to remain in work that does not bring them alive. So many think that fulfilling work is so difficult to find that they [...]

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You’ll hate this post unless you’re already enjoying your work or on the verge of that enjoyment. Why? Because I’m going to ask you to fully feel what you are feeling, and for most people, that can be very uncomfortable. But being willing to fully feel everything is the one process that separates the [...]

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