Tag Archive 'work you love'

Jan 05 2009

Be Authentic and Grow Rich

Published by Tom Volkar under Money | Email This Post Email This Post | 140 views

The connection between authenticity and wealth cries out for illumination.
I coach and write to inspire and to encourage. This year, I’ve chosen a theme by which to guide my work - Prosperity through Authenticity.

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Jul 21 2008

What brings you alive?

Published by Tom Volkar under Coach Your Life | Email This Post Email This Post | 78 views

What gets your juices flowing and your heart pumping? Whatever it is my friend, are you honoring it?
So what brings you alive? Is it natural beauty, a big hug, taking a risk, driving music, a crisp morning, a touching moment? What brings you alive and are you honoring it often?
Do you know what [...]

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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 | 165 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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Mar 25 2008

What keeps you from making the leap to your work life freedom?

Published by Tom Volkar under Freedom of Self-Employment | Email This Post Email This Post | 107 views

Regular readers of this blog know that I compare employment to slavery. Think that’s too harsh?
Look at this dictionary definition for slavery “…the state of being under the control of another person.” Or look at these synonyms for slavery: drudgery, constraint and subjections, or these antonyms: emancipation, freedom and liberty. If the shoe fits…
I’m not [...]

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Mar 16 2008

Why Finding the Work You Love May Not Be Enough or Why Doesn’t the Money Always Follow?

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Guidance | Email This Post Email This Post | 127 views

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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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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Dec 04 2007

The Seven Enemies of Flow

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Guidance | Email This Post Email This Post | 50 views

Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing. It is characterized by a feeling of energized focus and full involvement. When reaching a state of absorption in our work, we experience the freedom and deep delight that we seek.
Work that we [...]

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Nov 12 2007

Work as Play?

Published by Tom Volkar under Career Guidance | Email This Post Email This Post | 224 views

Have you yet found work that is so delightful that you’d do it for free? I’m talking about work that you could totally lose yourself in; work that felt more like play than work. Is this what you want? I used to think it’s what I wanted.
Yes, it’s possible, and some folks actually find such [...]

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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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