Identify issues
Determine where you are in your career.
Identify how you got there and why you might lack fulfillment in your professional life.
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These are the non-negotiable values you want to be known and remembered for.
Once you have identified your values, look at your personality, skills and interests to make sure that they align with your current occupation.
Examine what you want your career to mean when it draws to a close.
Once you start down the path of finding meaning in your work, the more open you are to the journey, the more opportunities you will see around you.
Be open to the journey itself, rather than obsessing about the destination. Finding purpose can be full of many detours as well as success stories.
It is always important to trust the right people and have your own idea of a goal.
The best employees are those who perceive their jobs as a calling. They are motivated and driven to continue growing.
Develop a plan to bring your core values into every day life.
It gives you meaning and reasons to do the jobs you do.
These are questions like “What do I really want?” or “Should I change careers?”
The more grounded you are with the answers to these important questions, the better able you are to reach your true goals.
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He inspired team members first so that they were driven to live up to his exacting standards when the situation called for it.
Get this equation backwards and you will wonder why your employees disengage or drop out when you present tough challenges.
Is it a connection to a certain cause? Is it engaging one of your skills or personal passions? Is it serving a specific population? Everyone has their own causes, the things that give their life meaning. Without knowing what you’re chasing, your quest for meaning will turn into a wild goose chase. So it’s worth reflecting on your “why” before you pursue any major changes.
- Do what you love. Passion is everything.
- Put a dent in the universe. Jobs believed in the power of vision. Don't lose sight of the big vision.
- Make connections. People with a broad set of life experiences can often see things that others miss. Connect ideas from different fields.
- Say no to 1,000 things. Say no to quantity, and focus on the quality of your best products.
- Create insanely different experiences. The motive is to enrich lives, not just to move products.
- Master the message. Instead of simply delivering a presentation, inform, educate, inspire and entertain.
- Sell dreams, not products. Customers don't care about your product. They care about themselves. If you help your customers reach their dreams, you'll win them over.
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