<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">There are three things that give life meaning: a project, a significant relationship and a redemptive view of suffering.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">If we want true satisfaction in life, we have to rise above the pettiness of our own desires and do what is required of us.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Clarity comes with action.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Discovering your calling is not a destination. It’s more about the trip, the adventure. About the trains, you choose to jump in or not.</li></ul>

Key Takeaways From The Book

Awareness is a sense that something more is possible. Our job is to realize that life is more than what beats the eye and there are clear hints along the path of discovering our true self.It is not an easy road, we have to be willing to step out of the box and see the bigger picture and start acting.

Stage 1: Awareness

A profession is seen as the result of different tries that we achieve after a long and strenuous practice. It can be considered a form of mastery.True mastery is about greatness, about doing something that pushes the limitations of what others think is possible or even sensible.

Stage 5: Profession

What lies at the end of the road is a prize that money can’t buy and a legacy the world won’t forget.These views on work and life itself are quite practical in our daily lives.You have found your own calling if it’s something really familiar to you, you are very good at it, and other people recognize this in you.

Stage 6: Legacy

Opportunities to learn and grow are available, if we’re willing to look in the right places and humbly accept what we find.Discovering your calling is not an epiphany but a series of intentional decisions.

Action

We are blaming ourselves for not having already born with a clear calling in our minds.Is the calling just a natural fact that appears suddenly?You don’t ‘just know’ what your calling is. You must listen for clues along the way, discovering what your life can tell you. Awareness comes with practice.

Preparation Of Your Journey

The journey continues with discovery.“Any great discovery especially that of your life’s work is never a single moment. In fact, epiphany is an evolutionary process; it happens in stages.”In order to discover our vocation, we need to keep in mind that it may take longer than we first assumed. But that does not mean that it will not happen. So be sure to take the hints that life presents and seize every opportunity as if you will not come across it twice.

Stage 4: Discovery

True mastery means greatness and breaking the limitations boundaries of what others think is possible or even sensible.It is relatively easier to attain mastery in something you like doing.

Stage 7: Mastery

It's easy to practice when the activity brings joy to us.

To find out which is your calling it takes time. Usually the entire time of your life.Your calling is not a job. It is your entire life.  We look at seven stages to finding your life’s work that serves as a model to us.

The Calling: 7 Stages

In the past, apprenticeship meant working with a mentor for several years and learning the skills from a mentor. Nowadays that situation is completely different and the individual is left by himself to find his calling.Accidental apprenticeships are everywhere you look. You may find it in different stages from your life, and they can help you find your calling, simply by serving as a model, or by giving you an advice at the right place and at the right moment.

Stage 2: Apprenticeship

The basic idea of a portfolio life is that instead of thinking of your work as a monolithic activity, what if you chose to see it as the complex group of interests, passions, and activities it is?

Practice is significant in our journey because it can teach you what you are and are not meant to do.By practicing you will find what you want to do in life. If you failed at something, it means that you were not meant for that type of activity.

Stage 3: Practice

We are tempted to blame ourselves for not knowing exactly what we were “programmed” to do in life for a living. It seems that we pass through all the key moments, decisive ones, without paying enough attention to where we fit best.To which field we belong. And we wake up one day asking ourselves:“What do I like the most doing in this life?”At first sight, this question may seem simple. Easy. But the answer is a long-term key to our future’s door.

The Art Of Work: The Premise

A calling is what you have when you look back at your life and make sense of what it’s been trying to teach you all along.

A deep dive into what work is and what is should be.

On his thirtieth birthday, Jeff Goins quit his job and began his pursuit of becoming a full-time writer. While certainly that was a milestone day, it was still less significant than the ones that lead to that memorable moment. The journey he took leading up to that daring decision involved twists, turns, and surprises he never expected. In the end, he found his life’s purpose, his calling; and in The Art of Work, he wants to share his journey with you and help you, too, discover your life’s work, along with the invaluable treasure that comes with doing so.As writer, keynote speaker, and award-winning blogger Jeff Goins explains, our search for discovering the task we were born to do begins with passion but does not end there. Only when our interests connect with the needs of the world do we begin living for a larger purpose. Those who experience this intersection experience something exceptional and enviable. Though it is rare, as Jeff discovered along the journey he shares in this one-of-a-kind book, such a life is attainable by anyone brave enough to try. Through personal experience, compelling case studies, and current research on the mysteries of motivation and talent, Jeff shows readers how to find the vocation they were meant for and what to expect during the long, arduous journey to discovering and pursuing it.

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A USA TODAY, WASHINGTON POST, AND PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER!The path to your life's work is difficult and risky, even scary, which is why few finish the journey. This book will help you discover your life’s work to live a life that matters with passion and purpose. It’s about the task you were born to do, your true life’s work.Bestselling author and entrepreneur Jeff Goins explains how the search begins with passion but does not end there. Only when our interests connect with the needs of the world do we begin living for a larger purpose. Those who experience this intersection experience something exceptional and enviable.Though it is rare, such a life is attainable by anyone brave enough to try.Through personal experience, compelling case studies, and current research on the mysteries of motivation and talent, Jeff shows you how to find their vocation and what to expect along the way.In The Art of Work, you’ll learn:<ul><li>The seven stages of calling to discover your life’s work</li><li>How accidental apprenticeships differ from mentoring and why taking action is key</li><li>How believing The Myth of the Leap can prevent you from achieving your dreams</li><li>To live The Portfolio Life and how it can lead to your greatest satisfaction and best work</li></ul>Our hearts crave connection to a meaningful calling. The Art of Work illuminates the proven path for anyone who wants to embrace that calling and build a body of work they can be proud of.

JEFF GOINS

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