John Dewey on How to Find Your Calling, the Key to a Fulfilling Vocation, and Why Diverse Interests Are Essential for Excellence in Any Field
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John Dewey on How to Find Your Calling, the Key to a Fulfilling Vocation, and Why Diverse Interests Are Essential for Excellence in Any Field
Well, I mean, choosing a vocation is itself funny, David. Because vocation means literally to be called, that to which one is called. And many people today don’t hear any such calls. So they’re sort of stuck with the cafeteria of this and that. And they are in a position of choosing.I’ve had lots of students come with those questions, as you have a... See more
Leon Kass • Opinion | Timeless Wisdom for Leading a Life of Love, Friendship and Learning (Published 2021)
Ashley Zhang added
A vocation is a career that not only gives you fulfillment — meaning, flow, freedom — but that also has a definitive goal or a clear purpose to strive for attached to it, which drives your life and motivates you to get up in the morning.
Maria Popova • How to Find Fulfilling Work
Jay Matthews added
How boring to spend the whole of my vocational energy trying to figure out if I am choosing the right work. It is of much greater interest to me to talk about how I’m going to do the work with integrity. How am I going to protect dignity as I work? And what truths are calling out to me as I work?
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
meghna added
Rather than hoping to create a harmonious union between the pursuit of money and values, we might have better luck trying to combine values with talents. This idea comes courtesy of Aristotle, who is attributed with saying, ‘Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation.’
Maria Popova • How to Find Fulfilling Work
Forest Linden added
from philosopher Roman Krznaric