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The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
I often hear people who need guidance in their lives asking for advice on how to find a mentor, but that’s the wrong question to ask. When you pursue a calling, you will find a community of supporters to champion you along the way. It’s not up to you where these people come from or even how to locate them. You just need to keep your eyes open. Acci
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When a person is determined to not just succeed but to do work that matters, the world makes room for such ambition.
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Here’s how it works, practically. Look at the major events in your life and write them down on a piece of paper. Note everything significant you can remember, even the things that seem silly or irrelevant but come to mind for some reason. Don’t try to decode the meaning; just put down everything you can think of. As you reach the end of the list, l
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Your friends, long-lost relatives, even old relationships that have dwindled down may become the sources of inspiration you need. Each person serves a purpose: some will arrive at just the right time to cheer you on, while others are there to identify with the struggles you’re living. And even others will show up when you need them the most.
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When we do this, when we don’t give ourselves fully to the work we were born to do, we do the world—and ourselves—a disservice. Commitment is necessary. It teaches us to exchange instant gratification for long-term reward and shows us that some change takes time. In learning this discipline of staying the course, our character grows. This is the pa
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We are used to trying something out for six months to maybe a few years, then moving on. But a vocation is not like that. It’s not something you try; it’s someone you become.
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First, you hear the call.
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Third, you begin to believe. This is the paradox of vocation. We think that passion comes first, that our desire is primary; but if we are truly called, the work always comes before we are ready. We will have to act in spite of feeling unprepared. “The gifts do not precede the call,” someone once told me. And as we step into our life’s work, we dis
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They embraced their opportunity and then did something extraordinary with it. “Luck, good and bad,” Collins wrote, “happens to everyone, whether we like it or not.” But when we look at those who achieve extraordinary success, we see people “who recognize luck and seize it, leaders who grab luck events and make much more of them.”21
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