The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
Most people waste the best years of their life waiting for an adventure to come to them instead of going out and finding one.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
As you endeavor to do something amazing with your life, don’t forget that without people to support your dream, your work will always be incomplete.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
But the truth is you will never have clarity. As Mother Teresa once said, you will only ever have trust.7 Fear, indecision, not knowing—these are the obstacles that keep you from moving forward.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. —PARKER PALMER
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
It doesn’t matter. It can’t be. This is where we’re at, and this is where we’re going.”
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
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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Frankl learned there are three things that give meaning to life: first, a project; second, a significant relationship; and third, a redemptive view of suffering.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
As Paulo Coelho writes, “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”3 There’s some truth to that. Fortune favors the motivated. When a person is determined to not just succeed but to do work that matters, the world makes room for such ambition. You won’t be able to predict how this apprenticeship unfolds, but
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What we often don’t realize is that making our story about us, even about our pain, is the wrong approach. Dwelling on the past or fixating on the future won’t help you find fulfillment.