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finding soul...
"Until you know that life is interesting,
and find it so,you haven't found your soul."
-Geoffrey Fisher
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finding soul... "Until you know that life is interesting, and find it so,you haven't found your soul." -Geoffrey Fisher
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 Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 4: Get a Job -while you are building your dream - pursuing your life's passion(s) and work Find good work to do… Work hard at it… Do good work. In Christian historical tradition, one of the key early founders of the fledgling "religion", Paul of Tarsus had a job. "After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a certain man named Aquila, born in Pontus, And, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with him and worked; for by occupation they were both tentmakers." -Bible, Acts 18:1-4 Why would a highly educated, tremendously talented and important key figure do "manual labor"? Paul "got a job" in order not be a financial burden on others, nor to disrupt or detract from his ultimate purpose. "A good hedge against the risks of starting your own business is to start up while you still have a job that pays a regular salary and benefits. If you're in a position to do that, you'll have the best of both worlds." -entrepreneurs.about.com Be reliable, dependable… predictable in the sense that you can be counted on. " If you become a person that people depend upon, or rely on, then you will find a sense of accomplishment and feel much more independent. People will respect you more and see you as someone who is ready and able to help, and that's one of life's greatest achievements." -wikihow.com/Be-Dependable
Introduction: Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy
-The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny Overview: Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 1: Stay Connected - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 2: Innovate - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 3: Volunteer - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 4: Get a Job - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 5: Build Your Boat- The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 6: Sail Away on Your Boat- The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 7: Live Your Dream - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny  Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series key 3: Give - Volunteer Providing and giving of service will… make yourself available - be noticed doing something good, experience what is meaningful,  become and be valuable, discover new fellow associate volunteers - likeminded thinkers, identify what service(s) you can provide and to whom you will provide service. Volunteering and its Surprising Benefits - Helping Yourself While Helping Others "One of the better-known benefits of volunteering is the impact on the community. Unpaid volunteers are often the glue that holds a community together. Volunteering allows you to connect to your community and make it a better place. However, volunteering is a two-way street, and it can benefit you and your family as much as the cause you choose to help. Dedicating your time as a volunteer helps you make new friends, expand your network, and boost your social skills." -helpguide.org
 "Consider a painting by Rembrandt or a bronze by Degas or a violin by Stradivarius or a play by Shakespeare. They have great value for two reasons: their creators were masters and they are few in number. Yet there are more than one of each of these.
On that reasoning you are the most valuable treasure on the face of the earth, for you know who created you and there is only one of you. Never, in all of the seventy billion humans who have walked this planet since the beginning of time has there been anyone exactly like you. Never, until the end of time, will there be another such as you. You have shown no knowledge or appreciation of your uniqueness. Yet, you are the rarest thing in the world.” ― Og Mandino, The Greatest Miracle in World  I've answered the call to be a hero! I'm having my head shaved to stand in solidarity with kids fighting cancer, but more importantly, to raise money to find cures. Please support me with a donation to the St. Baldrick's Foundation. This volunteer-driven charity funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. government. Your gift will give hope to infants, children, teens and young adults fighting childhood cancers. So when I ask for your support, I'M REALLY ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THESE KIDS. THANK YOU!!! Thank you! my participant page:http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/mypage/608743/2013 donation form: http://www.scribd.com/doc/127280195/St-baldericks-jayheinlein-2013-4 "With each passing milestone, human lives—the lives of children with cancer—are being dramatically improved through the support of the St. Baldrick's Foundation. The continued momentum of this effort relies on volunteers and has everything to do with one very small but powerful word. You." - St. Baldrick's  create... do... contribute
individual contribution and accomplishment is critical. we must all fulfill our role. but, "yay for us" benefits all, and "yay for me" only one... "Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution." -Stephen Covey con·trib·ute Give in order to help achieve or provide something. Help to cause or bring about.  purpose? destiny? WHY?
Help People + Your Talent [shared] = Purpose "Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it." -Bernard Meltzer “There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...” ―John Lennon pur·pose: The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.  Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series key 1: Stay Connected… Get Connected “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.” ―Herman Melville Stay connected within important spheres of influences from one’s own experience...
Become connected within new spheres of influence and affinity groups…
People want to do business and experience life w others that they Know, Like, Trust… And it helps a lot… if you/and they are someone to be admired and modeled… Introduction: Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy
-The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny Overview: Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 1: Stay Connected - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 2: Innovate - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 3: Volunteer - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 4: Get a Job - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 5: Build Your Boat- The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 6: Sail Away on Your Boat- The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny series - key 7: Live Your Dream - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny  Dream big. Dream of great good. Change the World... "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." -Martin Luther King, Jr. "An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." -Martin Luther King, Jr. "Make a career of humanity...and you will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in." -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  photo: ruhig, deviantart.com Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy Personal Life Objective: to BEcome and continually BE a person of positive inspiration, influence, and lasting impact BE a human Being not just a human doing Change "Change is inevitable. Growth is optional." ―John C. Maxwell, Bestselling Author - Speaker “Growth is the process of responding positively to change.” ―Paul Harvey, American Radio Broadcaster “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ―-Gandhi, Leader of India’s Independence Movement “Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.” ―Eckhart Tolle Our current world and business climate greatest communications innovations of the 20th century:
the current future that is happening now...in real time…
most of us… (and this includes most of the world)… now carry personal mobile phone/handheld computing and information gathering and buying and gaming… and can do all kinds of other things… device(s) So what does this mean for today’s working and business persons… who are …learning and trying to keep up with all that is necessary to learn… to do meaningful, sustainable work and business in a new and very economy and economic climate?… The same principles apply that have always applied… “Study the past if you would define the future.” -Confucius "Find what you like to do, do well, and strive to do it with excellence." -Anony Now we just have different and “better” access to tools and information… Than ever before in the history of mankind on our planet! What is the difference between having a JOB v. doing Meaningful Sustainable Work? A JOB is voluntarily exchanging your talent, skills, and time to receive income or compensation. versus Meaning Sustainable Work includes… experiencing and doing work in a different and meaningful way. Working at jobs, careers, and enterprise businesses in ways that allow those doing the work and providing special services to experience their work as more motivating, meaningful, or sustainable over time. Sustainable work is participating and practicing principles that create potential for experiencing work in a different way than what has been the old standard. What was the “old standard”? …at the turn of the last century, our schools and institutions were designed primarily for perpetuating either managing or working in factories… that is training of an “upper class” to manage a “lower class” of working uneducated immigrants… to run factories… We went from being primarily an agricultural society to being an industrial society… …and our citizens were trained to stand in line… sit down, shut up… do what we were told… when we could eat and take breaks… etc… In many ways we are still functioning that way behaviorally… and especially in how we perceive and approach work… even now 13 years into the 21st century… So how do we… Make Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy? next: A series on how to Make Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy
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