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Career Guidance Ways to Discover Your Work Vision
Sources of Joy, Passion and Wonder at Work
Ways to
Overcome Burnout
Trust
that you have a unique and necessary contribution to make to the universe.
Trust
that your native gifts and accumulated experiences, skills and activities have already
made a difference in other peoples’ lives.
Pray
regularly that your work vision be revealed.
Meditate
on such questions as “What is my calling?” “What do I love to do?”
“What are my gifts?” “How can I serve Creator and creation?” “How
can I best employ my joy and creativity?” and “What suffering can I help
heal?”
Create
poems, songs, drawings, and dances that reflect the insights you receive in
prayer/meditation; contemplate these creations for further insights.
Examine
your dreams for recurrent themes, symbols and images.
Pay
attention to synchronicities in your life.
Reflect
on your childhood passions, joys and talents.
Remember
that your calling(s) may have multiple dimensions and aspects.
Realize
that your vision will gradually unfold, clarify and transform over time.
Sources of Joy, Passion and Wonder at Work
Opportunities
to express native passions and talents as well as acquired skills and knowledge
Opportunities
to stretch and grow emotionally, intellectually, socially, spiritually
Recognition
of passions, talents, skills, knowledge, accomplishments
Freedom
to explore, invent, experiment, create alone and together
Opportunities
for genuine cooperation and collaboration
Atmosphere
supporting trust, integrity, friendship and community
Participation
in activities that serve, heal, inspire, protect, benefit others (human and other than
human beings)
Participation
in decision-making activities
Access
to nature
Fair
compensation for performance
Ways to Overcome Burnout
Develop
a spiritual practice (e.g., prayer, meditation, mindfulness, spiritual community, social
service, ritual, celebration)
Treat
yourself and others with compassion, love, generosity and justice
Practice
gratitude and forgiveness
Let
your work (right livelihood) express your deepest values, visions, dreams, passions
Set
priorities and allocate time and energy accordingly
Be
clear about and communicate your limits and boundaries; say “no” to excessive
duties, tasks, overtime
Delegate
tasks you don’t need to do personally
Use
creativity and collaboration to more effectively
Take
regular breaks each day
Don’t
skip vacations
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