Tag: calling
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Facing up to the calling, not caring, and no longer feeling half-alive
“And here’s the really big idea: as we betray our true power, a part of us starts to die.”
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Take a step forward
Just start. Don’t start by asking, ‘what is my passion?’. Start by asking, ‘what are the problems that need to be solved? Which ones attract me?’ And take a step towards that.” – Jacqueline Novogratz We get hung up on the idea of passion or purpose is. We feel constant pressure to have it all…
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The disease of ambition
“The ease of having an ambition is that it can be explained to others; the very disease of ambition is that it can be so easily explained to others.” David Whyte I have been pondering David Whyte’s thought-provoking chapter on ‘Ambition’ in his book Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words. It…
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Getting out of the shadow career
“Sometimes, when we’re terrified of embracing our true calling, we’ll pursue a shadow calling instead. The shadow career is a metaphor for our real career. Its shape is similar, its contours feel tantalisingly the same. But a shadow career entails no real risk. If we fail at a shadow career, the consequences are meaningless to…