Comments on: Is Yours A Job, Career, or Calling? http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/06/28/is-yours-a-job-career-or-calling/ Making Work Fit Life Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:22:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Judy H. Wright-Empowerment Coach http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/06/28/is-yours-a-job-career-or-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-4075 Judy H. Wright-Empowerment Coach Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:56:53 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=1828#comment-4075 Hello from Montana, Great information. I am just finishing my last book (I have written over 20 and will now concentrate on articles and blog posts). The book is called "Out of Balance? Be a Bounce Back Person" It is amazing to me how many people are grateful to be fired or downsized. The economy forces them to make a choice they were too afraid to make on their own. Now they have the freedom to do what they really want to do. It is an exciting time to be alive. So many choices available. Thanks again, Judy H. Wright Hello from Montana,

Great information. I am just finishing my last book (I have written over 20 and will now concentrate on articles and blog posts). The book is called “Out of Balance? Be a Bounce Back Person”

It is amazing to me how many people are grateful to be fired or downsized. The economy forces them to make a choice they were too afraid to make on their own. Now they have the freedom to do what they really want to do.

It is an exciting time to be alive. So many choices available.

Thanks again,
Judy H. Wright

]]> By: Christine http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/06/28/is-yours-a-job-career-or-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 Christine Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:11:50 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=1828#comment-1894 Hi Eric, I was having this exact conversation in the coffee shop with someone today. Why is it when people are unhappy about their lives, they nevertheless won't change? We concluded, as you have, that many people like being miserable. Additionally, that the effort required to change is too great for some people to even contemplate, so they stay stuck. Wow! Hi Eric,

I was having this exact conversation in the coffee shop with someone today. Why is it when people are unhappy about their lives, they nevertheless won’t change? We concluded, as you have, that many people like being miserable. Additionally, that the effort required to change is too great for some people to even contemplate, so they stay stuck. Wow!

]]> By: Eric http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/06/28/is-yours-a-job-career-or-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-1891 Eric Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:02:37 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=1828#comment-1891 Christine, The problem I see is people aren't upset enough to do something about their problem. Sure they're upset, just not enough to take a different course of action. I guess so many people "like" being miserable? .-= Eric´s last blog ..<a href="http://bluepop13.com/2010/07/02/blogging-better-the-two-simple-ways-to-do-so/" rel="nofollow">Blogging Better- The Two Simple Ways To Do So</a> =-. Christine,

The problem I see is people aren’t upset enough to do something about their problem. Sure they’re upset, just not enough to take a different course of action.

I guess so many people “like” being miserable?
.-= Eric´s last blog ..Blogging Better- The Two Simple Ways To Do So =-.

]]> By: Christine http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/06/28/is-yours-a-job-career-or-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-1886 Christine Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:05:15 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=1828#comment-1886 How terrific, Tim. That sounds like great progress. How terrific, Tim. That sounds like great progress.

]]> By: Tim http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/06/28/is-yours-a-job-career-or-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-1883 Tim Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:51:09 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=1828#comment-1883 It took a lot of thinking about to get to understand it. For ages I was just beating myself about not doing the right thing or trying to make what I do now into the right thing, wondering how other people seemed to just know and I didn't. When I stopped and managed to understand that what I do now is not necessarily my calling but something that I can do very well in order to be paid well and support my own development then things started to fall into place. It meant that I could actually turn up to workshops such as yours in order to start investigating things further, I stopped comparing myself to others and started to be more concerned about finding out about what makes me tick/inspired. Then this definetly feels like a good place. It took a lot of thinking about to get to understand it. For ages I was just beating myself about not doing the right thing or trying to make what I do now into the right thing, wondering how other people seemed to just know and I didn’t. When I stopped and managed to understand that what I do now is not necessarily my calling but something that I can do very well in order to be paid well and support my own development then things started to fall into place. It meant that I could actually turn up to workshops such as yours in order to start investigating things further, I stopped comparing myself to others and started to be more concerned about finding out about what makes me tick/inspired. Then this definetly feels like a good place.

]]> By: Christine http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/06/28/is-yours-a-job-career-or-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 Christine Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:40:50 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=1828#comment-1879 What a great way to look at things. Perhaps you are doing a job right now, but it's one that's supporting other important things in your life. Looked at that way, that's not a bad place to be, is it? What a great way to look at things. Perhaps you are doing a job right now, but it’s one that’s supporting other important things in your life. Looked at that way, that’s not a bad place to be, is it?

]]> By: Tim http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/06/28/is-yours-a-job-career-or-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-1866 Tim Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:12:04 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=1828#comment-1866 I love the last part about moderate enthusiasm, as long as there is purpose in it. I think it describes my current situation perfectly. I actually see myself as doing a job right now in order that I get to the bottom of other things, I guess I mean the other things to be predominantly what is my calling (well along with some intensive heavy emotional dredging/filtering/healing)... So right now I have a "job/career" but what they are serving me for (hopefully) is to find my calling. It took me a long time to get to that way of thinking as before I felt like I was just doing something that really felt like hard work, but in recent months it has come to feel like I do a job/career for me. Not just for the money or prestige or whatever else. I love the last part about moderate enthusiasm, as long as there is purpose in it. I think it describes my current situation perfectly.

I actually see myself as doing a job right now in order that I get to the bottom of other things, I guess I mean the other things to be predominantly what is my calling (well along with some intensive heavy emotional dredging/filtering/healing)… So right now I have a “job/career” but what they are serving me for (hopefully) is to find my calling. It took me a long time to get to that way of thinking as before I felt like I was just doing something that really felt like hard work, but in recent months it has come to feel like I do a job/career for me. Not just for the money or prestige or whatever else.

]]> By: Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 7/2/10 | Heather Villa http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/06/28/is-yours-a-job-career-or-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-1862 Weekend Reading: My fav’s from this week: 7/2/10 | Heather Villa Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:59:00 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=1828#comment-1862 [...] Is Yours A Job, Career, or Calling? – As the old saying goes “if you find a job you love then you will never have to work again”. Broken down into three areas how would you pick your work level? For some the three categories listed here might all apply. Come Monday morning we should all be excited to start the work week not dread it. [...] [...] Is Yours A Job, Career, or Calling? – As the old saying goes “if you find a job you love then you will never have to work again”. Broken down into three areas how would you pick your work level? For some the three categories listed here might all apply. Come Monday morning we should all be excited to start the work week not dread it. [...]

]]> By: Christine http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/06/28/is-yours-a-job-career-or-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-1853 Christine Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:01:16 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=1828#comment-1853 LOL!! I suspect that's the nature of the beast, Keith. There's lots of stuff out there about spending all your time following your passion. For me that's nirvana. Most of the time I feel I'm pursuing my calling. But then there's that pesky finance and admin stuff I need to do to keep my accountant happy ..... ;) While I'll soon be in a position to afford regular VA support, there's just some effort that needs to be put in up front to get to that stage. Still, so long as I can see purpose in it, I can keep doing it with moderate enthusiasm! LOL!!

I suspect that’s the nature of the beast, Keith. There’s lots of stuff out there about spending all your time following your passion. For me that’s nirvana. Most of the time I feel I’m pursuing my calling. But then there’s that pesky finance and admin stuff I need to do to keep my accountant happy ….. ;) While I’ll soon be in a position to afford regular VA support, there’s just some effort that needs to be put in up front to get to that stage. Still, so long as I can see purpose in it, I can keep doing it with moderate enthusiasm!

]]> By: Christine http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/2010/06/28/is-yours-a-job-career-or-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-1852 Christine Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:54:22 +0000 http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com/?p=1828#comment-1852 I haven't read Linchpin, Jon, but from what I've heard you'd be absolutely right. I hadn't thought of my chap in that context. Thanks for the thought! I haven’t read Linchpin, Jon, but from what I’ve heard you’d be absolutely right. I hadn’t thought of my chap in that context. Thanks for the thought!

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