·Sense of Control. Developing your skills so you can reduce margin of error as close to zero as possible and being able to influence a doubtful outcome produces a sense of exercising control in difficult situations.

·Self Concern Disappears. Protecting our ego, image we hold of ourselves as separate from everything else, requires mental energy. Enjoyable activities with clear goals, stable rules and challenges well matched to our skills present no threat to our egos. Immersion in such activity strengthens our sense of being capable.

·Altered Sense of Time. Immersion in challenging activity causes how we perceive time to speed up (we look up and 8 hours have passed without noticing) or slow down (like a batter watching a pitch in slow motion). Complete involvement frees us from tyranny of time and deepens enjoyment.

Pick an activity that has these traits and you’ll love what you do.

3.Love in Service to Others. In A Simpler Way, Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers suggest that any self-expression that is not meaningful to others is irrelevant and won’t survive in a systems-seeking world. So expressing what you love in service to others is your task.

·Do What You Love. Identify anything that meets some or all of eight criteria listed above for loving what you do. What would you do if money were not an object? Let your list simmer on back burner of your subconscious.

·Combine Activities You Love. List without judging things you love to do and how you might combine them. If you love writing, travel and spirituality, you might consider traveling to spiritual sites and writing a travel guide on how to get there and what to do once you’re there. Or consider organizing, marketing and guiding travel tours there. Be creative; use your imagination!

·Serve Others. As you imagine possible manifestations of activities you love, guide your imagination to ways that serve others. Remember, if you’re going to make a living by doing what you love, you’ll need others to pay you! Make your offering something others want or need!

Love and treat yourself well, learn what you love to do and do what you love in a ways that serves needs of others! You’ll be glad you did!

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