I can’t work at “just a job” for more than about six months before my head explodes. I don’t know about you, but I have to have a job that means something to me. I’ve gone through several businesses doing work that was important to me, and I’ve finally found my life’s work in life coaching.

The first meaningful work you find may not be your life work, but I guarantee you that if you’re doing work you don’t find fulfilling, you’re not getting closer to your life’s work. You get there only by trying on things that might be it and finding out they’re not. And working at Post Office, while it pays well and has good security, is probably not on track to work you were born to do.

Take some chances. Take some jobs that feel right, even if there’s a “better” job available. Start journey to your life’s work and don’t stop until you can say, “This is work I was born for.”

You can greatly increase value of your conversations with clients, friends, family and probably even your dog by truly hearing what they’re saying—“I need your help with this. I’m not doing very well today. I’m hungry.”—that last being dog.

Your coaching assignment for this week is to think very deeply about how you can hear more and just listen less—and then implement those thoughts into your daily life starting tomorrow. Think tonight, hear in morning.

If you have any questions or comments about magic of hearing, please feel free to drop me a line at mailto:angie@discoveringtruenorth.com. I always want to talk to people who’ve read my articles and discuss what you’ve gotten from my writing.