How to Bring Your Heart and Spirit to WorkIf you live an average life span and work full-time you will have spent 90,000 hours at work. More than one third of your waking adult life! Do you long to spend those days doing work that is satisfying? Would you like to experience long stretches of time “in
flow”, when you lose track of time because you’re so engaged in what you’re doing?
The first key to finding this type of work is: Know Thyself. If you acknowledge what makes you unique, your special skills, and your deep interests you can find or create work you can love. So how to do this? Here’s five clues. Get out your journal or whip up a new computer page and answer following questions:
What activity was I doing last time I "lost track” of time?
What issues or causes are deeply important to me?
Which 3 or 4 special skills do I love using in my work?
What unique knowledge do I bring to workplace?
How is my style different from those around me?
Now, take this information and choose about four unique strengths that really jump out at you - this is your special “brand.” Ask yourself how these strengths benefit others: your customers, colleagues or clients. Or how could it benefit them in future?
Then, put your strengths to work. If you are seeking a new position, you are now armed with good information to add to your resume. You’ll be able to sparkle in an interview because you know what you’re bringing to position they’re trying to fill.
