Listen to your WisdomWritten by Lisa Martin
Being a good listener starts with paying attention to yourself—your own inner dialogue. We all talk to ourselves, but how many of us really listen? Sometimes inner dialogue doesn't even shape itself into words. It's a song that's been running through your head for a couple of days, or that twinge of intuition that you've been pushing to back of your mind. Listening to yourself is about connecting with your inner wisdom, your deepest desires and dreams, and understanding what is truly in your heart. It's listening to that little voice that wants to guide you to your best life. Intuition is your Inner Compass As women, we understand power of our intuition and how valuable it can be in steering our lives in right direction. "Women's intuition" we say by way of self-congratulation when things go our way. By better understanding what intuition is and how it works, we can proactively access and leverage our wise self to chart best course for our lives. Intuition may appear to be random thoughts or beginning of a subtle knowing. These rambling thoughts may or may not be well-formed arguments for or against something in your life, but you need to pay them attention nevertheless. Often, intuition begins not as a loud scream but rather an inkling that something is not right or, conversely, that something feels good. When we listen to these messages and follow through with our "gut" feeling things work in our favor. On other hand, if time isn't taken to listen to your inner dialogue, to be with yourself, you may find ability to connect with your intuition compromised. And, chances are, you may make decisions that are not in your best interest. Create Space for your Thoughts Silence and patience are prerequisites for accessing your intuition. You may remember insightful words of Simon and Garfunkel's song from 1960s The Sound of Silence. "Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again. Because a vision softly creeping Left its seed while I was sleeping, And vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within sound of silence."
| | Is a Career a Calling or a Choice?Written by Michelle L. Casto
Is a Career a Calling or Choice? By Michelle L. Casto How much of our career path is destiny and how much is free will? In my opinion, it is 50/50. We are given a life map at beginning of our lives, and there are things we are meant to learn, people we are meant to meet, work we are meant to perform. But many of us are not tuned into ourselves and signs that are presented to us. We often miss important information, and miss out on those lessons, people, and jobs. The use of free will comes about when we are presented with options. Choices are really curves in our path. We can choose to take long route, or quicker, easier route. No path is better, it just impacts how quickly we move along our route, but remember: when climbing mountain of self discovery, taking long, hard, scenic route can be a rather enjoyable, enlightening experience. Confucius once said, “Choose a career you love and you will never work another day in your life.” If you think about this, what a different experience we could have in our work lives. If we actually loved work we were doing, it wouldn’t seem so much like our traditional concept of work (drudgery/pain). Think about it! How many jobs have you had that you dreaded going to? What are some of differences between a job, a career, and your life’s work? Let’s define it. A job is something you get paid to do (money is primary motivation). It is easy to perform because there is not much challenge, and you will eventually find other work to do.
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