3 tips for following your vocation
Your vocation is your calling. It is what you are here to do. Your vocation remains constant in life - but you may express it through many different vehicles on the way towards doing valuable work. Let’s explore these three steps.
* You can follow your vocation.
When do you feel you are following your vocation? When do you feel in your element – you feel at ease yet excel? When do you feel: “This is what I was meant to do”? You can also find clues to your vocation by looking back at the most satisfying ‘projects’ in your life - then see if there is a recurring theme. The ‘red thread’ in these projects could be, for example, encouraging people, inventing products, leading pioneering teams, solving problems, creating beauty, making the world a better place or whatever. While your theme will remain constant, the way you express it will change over the years. This brings us to the next step.
* You can find the right vehicles.
You may employ different vehicles for expressing your vocation during different stages of your life. How to choose the right vehicle? Bear in mind two factors. First, choose a ‘Field’ of work that you find fascinating. You may feel ‘at home’ working with technology, business, science, sport, the arts, people management or whatever. Second, choose a ‘Form’ of work that fits your personality. You may prefer to work as an individual, as a team member, as a leader or whatever. Choose the right vehicle, then move onto the next step.
* You can do valuable work.
How to do valuable work that is an expression of your vocation? Peak performers often focus on the 3 P’s: project, people and place. They do a stimulating ‘project’; work with - or for - stimulating people; and do it in a stimulating ‘place’. Try tackling the following exercise that invites you to do three things. First, describe your vocation. (Do not worry if you are not absolutely certain of this yet. For example, you may still be in the stage of seeing multiple themes. Choose one theme that you feel attracted to and then move onto the next step. Second, describe the vehicles you can use to express your vocation. Third, describe how you can do valuable work. Taking these steps can benefit both you and future generations.
When do you feel you are following your vocation? When do you feel in your element – you feel at ease yet excel? When do you feel: “This is what I was meant to do”? You can also find clues to your vocation by looking back at the most satisfying ‘projects’ in your life - then see if there is a recurring theme. The ‘red thread’ in these projects could be, for example, encouraging people, inventing products, leading pioneering teams, solving problems, creating beauty, making the world a better place or whatever. While your theme will remain constant, the way you express it will change over the years. This brings us to the next step.
* You can find the right vehicles.
You may employ different vehicles for expressing your vocation during different stages of your life. How to choose the right vehicle? Bear in mind two factors. First, choose a ‘Field’ of work that you find fascinating. You may feel ‘at home’ working with technology, business, science, sport, the arts, people management or whatever. Second, choose a ‘Form’ of work that fits your personality. You may prefer to work as an individual, as a team member, as a leader or whatever. Choose the right vehicle, then move onto the next step.
* You can do valuable work.
How to do valuable work that is an expression of your vocation? Peak performers often focus on the 3 P’s: project, people and place. They do a stimulating ‘project’; work with - or for - stimulating people; and do it in a stimulating ‘place’. Try tackling the following exercise that invites you to do three things. First, describe your vocation. (Do not worry if you are not absolutely certain of this yet. For example, you may still be in the stage of seeing multiple themes. Choose one theme that you feel attracted to and then move onto the next step. Second, describe the vehicles you can use to express your vocation. Third, describe how you can do valuable work. Taking these steps can benefit both you and future generations.
You can find more tools on this theme in the book The Strengths Way and also the free download The Strengths Pack, that can be found at:
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