The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
“The habit of thinking about work as something one does to make money is so ingrained in us,” she wrote, “that we can scarcely imagine what a revolutionary change it would be to think about it instead in terms of the work done.” If we could make this change and think of work the same way we think of play, treating it as something we do for pleasure
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Success isn’t the goal; legacy is.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
in the end, success isn’t so much what you do with your life; it’s what you leave behind. Which may be what a calling is all about: leaving a legacy that matters.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
Flow is the intersection of what you are good at and what challenges you—where difficulty and competency meet. When your competency exceeds the difficulty of a task, you are bored. And when the difficulty exceeds your competency, you are anxious.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
When we talk about finding a calling, we’re not just seeking an activity. We’re looking for an identity, an understanding of who we are. We want to be complete, to make sense of the story of our lives. But whether we recognize it or not, this quest we’ve been talking about is not just a physical one; it’s a spiritual one. It is, in a way, a journey
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I used to think that your calling was about doing something good in this world. Now I understand it’s about becoming someone good—and letting that goodness impact the world around you. Which means that you won’t fully appreciate the whole story you’re living until the end. But for now, if you are intentional and willing to appreciate the fact that
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if we are here to serve the work and not the other way around, then we get up every day with a new challenge, a purpose.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
when you are in a state of flow: “You know that what you need to do is possible to do, even though difficult, and sense of time disappears. You forget yourself. You feel part of something larger.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
Life has a funny way of teaching us that sometimes the most important stuff is the ordinary stuff. The smallest moments, the ones we think are insignificant, are the ones we will cherish the most.