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Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
by Don Miguel Ruiz
Sit at the foot of
a native elder and listen as great wisdom of days long past is passed
down. In The Four Agreements shamanic teacher and healer Don Miguel Ruiz
exposes self-limiting beliefs and presents a simple yet effective code
of personal conduct learned from his Toltec ancestors. Full of grace and
simple truth, this handsomely designed book makes a lovely gift for anyone
making an elementary change in life, and it reads in a voice that you
would expect from an indigenous shaman. The four agreements are these:
Be impeccable with your word. Don't take anything personally. Don't make
assumptions. Always do your best. It's the how and why one should do these
things that make The Four Agreements worth reading and remembering. --P.
Randall Cohan
I
have read this book several times and find it is an excellent way to break
through the clutter of conflicting ideas about how we exist in this world.
The principles are easy to understand and the language is clear. I often
suggest this book as a starting point for considering what we are focusing
on, and why. It is not a book about career planning, but can help one
focus on why we seem to be drawn into career paths which do not reflect
what we really enjoy. R Vibert,
Ed
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The
Hero Within by Carol Pearson
A modern classic of
Jungian psychology, The Hero Within has helped hundreds of thousands of
people enrich their lives by revealing how to tap the power of the archetypes
that exist within. Drawing from literature, anthropology, and psychology,
author Carol S. Pearson clearly defines six heroic archetypes--the Innocent,
the Orphan, the Wanderer, the Warrior, the Altruist, and the Magician--and
shows how we can use these powerful guides to discover our own hidden
gifts, solve difficult problems, and transform our lives with rich sources
of inner strength.
This book will speak deeply
to the evolving hero in all of us and reverberate through every part of
our lives. With poignant wisdom and prolific examples, it gives us enduring
tools to help us develop our own innate heroic gifts--the Orphan's resilience,
the Wanderer's independence, the Warrior's courage, the Altruist's compassion,
the Innocent's faith, and the Magician's abiding power.
I participated
in a workshop that Carol Pearson gave on Archetypes in January 2002. Within
minutes, she was able to lead the group towards understanding what their
personal archetypes were and why that was important to understand. In
my case, I discovered that I was primarily a Creator. I have not read
this book, but would be very surprised if it was not a powerful way to
understand what drives us. R Vibert, Ed
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Discover
Your Passion : An Intuitive Search to Find Your Purpose in Life
by Gail A. Cassidy
Discover Your Passion
is a concise, easy-to-read book for readers who are looking for personally-satisfying
work. No matter if the reader is 17 or 97, this book will be of help.
Recent graduates, those dissatisfied with their jobs, those about to return
to the job market or retire from it, and those who are already retired
will benefit from reading this book and completing the exercises. |
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| In Whistle
While You Work, Richard
Leider and David Shapiro counter the clichéd query about what
you want to be when you grow up with a more intriguing question: "What
is your life's calling?" The authors define calling as "the inner
urge to give our gifts away in service to something we are passionate about
in an environment that is consistent with our values." Drawing upon
psychologist James Hillman's metaphor of the acorn programmed to grow into
an oak tree, Leider and Shapiro guide readers to discover their "core
gifts" and the work they were born to do. Each chapter describes a
conversation with a cabdriver in a different city to introduce a key idea
about the process of heeding your life's calling. These lively conversations
are followed by stories of individuals--from a Motorola executive to a building
security guard--who have identified their calling. The stories are paired
with bulls-eye exercises that allow readers to discover their calling. Tools
include "calling cards" to identify core gifts, a "calling
journal" and the "calendar/checkbook" exercise to align values
with time management.
The book would have been strengthened
with more narrative about the relationship between choosing a calling
and maintaining a positive cash flow. Yet the clarity and conviction of
its approach sets this book apart from other do-what-you-love career books.
It is an eloquent and practical blueprint for being at home in the world
by making a living with your uniqueness. --Barbara Mackoff
This book contains
a number of interesting exercises that will help you narrow down the field
to what you want to be doing at work. I rate it a 4 out of 5. R
Vibert, Ed
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| Callings:
Finding and Following an Authentic Life
by Gregg Michael Levoy
This is the first
book to examine the many kinds of calls we receive and the great variety
of channels through which they come to us. A calling may be to do something
(change careers, go back to school, have a child) or to be something (more
creative, less judgmental, more loving). While honoring a calling's essential
mystery, this book also guides readers to ask and answer the fundamental
questions that arise from any calling: How do we recognize it? How do
we distinguish the true call from the siren song? How do we handle our
resistance to a call? What happens when we say yes? What happens when
we say no?
Drawing on the hard-won
wisdom and powerful stories of people who have followed their own calls,
Gregg Levoy shows us the many ways to translate a calling into action.
In a style that is poetic, exuberant, and keenly insightful, he presents
an illuminating and ultimately practical inquiry into how we listen and
respond to our calls, whether at work or at home, in our relationships
or in service. Callings is a compassionate guide to discovering your own
callings and negotiating the tight passages to personal power and authenticity.
I
read Gregg Levoy's book one year after participating in a very powerful
workshop he led at the Business and Consciousness Conference in January
2002. As soon as I got out of the workshop, I went straight to the bookshop
and picked up a copy of the book. This book was sold out within minutes
- people were that moved by the workshop. This book is a virtual compendium
of the philosophical aspects one should look into when you are searching
for answers to where you should be going in your career, vocation, life.
It contains quotes from many, many people on the topic, but does not contain
worksheets or many practical suggestions. It does ask the big questions.
I rate it 4 out of 5, because I like practical stuff. It does get you
thinking and the book Whistle While You Work and/or a workshop would get
you going. R Vibert, Ed |
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| The Power
of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work
Richard
Leider
The Power of Purpose:
Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work, by respected life/work planning
specialist Richard Leider, is a lofty yet down-to-earth guide for people
struggling to find their true professional callings. Developed through
the author's considerable personal experience and extensive interviews
conducted over the past 20 years, it's designed to serve as a jumping-off
point for those who'd truly like to combine their "own unique gifts"
with "the needs of the world" to carve out a vocational niche
that's both individualized and highly rewarding. A helpful guide to using
the material in a reading group is included.
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Are You Deciding
On Purpose
by Alan M. Webber |
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ROI analysis:
Workshops typically offer a High Return On Investment.
They offer the following advantages:
- Usually moderately
expensive to attend
- Participants are
lead through a process which can produce deeper introspection than passive
reading or listening.
Workshops should be
selected based upon reviews of previous attendees. |
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info can be found at: |
| Callings
seminar
Gregg
Levoy presented a condensed version of this very powerful workshop
at the Business and Consciousness Conference in January 2002. I
missed Gregg's presentation the previous day, but heard so many
good things from people who had attended that I went to the workshop.
So did a large number of other people - the room was jam packed.
This is definitely one to look into when you are searching for answers
to where you should be going in your career, vocation, life. R
Vibert, Ed |
Schedule |
Gregg
Levoy web site |
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| American Planning
Association |
Planning. The
article linked to the right is a general overview of the career review
process. |
APA
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| Rosemary Barnhart,
Career Planning and Employment Consultant, Olympia, Washington, USA |
Develops, implements
and presents career transition training programs in business, education
and social service. |
Barnhart
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