Congrats on a superb analysis of how so many of us wind up doing a career because we are good at it or because others channeled us there. We wind up with other people's goals, known as introjected goals, which, no surprise, don't satisfy our inner alignment. We're seldom taught to ask "why." Why are we doing what we're doing? Why does it not feel aligned with who I am? Without those answers we can wind up doubling down on working longer and harder and burning out. This piece offers a path to asking those questions and to putting ourselves on a track of alignment inside and out, using our own goals, not anyone else's.
Thank you Joe! That's exactly what I was hoping people would get out of it :) Unfortunately the systems we grow up in aren't designed to nurture finding our purpose or examining why we do anything - instead they promote following directions and being compensated for not questioning the model. It's one of the reasons I homeschool and clearly what's driving the next chapter of my career. I hope it helps others find their next chapter too!
Congrats on a superb analysis of how so many of us wind up doing a career because we are good at it or because others channeled us there. We wind up with other people's goals, known as introjected goals, which, no surprise, don't satisfy our inner alignment. We're seldom taught to ask "why." Why are we doing what we're doing? Why does it not feel aligned with who I am? Without those answers we can wind up doubling down on working longer and harder and burning out. This piece offers a path to asking those questions and to putting ourselves on a track of alignment inside and out, using our own goals, not anyone else's.
Thank you Joe! That's exactly what I was hoping people would get out of it :) Unfortunately the systems we grow up in aren't designed to nurture finding our purpose or examining why we do anything - instead they promote following directions and being compensated for not questioning the model. It's one of the reasons I homeschool and clearly what's driving the next chapter of my career. I hope it helps others find their next chapter too!