How to Check if Your Spirit Is Working
Get a job so you get paid to do something where money is NOT the primary motivation., Be engaged or not., Find a career as something you get paid to do that is for status or identity as a basic motivation., See whether your work fully engages you...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Get a job so you get paid to do something where money is NOT the primary motivation.
It may be easy to perform but there is not much challenge, and you will probably eventually find other work to do. , Your spirit may or may not be engaged by a job. , It may provide more challenge, but after a while, if you get burned out, you may stop doing it. , If it does not that is a job.
If it does that is potentially your life's work! , There is plenty of challenge and personal meaning if it fully engages you.
You will always want to do it--if it is your life's work.
It definitely fully engages your spirit. ,,, Move into a management "position" to learn management and supervision skills.
Quit and use the skills you learned to finally:
Create the spiritually engaged work: call it your Your Life’s Work as an independent contractor training others in customer service skills--if it fully engages you. , -
Step 2: Be engaged or not.
, How much spirit is involved. ,,,, Having opportunity to really express who you actually are Desiring to be surrounded by or create beauty Living in freedom--to do it your own way Discovering skills and talents you never knew you had Experiencing butterflies or being scared sometimes Finding your desired “right things”--right for your spirit Feeling “turned on,” lit up, excited, enthusiastic No longer wanting to settle for ordinary or mediocre Finding positive change and newness in your work Broadening your perspective, seeing more of the big picture Shifting to wanting to learn more in your work, be more, and do more Relying more on intuition to make life decisions. , -
Step 3: Find a career as something you get paid to do that is for status or identity as a basic motivation.
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Step 4: See whether your work fully engages you and engages your spirit or not.
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Step 5: Discover your life’s work which is something that you may want to do whether you get paid for it or not (Your soul’s need for expression and engagement is the motivation.).
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Step 6: See whether your "job" can get lead toward your life’s work.
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Step 7: Explore your interests in different jobs and this provides the very important element of exposure to different kinds of industries and kinds of skills and crafts
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Step 8: Consider this pathway to finding your life's work: Start out working in a "job" in a department store as a clerk.
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Step 9: Print out these lists to use as a "checklist".
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Step 10: Place a check next to the statements that sound like you in your present work environment.
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Step 11: Count your check marks after your finish the check off.
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Step 12: Using your life force Sharing innate gifts and talents Doing work that is meaningful and fulfilling You are propelled by a higher purpose in your life Serving human beings as a higher calling for Allowing your inner light to shine forth Standing up for something you believe in Benefiting the world by what you do Doing you activity in a unique way Using your creativity
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Step 13: passion
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Step 14: and purpose
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Step 15: Integrating your being and doing (balancing "feminine" and "masculine" energies) No longer feeling lost and unsure of how to make it happen Feeling fully engaged
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Step 16: frequent moments of flow and inspiration Stepping into your Greatness Increasing your awareness and sensitivity Using deeper thoughts
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Step 17: higher level thinking Questioning the status quo
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Step 18: Matching your intentions and actions Feeling energized even after a “hard day at work” Experiencing inner feelings of peace and contentment Feeling like you have found the right path Making efforts that are non-traditional (not in lockstep with what someone told you to do) Shattering the box or the glass-ceiling (requires you to venture into unknown territory for you)
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Step 19: Allowing your soul to lead you through the process of discovery... (There are no instructions
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Step 20: no right or wrong way to find the desires of your soul!)
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Step 21: See how engaged you are by seeing that the more check marks that you have: then more of your spirit is engaged in your work.
Detailed Guide
It may be easy to perform but there is not much challenge, and you will probably eventually find other work to do. , Your spirit may or may not be engaged by a job. , It may provide more challenge, but after a while, if you get burned out, you may stop doing it. , If it does not that is a job.
If it does that is potentially your life's work! , There is plenty of challenge and personal meaning if it fully engages you.
You will always want to do it--if it is your life's work.
It definitely fully engages your spirit. ,,, Move into a management "position" to learn management and supervision skills.
Quit and use the skills you learned to finally:
Create the spiritually engaged work: call it your Your Life’s Work as an independent contractor training others in customer service skills--if it fully engages you. ,
, How much spirit is involved. ,,,, Having opportunity to really express who you actually are Desiring to be surrounded by or create beauty Living in freedom--to do it your own way Discovering skills and talents you never knew you had Experiencing butterflies or being scared sometimes Finding your desired “right things”--right for your spirit Feeling “turned on,” lit up, excited, enthusiastic No longer wanting to settle for ordinary or mediocre Finding positive change and newness in your work Broadening your perspective, seeing more of the big picture Shifting to wanting to learn more in your work, be more, and do more Relying more on intuition to make life decisions. ,
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